My thoughts on song writing... like it or not?

So I just thought I'd give y'all my thoughts on my other passion which is, song writing. Guys, writing songs is like an emotional outlet and when something great comes together, its a feeling I cant describe. I've been researching and reading and studying up on the art of writing songs and yes, its an art. I love songs that have a story and a story that you dont need to decyfer to get the idea. That's why I love Country music so much. The stories are honest, not subtle at all and straight to the point. I also love songs that use a metaphor to explain a story eg. Heart Attack by Demi Levato where she uses a heart attack to explain lovesickness. Brilliant concept or Taylor Swift's "Love Story", where she uses the Romeo and Juliet story where in actual fact it was inspired by her being grounded and she had plans to go on a date with her boy friend.

Song writing is the best form of therapy for anger, heart ache, longing, happiness or pretty much any emotion for that matter. Ive sometimes over heard conversations and just one line inspired a song or someone elses sad story is great for inspiring songs. I wrote a song called "Crazy" which is a love song that was dedicated to my best friend and her husband and it ended up their wedding march. How wonderful is that?

I believe in giving good songs credit where its due, whether it be jazz, rock, pop or rap. If its a good song, its good, bottom line. I get soo irritated with alot of these new musicians or people in general that knock an artist cos its not their flavor. Guys, it takes all types of flavors to make the world go round. A great example, JUSTIN BIEBER, this kid is sooooo damn talented as a musician, he puts some really good drummers to shame and that's only one of the instruments he's mastered. Besides, whether you like him or not, you still find yourself humming along to his tunes, even it is to rip it, chances are you're singing the words to make fun of it BUT YET YOUR SINGING THE WORDS WHICH MEANS YOU KNOW IT and that at the end of the day is whats making this kid money and loads of it and why he is selling out arenas and stadiums and why you have to take your girlfriend and be one the of the majority. You chop!!!!

Guys, stop being so close minded. Open up your minds to new things. you'll probably be blown away at what talents there are out there.

Stay awesome and please feel free to post your comments.

Cheer for now :)

Do you love what you do?

Hey y'all

Ill start this blog by asking. Do you love what you do (for a living that is)?

I gotta say, I love my job man... many people over my 14 year career in the music industry haven't taken my job seriously and sometimes it can be very disheartening but I've taught myself to shake it off and show them the way it really works and then they're like "aaahhhhhhhhhhh crap" hahahahahaha.... cos its not just climbing on a stage and singing and/or playing an instrument. The awesome thing about my job is that the avenues are endless. There's always some new direction to go in and all can be very lucrative BUT some are dead ends too. That's what's so exciting, is that you never know. I also get to wake up every morning nice n early and start writing or demoing songs. Watching something take shape into something that you feel could be the next big thing (who knows) is like nothing you can describe. It puts me on such a high. A good friend who happens to be my manager worked in the corporate market for over 22 years and was miserable as hell. She woke up mornings and wondered what the hell she was doing. Till the day she decided, "you know what?", screw this vibe, lets take a chance... That's the key in today's world guys. If you don't take a chance you'll always wonder and there's nothing worse than my 2 least favorite words "WHAT IF?" Im only 30 years old but I definitely don't want to be 50 and be stuck in a job I hate for 30 years of my life. If you don't have major responsibilities, take that leap of faith and dive into the deep end. If it doesnt work, at least you tried but remember that there's always a solution to a problem so DOOOOO IIIIITTTTTT!!!!!!

Anyway, apologies for a short one today but just had to share this thought with you as its been on my mind.

Had this chat to a guy the other night and he was having such a huge party on his own and I asked him where's his friends. He says they're working at their dead end jobs they been in for most of their lives. Sad to be partying, man alone, but I actually thought, how crap it must be for those peeps.

Only you can make you happy guys... so take a chance and avoid, "What IF?".

What you think?