“Bad Day” Songwriter Daniel Powter Interview
By Don • May 5th, 2006 • Category: Inspiration
Even though his song “Bad Day” is dangerously close to hitting the overplayed backlash, his situation is one that many singer-songwriters would envy.
Over at MSN Music he is asked a series of questions, and one particular part of the interview resonated with me:
“I realized the more I made the music for myself, the more successful I was becoming. I gave up that idea of trying to make music that I thought other people would want. I just made music for myself and music for people that I knew.”
Good on you man!
Read the full interview (via Songwriter101)
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In spite of the fact I am sick of this f*&%ing song I can appreciate the comment. Thanks for picking that up.