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Songwriting Resource Center
The "Songwriting Resource Center!"
"DC Music
welcomes you! Here you will find the latest songwriting tips,
information, and some of the latest music equipment, software,
and items designed just for you, the songwriter. Click any
link to the left that interests you.
Featured article: "Rewriting your
songs"
A wonderful comment about songwriting is "great
songs are not written, they're rewritten. Any skill is not generally
WONDERFUL with the 1st take. Imagine making a movie and using
only the 1st take of every scene. Imagine how funny commercials
would be if they insisted on using only the 1st take. The peculiar
thing is that we as songwriters often rely just on our "1st
take" as a finished product. Why do we do that? The reason
I believe that songwriters (self included) feel that we're special
is that once we get the initial inspiration, we've given birth
to a song. How many parents would take their 1st child or two
and look at them and say "you need a little work
yet, I'll send you back and we'll try again." LOL!
That song that we began birthing is close to us and we now begin
treating it like a child. It's special, it's ours, we love it,
and it's perfect JUST THE WAY IT IS! ;-) Besides, it's cool
to imagine being interviewed and saying "Ohh, yea, that
song of mine that has been #1 for the last 6 months was all
written in 5 minutes. I write all my songs like that."
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