Need an extra boost to keep those 2007 songwriting resolutions?

Over the last few months there have been many helpful items to prompt songwriters to get moving.

Here are some inspirational songwriting gems from 2006:

If you want to be a songwriter, it’s never the right time
“… so I encourage everyone that reads this site and has dreams of either being an independant songwriter/performer or being a commercial songwriter to start working on their dreams. Do something concrete. Do something outside of your comfort zone. Open yourself to criticism. Let some people tell you you can’t make it as a songwriter and then prove them wrong.” (Keep Reading)

Songwriters: A song a week. Could you do it?
“He started out not really knowing what would happen. Then, one of his songs got Slashdotted. He started getting covered by bloggers. Then some of his songs (licensed under a Creative Commons copyright agreement) were picked up for movies. He was then asked to write a theme song for MTV.” (Keep Reading)

What Songwriter Nate Campany Did Last Weekend
What a blur my life has become. Just five months ago, I was working at a record store in Boston, Mass. Spending eight hours a day, four to five days a week, filing cds. While it kept me up to date with new releases, and let me judge peoples poor music tastes, it was not good for me.

You see, I write songs. All the time. And when you are stocking cds all day, for two years, it kind of makes you wonder “How are all these people getting to make music, and I’m still here selling
it for them.”

But life is crazy, and things can change without your being ready for them. You see, now I find myself living in Brooklyn, living as a full time songwriter. It’s great — and scary at the same time. I feel so small compared to the people I write with, and so undeserving of the opportunity. But it still makes me smile when i think of the things I’m getting to experience.

Take for example this past weekend … (Keep reading)