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"How
To Write Lyrics...?" - forget all the formulas you've ever heard or read about on, "how to write lyrics." There are plenty of them. The "ABC formula", where you analyze whether line A rhymes with line C, and then line B against line A of the next verse or "free association", where you write what comes to mind and then arrange your song set to "verse-chorus-verse-bridge-verse-chorus"...whatever.
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"Diamonds
and Rust" - take
the time to go find your own old box and notebooks full of forgotten words
from long ago; after all this time, they're still waiting just where they
were left, and spend some time re-introducing yourself to the person who
wrote them all those years ago.
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"Signs
of the Times" - when writing is not fun
anymore. When we find our self searching for a subject to
write about... or we write about one subject over and over
again - when we loose the perspective of why we write in
the first place - which is to simply communicate with
ourselves and others.
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AN
INTERVIEW WITH JUDY COLLINS - an exclusive
Empire:ZINE one on one interview with singer / songwriter
Judy Collins.
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"Secrets
to Writing Lyrics" - I'm about to let you in on a little
secret that if you don't know by now will change your life for the better, in
any aspect you choose. If practiced, this secret will also help you shape your
lyrics, songs, and writing much more closer to the heart than before.
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"The
Recording Process" - in
this article, I want to explore with you the recording
process and how the studio can ignite the flames of creativity resulting in some
great songs.
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"Next?
Or Just Dreaming? - keeping your chops warm"
- You say the dream is alive. Inside, you know
destiny has a point in time where everything will come together and the time for
dreaming will be over, the point of realization will begin. What if destiny
deals you the point of realization, say… tomorrow! Are you ready?
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"The Child Within Us" - nurture creativity by re-discovering the child inside each of us.
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"Inspiration" - where it comes from that makes us write. |
