Songwriting / part 1
Insights of an Artist ep. 4: Reasoning about finding the right words
My soul rebels, I am sharing personal thoughts and experiences all about my favorite topic: songwriting. I am a Liberian German musician and my musical work includes five albums, two EPs and a variety of singles, as well as collaborations with international musicians and producers so far.
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This post sparked a reflection within me on why I write poetry, prose and songs...
That writing is only important to the extent that it makes you happy. the appeal is that it is difficult to do and incrementally rewarding. any importance bestowed upon your work beyond this is artificial and degrades it.
there is no correlation between technical skill and wisdom. the only thing you learn from reading fiction is how to write fiction. the only thing you learn from reading poetry is how to write poetry. the rabbit holes are infinite and go nowhere, so they consume a lot of time.