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Sheri Yutzy Interviews Me about Song-writing

11/17/2017

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Sheri is a story-creator and worlds-creator, and occasionally does a "Made to Create Interview." Here's one she did recently, to dig into what I have learned in my several decades of song-writing:
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​https://sheriyutzy.com/2017/made-create-interview-stan-brubaker/


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How to Write a Song on Your SmartPhone

4/5/2016

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An iPhone ScreenGrab
A Songwriting Tip
Lying in bed this morning— in those drowsy, almost-awake, musings— I realized I was in my all-too-frequent pattern of mentally beating myself up.

Several stupid mistakes I had made in volleyball last evening bounced through my mind, mixing with other assorted 'failures' until suddenly a new song [see my iPhone screen-shot, above] came to me— all the words of the first verse arriving with the melody.

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6 Songwriting Tips

3/24/2016

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If you're like me, you're always striving to become a BETTER songwriter. You play with it, work at it... always seeking ways to make better music, quicker! 

Here are some win-win ways good for amateurs and experts alike.

1. Buy a box of file folders, and G.O. 
(Get Organized). Don't do like I did! Years ago I put my first 20 or so songs

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    Tips... Insights... Song-writing How-to... Critiques... Time-saving Methods... to help make YOU a joyful bard for the Lord.

    My best-known songs are probably "Lo, I Come"– composed before I was married– and "Teach Me, O Lord, to Number My Days" which you may have seen in various hymnals. I have many others trying to sneak out of their file folders, to join the march of music around the world.

    ​Some will be introduced here first as just lyrics, to study the crafting of their messages, others will have music mp3 files or videos also.

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