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Songwriting Zen – One Year On

Well, it’s been a little over a year since I started Songwriting Zen (on February 29th, 2008) and I must say I’m very proud of my songwriting blog.

It’s given me a forum to share with you my thoughts and feelings about the wonderful craft of writing songs. It’s also enabled me to get to know other from all over the world, the networking opportunities are endless.

One of the most interesting sides of running a website/blog is the statistics that you can collect and the conclusions you can draw from that information.

Below are the 10 most popular posts/pages over the past 12 months and the amount of views these posts/pages received:

What does this mean? People are looking for information on songwriting and the creative process. People want to tell the world their stories through music and that they are using Songwriting Zen as one of the websites that provides them with what they are looking for.

What are people looking for when it comes to songwriting information? Well, here are the top 10 keyterms that people are type into their search engines that lead them to Songwriting Zen and how many times these terms have been keyed in:

song writing ideas – 150
songwriting ideas – 129
songwriting – 106
songwriting help – 77
jingle writing contest – 49
songwriting prompts – 45
songwriting zen – 44
songwriters block – 40
jingle writing contests – 40
song writing – 36

People are looking for songwriting help, songwriting ideas, songwriting prompts and ways that they can beat (song) writers block. It’s heartening to find that what I’m doing with Songwriting Zen is on the right track.

As a songwriter I find one of the most important skills is listening. By using your ears you pick all sorts of phrases, rhythms and quotable sentences that make for good song lyrics.

When running a website/blog, the way you listen to your audience is either through your communication with them via comments and forums and/or your web statistics. I intend to write more about the songwriting process, creativity and useful songwriting tips.

This year however, I do want to expand into writing about songwriting theory and the business that surrounds the songwriting craft. More on that in the near future.

I also want to enlist your help a whole lot more. If you have any songwriting question that you want answered or have an idea for a songwriting article (or you want to write one and have it published on Songwriting Zen) then contact me and we’ll have a chat.

I’d love to hear from you. I want to listen.

Here’s to the next 12 months. Until next time, happy writing,

Corey Stewart
Singer/Songwriter/Musician

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Thursday, March 26th, 2009 Songwriting News, Songwriting Zen No Comments

“11 More Ways To Eliminate (Song) Writers Block FOREVER!” Is Finally Here

I know it’s been a while but my new FREE eReport, the long awaited “11 More Ways To Eliminate (Song) Writers Block FOREVER!” is finally here for you to download and share with others. Talk about hot off the virtual press and ready to be devoured by songwriters everywhere.

Feel free to download it and give it away to anyone and everyone that you think will benefit from writing more songs and not letting songwriting blocks get in the way.

This eReport is my gift to you.

I’m very passionate about the songwriting and creative processes. Having something like writers block getting in the way of that is something that writers of all disciplines dread.

Since February 2008 when I started Songwriting Zen my focus has been exactly the same. To make sure that you receive the most relevent, topical and unique songwriting information around.

I’ve always felt that it’s important that songwriters, being the backbone of the music industry are supported by organizations, associations and, most importantly their peers.

Songwriting Zen and now this FREE eReport is my way of giving songwriters a helping hand and, it’s also my way of giving back to a music industry that has helped me greatly.

11 More Ways To Eliminate Writers Block FOREVER! is a list of 11 more techniques that I use myself to get out of a rut or, to generate more songwriting ideas.

Download it, read it, print it out if you want to, and apply it to your songwriting process. I’m sure that these techniques will greatly enhance your songwriting and besides, it’s FREE!

Let me know what you think of it. Has it helped you to get out of your own rut? Any techniques work better for you than others?

To download 11 More Ways To Eliminate Writers Block FOREVER! just go to the FREE STUFF page on this website and follow the instructions from there.

What have you got to lose?

Until next time, happy writing,

Corey Stewart
Singer/Songwriter/Musician

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