You're right guys, this is applicable to any endeavor in life. We have to take responsibility for our own failures and our own success. Failure gives us the opportunity to grow and boy, there's nothing sweeter than tasting the success we built ourselves. Fantastic reminder!
such great advise, and the argument about how to redirect those feelings of frustration in to music and create something positive from it, and that may help to move someone in deep ways, not by being angry but just by , well, being positive. There is probably no better medium than music that can turn negative emotions into positive ones.
that example Marty mentioned about the guy who was holding onto those ten songs so defiantly tells me how much emotional investment we can put into our songs, which may be a great subject in how it can not only help us but also hinder us from being creative.P.S. I've got a habit of commenting directly after a point has been made without waiting to see if it gets addressed at some point further on. So please excuse my impulsivity, though I will leave my comment but just to let you know. (there's a self mocking/knowing wry smile on my face as I write)
As a guy, if you ever walk into a room with a beautiful woman, no one is looking at you, when they are looking toward you - they are looking at her. If you walk into the room alone, chances are, no one is looking at you. As a songwriter, if I walk into a room with a great song, no one is looking at me, they are looking at that song, because its not about me, its about the song. If I want to be noticed, I'd better walk into the room with a great song. So I work hard towards walking into the room with a great song and not asking to get invited into that room without one. If you want to get noticed in the room, its about the girl...uh, I mean the song...
Folks... the old business model of Music Publishers and Record Labels developing songwriters and artists has been over for a very long time...writers and artists gotta' get traction on their own by writing great songs that people will give a crap about, just sayin'.
