Ten 'Turds'

In this lesson I'm walking you through the process. The process. This is a great way to get into writing music: practice writing a bunch of crappy ideas as quickly as possible. The more you write, the more you see your patterns, your go-to's, and your habits. The more you write this way the more you get to be surprised by a cool idea that pops up. The more you write this way the more you confront all those "I'm not good enough feelings" and learn how to just move onto the next thing.

This writing method is called the "ten turds" method because so many of my songwriting students have been so afraid to start writing music because they think, "what if I write something bad." I'm here to tell you, most of the music that you'll ever write - and that I'll ever write! - that your favorite artist writes - won't live up to your standards. And thats ok. Because when you get into writing and focus on just doing the work, you get better at writing and you learn how to lean into the good stuff. This technique is designed to get you out of your own head and just practice writing stuff no matter how good or bad you think you are at writing.

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