[The following is a post that was originally published on November 24, 2012 on SongwritingandMusicBusiness dot com, our old website]   Ever wonder why co-writing seems easier (after you get the hang of it) than writing by yourself does?   Ever feel stuck and can’t figure out how to get your song out of your head and onto the paper?   Try talking to yourself.   Everyone knows that songwriters are crazy anyway.  Nobody is going to think a thing about it if they hear you talking

This quarter we're having a lively discussion group all about Turning On & Tuning Up Your Songwriter Radar. My dad Kim Williams always talked about keeping your "songwriter radar" on all the time. "Songwriter radar" is another way of describing what some people call mindfulness, awareness, observation and being present in the moment. It was using his "songwriter radar" that Dad came up with the idea for "New Way To Fly" driving up Music Row one day. He saw the "birds on a hig

PERFECT, The Enemy of GOOD Clicking image leads you to our Amazon Associates Store to buy Franklin Covey Planner supplies. We earn a small commission on that purchase. Perfect does not exist in physical reality very often. Seeking for it is a form of insanity in creative people. Good is looked down upon in academic writing circles as "average," a word in need of a thesaurus. And yet Good is a word imbued with importance in a multitude of ways, in a deep and abiding sense. Goo