Bt Cassidy

Songwriting Zen – The First 30 (+2) Days

I started Songwriting Zen on February 29th and already it’s April 1st. Time does fly when you’re having fun.

I wanted to reflect on the first month of this blogs existance because doing Songwriting Zen has really made a difference in my life. I wanted to re-focus my online music marketing and start from a clean slate.

I know that I am doing that and a whole lot more. I’m writing everyday again and I feel much more creative and centred in what I do.

It’s a liberating feeling.

If you look at my first post “How To Unscramble An Egg” I mention that I’ve been moving my information from my old songwriting blog “Corey Stewart Songwriting Tips” on the Quikonnex network to Songwriting Zen on WordPress.

This is because with WordPress I’ve found a much better blogging platform with more features and funtionality. Best of all, WordPress is FREE!

Quikonnex has a yearly fee.

Right, now that I’ve given you some more background information about the existance of Songwriting Zen, here is a recap of the first 30 (+2) days.

The total amount of time Songwriting Zen has been visited is 613 times. I had a rough goal of 500 so my expectations have been exceeded straight away.

The top 3 posts in page views so far:

1. Mindmapping Your Songwriting Ideas (44 visits) – I was surprised how popular this post was. I think the concept of using a mind map in the songwriting process struck a chord (pardon the pun) with everyone. I would love to know how people are going with their own mind maps.

I will definitely be adding more mind mapping information to the mix in future posts.

2. The Anatomy Of Construction (42 visits) – I was personally very happy with this result as this is the name of my good friend BT Cassidy’s writing blog. Having this post come in at number 2 showed me that my “songwriters can learn from writers of other disciplines” theory is a sound one.

3. What Comes First? Words Or Music? (21 visits) – The first question that every songwriter ask. It didnt surprise me that this post was in the top 3.

To everyone that has visited Songwriting Zen, read the information provided, made a comment (or two), linked to Songwriting Zen from their website or gave me words of encouragement and support.

I say a huge THANKYOU.

For me, this is only the beginning of a new journey. In addition to my own songwriting efforts, marketing music online is uncharted waters. With Songwriting Zen I’m taking a great leap of faith.

I’m very glad to have you on this journey with me.

Until next time, happy writing,

Corey Stewart
Singer/Songwriter/Musician

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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Songwriting News 6 Comments

The Anatomy Of Construction – A Writers Resource You Must Visit

Whether we write songs, poetry, articles, essays or prose, we are all writers.

We all experience the highs and lows of writing in exactly the same way. We feel elated when we finish something and we feel frustrasted when we don’t.

Writers of all disciplines have a lot to learn from each other.

I want to introduce to you a very good friend of mine. His name is Tom but he is known online as BT Cassidy.

He describes himself as “…a bandit journalist working freelance, and occasionally a novelist. An experienced reviewer, with a talent for writing “Living” reviews. Writing is as much a part of my life as eating and sleeping. I hope to one day never have to work a real job.”

As you can see, Tom loves to write. He writes everyday and he writes a lot.

On average Tom writes about 15000 words a day. He is living proof of what happens when you put your writing process into laser focused action.

It would be a gross understatement to say that Tom is incredibly prolific.

The reason why I’m telling you this is that one of the blogs he’s created is a blog about writing and the creative process. It’s called The Anatomy Of Construction

Tom describes The Anatomy Of Construction in this way:

“I believe we can all write, and all have stories to tell. The Anatomy Of Construction is a graphic novel in development that is designed to unlock the writer in everyone – from novice, to genius.”

I challenge anyone to go to any page on his blog and not find some pearl of wisdom that you can use for your songwriting process.

From time to time I will be highlighting some of Toms writing tips and his wonderful words of encouragement, and directly relating them to the songwriting process. Watch this space for that.

I strongly recommend that you visit The Anatomy Of Construction and visit it often as it gets updated daily.

When you do make sure that you leave a comment or two. The great thing about Tom is that he replies to everyone.

Tell him Corey sent you.

Until next time, happy writing,

Corey Stewart
Singer/Songwriter/Musician

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