50 Songs In 90 Days – Can You Do It?

If you’re an avid online researcher for all things songwriting as I am, you might have come across a wonderful concept called FAWM.

It stands for “February Album Writing Month” and the idea is that you write an albums worth of material in the month of February. This equates to writing a song every second day.

FAWM started in 2003 and for the past five years it’s successfully inspired songwriters from all walks of life and skill levels to get out of their comfort zones and chase after the muse rather than wait for it to happen.

To me it looks like FAWM embraces the concepts of Songwriting Zen and puts it into practise.

A couple of days ago I found out that the creators of FAWM have devised another songwriting exercise called 50/90.

That’s 50 songs in 90 days from July 4th to October 1st.

According to the 50/90 website the 50 song challenge is:

“… a group whose purpose is to challenge members to write 50 songs in 90 days. Between July 4 and October 1 of any year, in the company of others, you can engage in some harmless songwriting mayhem. The prize is the pride in writing songs that may never have been written otherwise.”

What a fantastic way to try out all of the different things you’ve picked up from reading this blog.

I’m going for it and so should you.

I registered with the 50/90 site yesterday so all I have to do now is wait for July 4th and start putting what I write into practise.

Not that I haven’t been doing that anyway but even for me, just the thought of putting down 50 songs in 90 days seems like a daunting task. However, it’s a challenge I’ll take on with great pride.

What a great way to face your songwriting fears and battle your inner critic head on.

Consider registering for the 50/90 challenge. We can do it together.

Until next time, happy writing,

Corey Stewart
Singer/Songwriter/Musician

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Friday, June 27th, 2008 50/90 Challenge

3 Comments to 50 Songs In 90 Days – Can You Do It?

Ben Walker says:

June 29, 2008 at 6:20 am

I came across 50/90 the other day, and I’m going for it too. I took part in http://www.nanowrimo.org/ last year, and managed to write 25,000 words in the month (50,000 was the target). I’m going to blog my highs and lows on the forums, and on ihatemornings.com – I look forward to your own coverage!

It’s going to be incredible, and I’m with you, buddy. Let’s do it.

;o)