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 | Nov 30, 2018 | Inspiration, The Creative Habit
Songs aren’t written, they’re rewritten. PRETTY MUCH EVERY SONGWRITER EVER It’s a cliché but it’s true. Lots of art that looks like it was easy to make was not easy to make. Lots of songs that sound like they came out in one go, perfectly formed did not...
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...
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...