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Two quotes for the songwriter today; and one tigerfish

2014 January 29
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by Mike Vial

I ran across two quotes that helped me breath a little bit and get working today:

“Going a day without creating something is like going a day without eating.” From Kalpna Patel.

“Don’t be afraid to write crap; it makes for good fertilizer.” Paraphrased from Pat Pattison.

This week, my songwriting group and I are trying to write songs around a common phrase I took from the news, “Tigerfish.”

I freaked out the group–and myself–when I deemed this odd word to be our week’s song challenge, and I worried my friends would jump ship! But I love what Camela tweeted later that day, “[G]et’s me out of my ‘normal’ influences. Pure awesomeness!”

I think that’s what writing allows us to do, explore new ideas, places, identities and break out from our normal influences.

Whew! So about 15 of us are trying to write with the word Tigerfish this week. Kelsey Rottiers was one of the first to jump into a persona, and finish her song. I’m a few verses into a possible song, right now.

(It might turn into a kids’ song, as Chris Dupont jested about his own.)



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