Here’s a quick video clip from our friend Anthony Ceseri about the songwriting process. It’s nothing fancy, but it’s worth watching, as the message is valuable: you should be writing bad songs!
Not because you’re going to sell or perform them one day — but because in order to write great songs, you need to practice your craft and be open to failure (and the lessons failure brings). Writing bad songs helps you clock necessary songwriting hours.
Or as Pat Pattison says, “I hereby grant you permission to write crap. The more the better. Remember, crap makes the best fertilizer.”
How do you think about this in terms of your own writing process? Are you forgiving of your own failures? Or are you extra tough on yourself? How does your attitude shape the songs you eventually release (hopefully the good songs!)? Let us know in the comments section below
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