by Ed Bell | Jun 6, 2018 | Inspiration, The Creative Habit
I get it. There’s never enough hours in the day. Juggling work, friends, family, exercise, time off, Stranger Things is tough. It’s easy for your creative time to end up last on the list. But here’s the kicker: you’ll find time to do it if it’s important enough....
by Ed Bell | May 24, 2018 | Inspiration, Lyric Tools, Music Tools
Songs prompts, oh, song prompts. If I’m honest, I have mixed feelings. I don’t really do writing by numbers. I get nervous around anything for songwriters that sounds like spoon-feeding. And I think the most important thing a songwriter – well, anyone –...
by Ed Bell | May 18, 2018 | Inspiration, The Creative Habit
veSometimes it feels like the world is going crazy. The Nrazise are back! A third of millennials will never own a home! Flint, Michigan still doesn’t have clean water! And don’t even get me started on politics.b But that’s only half the story. In fact and in...
by Ed Bell | May 4, 2018 | Building a Career, Inspiration
Sometimes being a songwriter sucks. Sometimes it’s awesome. Let me try to explain why. — Five Reasons Why Being a Songwriter Sucks — 1. You never feel good enough You’re too close to the thing you’re working on. You’re the last person on...
by Ed Bell | Feb 15, 2018 | Inspiration, The Creative Habit
The trouble with finishing a song is that songwriting is hard. Possible, manageable, achievable. But hard. It’s hard because songwriting, like any kind of creativity, means making something that doesn’t exist yet. And the trouble with making something that doesn’t...
by Ed Bell | Jan 25, 2018 | Inspiration, The Creative Habit
Be restless. Dream big. Want more. Go new places. Meet new people. Try new things. Don’t settle. Life is too short not to. Now don’t get me wrong. Dreams are earned. Dreams are fought for. They’re not wishes granted by some motherfucking genie in a bottle. The...
