How to write a great song part 2

The response I got to, How to write a great song, was overwhelming. Man people have opinions, and so do I. I guess that makes me a people. So I say let's keep this going for one more round. So if you feel like a rabbit jump.

What if I where to say your all wrong? What if I was to say there are no great songs; only songs? No you can't have my address. Who is in charge of the great song committee! Is there a committee? What I think is a great song may be a stinker to the next guy. What you think is a great song , I may think it's a bomb. So now what? Just saying.

Can't you feel the brew stirring? I can. Nothing I'm saying is anymore than an opinion. You can not cash it in at the bank or trade it for a new guitar. So what do we do with it? Don't say that it's not nice.

Let's all write our best and believe every song we write is great. If you believe what your writing is crap, what's that all about. Do your best, work your hardest, and write write write,

Here's the answer to  the mystery  of how to write a great song. The answer is -SOMEHOW!. GOOD LUCK i HOPE YOU ALL WRITE GREAT SONGS!

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How to write a great song

How to write a great song

I was looking for a topic to blog on ; so I went to my trusty friend Facebook to solicit ideas. Someone said," write a blog on how to write a great song". I found the question very stimulating, as well as exhausting. How do you write a great song? This is not a rhetorical question, I'm asking you, how do you write a great song. I'm not sure if I even know what a great song is. I do know what an awful song is; I think?

I can tell you how to write a song, I teach that everyday. I have worked with new songwriters that have gone on to write a number of hits. I bet you none of them could tell you how to write a great song. However, I do think great songs come out of passion and experience, and when you express your ideas clearly great things can, and do come out of it.

Don't strive to write a great song. Strive to write an honest song, and great things can happen. If your striving to write hits, your striving for the wrong thing. If your striving to touch hearts, your heading in the right direction for great things to occur.

So my advice is; be honest, not contrived, learn your craft, and write , write write. My name is Grady and I approve this message.

Mayan calendar says music ends in 2013

The end of music

Yes it's true, music will end in 2013. There will be no more songs, singers, writers, musicians, concerts. dancers, videos etc. Radio stations will shut down, MTV, will become a shopping network, tour busses will be sold to old folk homes, music instruments will be scrapped to make cell phones, groupies will start following computer geeks. Yes the world will no longer exist as we know it.

Ok that's not totally true. However the music business will never be the same. Radio is changing their formats, record labels are shrinking, The digital age is driving a new vehicle to promote more creativity and diversity in how music is made and distributed. We welcome this new change and look forward to seeing what this new generation is going to do with this opportunity for change.

It's your music, it's your businesses, and it's up to you as to what it will look like in the future. I believe we are going to see a creative revolution like we have not seen in decades. I'm the biggest cheer leader for this new energy. Come join us at myamp.org as we support the revolution.