I am an aspiring songwriter, 21 years old, who has moved to London to pursue a career in music. I spend a majority of my time (20 - 30 hours a week) writing music.
1) If you could travel back in time to yourself at age 21, what advice would you offer yourself pertaining to music/songwriting (obviously if you could go back in time, you would tell yourself to buy stock in Facebook, and steer clear of crazy girl X, hence why I specify the subject matter)
2) What do your creative periods look like? For example, do you write songs only when motivated, or do you commit a certain amount of time a day and say "I am working on project X for Z amount of hours".
3) I feel like I can never live up to the greats, I hear those songs by my favourite artists, and I have one or two where all the parts work so perfectly that I just think "I could write songs for the next 200 years and never be write anything as good as this". Did you ever have this feeling? Who were your idols?
In closing, what is your most generic advice towards success in the art of songwriting?
I have never asked questions in an AMA, not for politicians, scientists, and many other amazing people. You are the first person I've seen post one where I HAD to ask something, so thanks again for doing this.
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I am an aspiring songwriter, 21 years old, who has moved to London to pursue a career in music. I spend a majority of my time (20 - 30 hours a week) writing music.
1) If you could travel back in time to yourself at age 21, what advice would you offer yourself pertaining to music/songwriting (obviously if you could go back in time, you would tell yourself to buy stock in Facebook, and steer clear of crazy girl X, hence why I specify the subject matter)
2) What do your creative periods look like? For example, do you write songs only when motivated, or do you commit a certain amount of time a day and say "I am working on project X for Z amount of hours".
3) I feel like I can never live up to the greats, I hear those songs by my favourite artists, and I have one or two where all the parts work so perfectly that I just think "I could write songs for the next 200 years and never be write anything as good as this". Did you ever have this feeling? Who were your idols?
In closing, what is your most generic advice towards success in the art of songwriting?
I have never asked questions in an AMA, not for politicians, scientists, and many other amazing people. You are the first person I've seen post one where I HAD to ask something, so thanks again for doing this.
Edit: Grammar
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