Millions of songs have been written and I imagine millions more are written every day. So why do I think it\u2019s a good idea to add a few of mine to the mix?<\/p>\n
Most importantly, it\u2019s a way for me to be creative; like air, water or food \u2013 it is essential to my happiness. And all I need is my guitar, a piece of paper and a pen. In fact, I don\u2019t really need my guitar. So it\u2019s something I can do anywhere at any time; portable creative expression. It\u2019s also a way for me to be more in touch with my feelings and, if I have a place to share my songs, express those feelings with others. That saves me hundreds of dollars in therapy sessions; which can be very helpful too.<\/p>\n
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Shortly after the release of my debut album (which happens to be my only album) a friend remarked, \u201cYour music gives me a structure to feel my feelings.\u201d That was music to my ears. Music has such a powerful healing affect that if I had my life to live over, I might study to be a music therapist.<\/p>\n
Another great reason to write songs is that I get to dare greatly; to be open to the possibility that I might fail. I get to discover that when it comes to learning and growth as a songwriter, finding out what doesn\u2019t work is just as important as finding out what does. So with each new song, I can try a new and unusual chord like F flat major demented, or sing in a very different style (operatic anyone?), or write a lyric that is fresh and original. In fact, I recently challenged myself to write a song about a topic almost too painful to sing about and<\/em> to write it for voice and metronome. From the feedback I received at a Songwriters\u2019 Roundtable<\/a>, it worked! So, I continue to write. How often, how many, or how well? These are not the questions I ask. It\u2019s just this \u2013 do I write songs? Yes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Millions of songs have been written and I imagine millions more are written every day. So why do I think it\u2019s a good idea to add a few of mine to the mix? Most importantly, it\u2019s a way for me to be creative; like air, water or food \u2013 it is essential to my happiness. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[132,133],"class_list":["post-1404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-creativity","tag-emotions"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/songtalk.fcc.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/songtalk.fcc.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/songtalk.fcc.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songtalk.fcc.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songtalk.fcc.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/songtalk.fcc.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/songtalk.fcc.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songtalk.fcc.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songtalk.fcc.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}