As I write this month’s weblog we’re nonetheless within the midst of a worldwide pandemic. It’s straightforward to seek out the issues which have altered your on a regular basis life. How about your songwriting existence?
Enjoying your songs reside? Not occurring. Getting collectively to co-write? A non-starter. In-person workshops, songwriting camps, seminars? No, no, and no.
There’s one thing else I’ve seen throughout this time. Silence. I do know my world has gotten quieter. I coach a whole lot of songwriters from all components of the world and I’m listening to a few of the identical feedback about these occasions we’re dwelling in. “My songwriting has gone to a deeper degree”, “Virtually like I’m listening to myself for the primary time”, “I simply have extra time …to suppose!” I get it.
How about you? I believe it has a lot to do with the newfound silence. There’s energy in silence. There’s a lot noise round us day by day, a few of it of our personal making. Unexpectedly it appears like we now have extra time to ponder an thought and to take our time to develop our songs.
Much less outdoors interference to dam your reception and, to your songwriting, this is usually a big profit. Virtually appears like you may flip your focus inward, the world can wait whilst you write and the silence round you permits your unconscious to have extra airtime.
As a substitute of feeling like it is advisable fill the empty house with extra notes and extra phrases, how about embracing a slower, extra considerate tempo?
Assume you can spend a very good portion of your songwriting day with the sound of silence? I extremely suggest giving it a shot. Take a look at this hyperlink to an article concerning the artistic energy of silence when you’ve got a couple of minutes.
Psychology In the present day April 21, 2017 article by Atalanta Beaumont. “10 Causes Why Silence Actually Is Golden”.
Mark Cawley
Nashville, Tennessee
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