Lyndon Wesley
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Rather than trying to accommodate what we’ve got, we should work the other way. Find the threshold that makes sense for you, that you’ve got the time to maintain, that you can afford and that creates an acceptable amount of work and complication for you.
A wonderful way to think about the concept of enough and applying it to the data we care about. Read the whole thing because he comes at it from a angle that appeals to me, that being, how easy it is to back up and “spread around”.
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Cool bathroom.
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Cool ideas here.
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- Dec 08, 10I spent many years intoxicated. Not by alcohol but by words and melodies swimming through my private moments of inspiration. I began to believe that reworking the initial inspiration would somehow break the spell, reducing my writing to the everyday. No, I needed to remain a free spirit moving with the flow, pleasantly whimsical and averse to all structure and order.
There's a danger believing that artistic people by default are disorganised and that's how the magic happens! There are no special powers or forces that are summoned through habitual disorganisation and spontaneity. Quite the opposite in fact. It requires great discipline to organise all those amazing moments of inspiration in order to capitalise on work already undertaken, blood already sweated and tears cried. It takes a true understanding of the sometimes complex creative process to complete what began as a good work and make it great.
So embrace the creative process which begins with the often inexplicable inspiration but ends triumphantly after a process of diligence, culling, cropping and pushing through the painful barriers of rebirthing. It's called rewriting and all great songwriters do it. - Jul 31, 10Here are my Top 5 ways to lose a listener in under 60 Seconds, as posted to Twitter.
Rule #5 - Employ a complicated melody using big interval jumps and awkward phrasing.
Rule #4 - State lots of facts about yourself one after the other. Ask no questions, make no commands.
Rule #3 - Be sure you don't include repeatable phrases but if you do, definitely do not repeat them!
Rule #2 - Go on, use a cliche in the opening line of your first verse.
Click 'read more' for the number one way to ensure your listener switches off.
Rule #1 - Create a long intro that does not pull listener into the song, then repeat.
Want some more practical songwriting tips? Download our free resources here. - Jul 20, 10The kettle is boiled, our pen is inked and we have plenty of blank pages to fill in our brand new notepad. We've even cleared our schedule for a couple of hours. 'The world is our oyster', we muse as we stare at a list of possible song titles and wait for inspiration. Inspiration that never comes. Panic slowly seeps in subversively replacing our excitement with dread. 'Is this what writers' block feels like?', we wonder.
Does this scenario sound familiar? There are many and varied ways in which we might become afflicted with an inability to write. It happens from time to time. Often we're simply distracted by life's pressures. However, there is always something that we can do to either counteract or avoid times of barrenness and despair.- Practice Object Writing - The daily discipline of writing for ten minutes in the morning using sensory bound imagery will keep your writing in good shape. It's a work out for your creative muscle. Pat Pattison has a lot to say about this subject and I highly recommend his book Writing Better Lyrics. At the very least, if you find yourself drawing a blank on a lyric you can very quickly do a few object writes to loosen up. You may not get the perfect line, after all, it's an exercise in creative writing but at least you will be writing and pushing your boundaries. VisitObject Writing for this weeks words.
- Write With Others - Co-writing is fun and you'll learn a lot from the process. Don't worry about someone ripping off your ideas. Meet for coffee first, chat about life and writing, explore some possibilities and if you think it's worth a shot then organise your cowrite session. Just be sure to sign an agreement before you get started. The more you co-write the sooner you can look for opportunities to write 'up', meaning to write with someone higher up the food chain than yourself. Visit your local NSAI Chapter, scope out local songwriting groups, talk to musos at gigs and start collaborating. Surround yourself with like minded people. Find your strengths and discover where others strengths are. Sometimes the sum of many parts is mightier than the individual.
- Write on a Non-Prefered Instrument - A quick way to get out of old habits is to write on an instrument that you're not totally comfortable on. Perhaps it's time to ditch the old acoustic for a while and write to a drum beat. Virtuosity is not a pre-requisite for songwriters! So don't worry if you're not well versed on a jaw harp or glockenspiel, the point is to present your musical imagination with a new point of reference, a surprising new sound, a fresh perspective. Are you tired of the old 1st position chords? Try something new. Trick your fingers, deny your ears their guilty Minor7 pleasures and carelessly throw your talents at an unsuspecting Casio or drum machine!
- Attend a Songwriting Workshop - Experience has shown me that songwriting workshops can often be a bit hit-and-miss. Word of mouth will save you from disappointment. The wider your network of songwriting buddies, the greater your chance of attending truly worthwhile seminars and workshops. Learn from the experience of others.Recommendations give you some kind of surety that your investment will be worth it. And it is an investment, and one which will pay dividends as your ears and eyes are opened to the craft of writing great songs. Become a student of songwriting, soak it up and enjoy the journey. Learn something new. There will be many great days of writing ahead.
- Revisit your old recordings/lyrics/demos/scratch tapes. - This achieves two things; 1) You may find some gems of inspiration. That's generally what you will have captured 'on tape' - the initial inspiration & 2) You'll quickly discover just how far you've come since your early attempts to navigate songwriting. If you're still having trouble joining the dots on an idea consider submitting it for evaluation. Reviews will prove invaluable as you resurrect songs that deserve a second chance. Rewriting is vital in the song creation process. Professional evaluations are surprisingly affordable and may become your best friend as you tweak and polish your songs.
- May 25, 10How often do we want to see results straight away? I've learnt something while putting this website together. Good things take time. Truthfully, it's a lesson I've learnt one hundred times over at least, yet here I was learning it again! If good things take time then the question needs to be asked, 'When do we find the time to create all the good stuff?'
I've tried finding time before but it always runs away from me. And fast!
I'm lucky. I have some successful, highly motivated friends who are much wiser than myself. According to their wisdom there's a big difference between finding time and making time. It's the 'making' of time that we should be focussing on.
So how do we make time? How does an artistic, spontaneous, highly distracted and slightly disorganised person effectively create more hours in the day?
In theory it's easy. Simply make appointments with yourself. Value your dreams and ambitions enough to mark them in the diary, or the iPhone and you're away. Actually, in practise it's a little more difficult. And guess what it takes to develop a habit? You guessed it, time. Six to twelve weeks in fact. Once again, good things take time. Ouch!
So start valuing your 'me' time. Make appointments with yourself. Learn to say 'no' to distractions and 'yes' to your dreams. In fact there will be times when you need to say 'no' to good things too. They're not wrong, it might be the timing is wrong. So knowing what to say no to is as important as saying 'no'. And go easy on yourself, remember it takes 'time' to develop your new habit.
Good luck and keep writing!
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- Director, SongCity - Simply Songwriting! Songwriter & SongCoachMusic | Melbourne Area, Australia, AUSummaryStudio and touring musician, singer/songwriter, guitar tutor for many years. I have more recently moved into the study and practice of SongCraft and enjoy imparting what I continue to learn.
My involvement with NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association International) gives me an opportunity to share with songwriters and connect like-minded people together for collaborative and educational purposes.
Besides running SongCity, my weekly endeavours are very much centred around songwriting, whether for myself or others. I spend most of my time at Bounce Recording Studios either writing, knocking up demos or contributing to artist and band recordings predominantly as a guitarist, producer and co-writer.
At a sound level I am very much obsessed with creating rich, organic textures using real instruments wherever possible and software based instruments where suitable.
If eyes are the window to the soul then music is the front door.Specialties: Songwriter, Songwriting Support and Evaluations, Tuition, Studio Musician, Logic Studio User, Pre-Production Sound Shaping, GuitaristExperience- PresentOwner / SongCity - Simply Songwriting!
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1987 - 1991Karingal Secondary CollegeEnglish, Music, Art, Biology, Maths
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- I'm enjoying the new studio premises in Epping.
- Sharing ideas.
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- Merry Christmas to all! SongCity Relaunch 2012. Watch this space...
- Christmas Party Tonight
- NSAI Melbourne Christmas Party
- Got my Macbook Pro out. It's like renewing a friendship. AND Tweetdeck is on here...if only iTalk would cooperate I could backup my iPhone.
- Melbourne Songwriters - Looking back on 2011
- Melbourne Songwriter October Workshop
- NSAI Melbourne - Special Guest This Monday Night
- A few songs from an EP I released in 2006.
- Melbourne Songwriter News from NSAI
- View from Production Suite into Live Room, Vocal Booth and Control Room windows.
- Front entrance, foyer and doorway into production suite.
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- BJ plastering vocal booth.
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- From the EP, While The World Lay Sleeping.
- From the EP, While The World Lay Sleeping.
- From the 2006 EP, While The World Lay Sleeping
- A demo sung into my phone, on the bed. Brea was watching Midsomer Murders so I was sent to the bedroom!
- Recorded this today using Garageband and a Blue Yeti USB mic. Still a long way to go but promising I think :)
- New Songs Posted!
- Someone Tell The Driver is the working title for a track off the new album. Gonna need some cowriting on this album or I'll never finish it!
- Umm Shelley, are we done??
- Haven't heard The Dead Weather's new album? I love it. Gritty, swampy, hard edged, trippy, rock n roll'y, guttural, guitar driven, riffy, thumpy, distorted, hooky and brilliant. Jack White's a ripper!
- We laughed, we cried, we wrote a song.... well we did laugh!
- Finished working on draft for another song by Julie. Can I Come In. Will upload soon. No guitars just yet but so can't wait to put some in the mix!
- Seriously I have GOT TO go do my Tax.
- I've posted a track I'm working on for Julie Stewart. Its her song called Gimme Back Me and this is a little groove I was working on for her. I used NanoStudio on the iPhone and did it all while on the Craigieburn train to the city. It's unmastered, uneverything really. i wanted to get something up so I can see how this page might look and operate.
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