JPF Home Page Forums General Messages Songwriter Message Forum STOP! First: WRITE A GOOD SONG

Great post and super sound advice

Sometimes no matter what some folks cant get it in perspective, especially guys I find even more so. This has alot to do with music being so subjective, which is both the good thing and the bad thing.

To those I simply take away the subjective by comparing it completely to the sport of boxing. Where you CANT say, We'll I think I'm a good fighter, and my family and friends tell me I'm such a good fighter" "And I got 10 Million hits on you tube...

You can have ALL that with your music and still be weak, if you were in the ring instead you'd be knocked out cold and some even knocked out dead. This would retire you from the business and the dream is over.
Start with having a solid foundation. The basics!!! Just like a fighter you can have hype and spend money and advertise and worry about being a champ someday.. but you cant do nothing without the basics and a strong foundation.

In the ring you get EXPOSED in matter of seconds, some may make it a round or two. That depends on the depth of your talent and your drive.
Music can be this way for some people, like Mike said they're worried about getting a hit song and being successful and doing this and that instead of just "Writing a good song first" being strong on all those four basic points.

The only difference is with music we keep coming back for more because nobody has broken our jaw,nose and rearranged our face. LOL Just the heartbreak, and you have to put REAL work in to get that even.