Originally Posted by Sunset Poet
IF...

I were serious about being a songwriter in Nashville, I would write VCVCBC.
I would write the chorus first around a "hook" or quip and stay on it, until it rang, then fill out the verses.
But I am not in Nashville, and not interested in pursuing songwriting according to the stated and unstated rules and sensibilities of the "real" songwriting" community. It's a personal hobby.

I am here on this ammy website amongst my counterparts...for the most part.

I unapologetically write whatever I'm moved to write.
I do not expect anyone to like it or comment on it.
If someone comments, I'm fine with whatever they want to think, as long as they are not just being a needling piss-ant-themum.


Given the context, I feel that I have every right in the world to be here and participate however suits me.

Having said all that, I am working on a song now (though distracted), and if you leave a critique about it, I'll be fine with that. If you ignore it, I'll be fine with that.

As far as my remark about people wanting validation...
I stated that because it is so obviously and inarguably true.
Furthermore, the people who that statement offends the most are almost always the self-described prima donnas who it describes almost exactly.

Sunset Guy

Kay-Lynn,
apparently Sunset is “unapologetically” writing for himself and not following any craft or community norms. That’s fine—everyone can approach songwriting however they want. But many others do take the craft seriously, and they share their work because they want to improve. That doesn’t make them prima donnas; it just means they have a different purpose here than he does.
Dismissing people who actually want thoughtful critique as “validation-seekers” is unfair, inaccurate, and, frankly, a bit self-absorbed.