Ok so in an unprecedented move I am adding an addendum onto my last post. In the spirit of full disclosure I can say that what I was writing was fueled by emotion completely external of my songwriting experience and therefor it was not very good advice. I didn’t set up this blog as a place to vent my personal feelings and I won’t do that again. Earlier this week I said that I was having second thoughts about writing from my own personal experience. It’s true, for a moment I was. But I can’t in good conscience say that it’s a bad move to do so. The number one thing that most any successful songwriter will tell you is to write about what you know, because if you don’t people will know you are lying. You may, some time down the road, remember those emotions you had and feel sadness. You may look back and feel overwhelming joy. That is the risk songwriters take every time they sit down and express their own true feelings. It is valid to say that sometimes you run out of “life” to write about, but to say that I regret writing about my own life is to say I regret being honest and in reality, I don’t. So, I strike my last post from the record on the grounds of temporary insanity. Write what you know, and do not censor yourself for anything or anyone. It’s a huge risk, and you may pay for it later. But hey, it may also pay you later . . . Ok. Now I feel better.

I’ve been having kind of a weird couple of weeks so I’m going to basically keep this post short sweet and to the point. I learn something new about writing songs almost everyday just from dealing with the shit life throws at me. What I’ve learned lately is that even though everyone always says to write from your own personal experiences, sometimes you just can’t. When I was doing my masters degree and writing anywhere from 1-3 new tunes a week, I just ran out of life to talk about. I still managed to write somewhat autobiographically and to be honest, now I kind of wish I hadn’t. This week I’ve learned that if you freeze moments of your own life in your work, they are going to stay with you a long, long, long time. What if you don’t want them to?