Author: johnny
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Practice Improv Jam #1
Trying to build a habit of practicing songwriting daily. Going to start posting my improv jams for easy access so I can develop on some of these ideas later on…
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Path Lights
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Morning Blinds
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Songwriting Tip: Start with the Title
I’m blogging the songwriting tips I learn, for posterity. I came across this video that recommends writing the title of a song first. And I had an a-ha! moment over it… I was instantly reminded of some songs I did for songfight.com, a songwriting competition that no longer exists. They’d post a title, and participants…
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I STILL Want to Believe
X-Files is probably my favorite television show of all time. No contest. So when I saw the lapel pin worn by someone at a recent UFO hearing, I instantly wanted to paint it. I’m just learning to paint. Learn by doing. I love the “STILL” in the message. To me, it’s a reminder that it…
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Poetic Imagery From Random Phrases of My Journal
I’ve been free writing on my computer for around a decade. This makes for an interesting opportunity: scanning my own material for poetic phrases. So, I wrote a computer program that prints three random phrase from all my journal entries. I wanted to see if any combinations would conjure poetic imagery at all that I…