by Ed Bell | Dec 18, 2020 | Building a Career, Inspiration
In March this year, The Song Foundry Inc., the business behind the site, turned five. And to celebrate five years of running a real grownup company, I’d planned an article about some of the things I’d learned in that time. But then (spoiler alert) the world went a bit...
by Ed Bell | Sep 20, 2019 | Inspiration, The Creative Habit
I’ve written about writer’s block before – why it doesn’t really exist, how to change your mind about it, and how to deal with the tencertainty of feeling unsure or stuck while you write. But in this article, taken from a bonus chapter from my...
by Ed Bell | Apr 23, 2019 | Building a Career, Inspiration
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but life is hard sometimes. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but songwriting is hard sometimes. And I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but spending some of your life writing songs can be really hard sometimes. The truth is, life can be...
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 | Oct 31, 2018 | Inspiration, The Creative Habit
Songwriting is a world of maybe. Maybe if I write this… Maybe if I hit up that co-writer… Maybe if I submit to that competition… Maybe if I try write in a different style… Maybe if I take a chance on that crazy idea… Too many people try to exist in a world of...
