by Ed Bell | Dec 5, 2018 | Inspiration, The Creative Habit
I am an idiot. For every time I’ve known the answer, there are three when I didn’t. For every time I’ve asked a smart question, there are four when I had to ask a dumb one. For every time I’ve been confident in a decision I’ve made, there’s been seven when I had no...
by Ed Bell | Sep 10, 2018 | Building a Career, Inspiration, The Creative Habit
Sometimes the best way to learn is to go it alone. Sometimes the best way to learn is with help and guidance. Songwriting, as it turns out, is best learned with a mixture of the two. Let’s talk about why. Do You Need to Work with a Songwriting Coach? It’s a...
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 | Aug 16, 2015 | Building a Career, Inspiration
If you’re like many people today, you might like to think anything can be done in just a few, easy, Google-able steps. And you wouldn’t be totally wrong: there’s a quickest, most efficient route to accomplishing anything. But you’re barking up...
by | Apr 27, 2015 | Inspiration, The Creative Habit
You may know Ze Frank from his popular True Facts videos, in which he dubs clips of an animal species (a la National Geographic) with some true and some not-so-true facts. When he’s not providing voice-overs for dung beetles, he makes some pretty great videos about...
