http://adventuresinsongwriting.com Anyone can be a songwriter. The challenge is to be good songwriters. Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:00:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First off, some general housekeeping. I'm sorry for this Blog's six month hiatus. It was due to nothing more than the usual writer's block. I'd like to thank you for your kind letters, donations and concerns that my fingers were broken but alas they were all in my head. This post was ... http://adventuresinsongwriting.com/?p=32 Finally I'm blogging again. Many people tell me that unless I blog on a regular basis it will negatively affect my Search Engine ranking. They're probably right, but I don't blog for Google. I blog for me and for my readers. Yes, both of you. ;-) Much like the way I approach ... http://adventuresinsongwriting.com/?p=31 Gas prices soaring and recent job changes, My birthday party with shopping in stages, This that and other things losing my muses, These area few of my fav'rite excuses. Distractions. Job changes. Preparing for and having my 50th birthday party. Having family stay with us for an extended period of time. Wanting to blog but ... http://adventuresinsongwriting.com/?p=30 I need to start this post with a brief diversion. Call it social housekeeping. Can we all agree to stop using the terms "world wide web" and the gut-wrenching "information superhighway"when we talk about the Internet? We get it. You can let those go along with saying "1-800" when giving out a phone ... http://adventuresinsongwriting.com/?p=29 We've all heard music that strikes us as special. Something slightly out of the ordinary or in fact, way out of the ordinary has made most songwriters including myself say "I want to write a song like that". Maybe you're saying, "Dude, I NEVER do that. I'm all about being original." ... http://adventuresinsongwriting.com/?p=28