There’s a man named Lorenzo who is braver than I.
He submitted his song to song writing competition and subjected it to feedback from a songwriting ‘professional’.
I would never do this, for several reasons:
1. My only interest in composing is to please myself. Other people’s opinions don’t come in to it.
2. I wouldn’t want a song of mine judged in accordance with those criteria. ‘Marketability’? A song becomes a good song because it can be sold? There’s some dodgy reasoning there, not to mention a misunderstanding of how music sells.
However, I find it fascinating that Lorenzo Policelli (and presumably lots of other people too) has gone down this route and his blog is an interesting look at a part of this songwriting lark that I’m certainly never going to cover on Songwright.
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Well, there certainly are lots of people like me Tom. I write for myself as well, but since my goal is to have a song “published” (whatever that will mean), I do have to think about what others label as “Marketability”.
I’ll be following your blog (and hope you’ll look at mine once in a while even if – or maybe because – I’m trying to sell out).
May the Muse be with you…
Thanks for the post Tom. I know that I may seem like a “sell out” but I’ve always written songs for myself first… it’s only lately that I’ve had a goal of being a “published songwriter” so that’s where I’ve had to have those songs assessed from a music “industry” perspective…
I’ll keep an eye on your blog and hope you’ll follow mine as well…
May the Muse be with you…
Hi Lorenzo,
I would not call you a ‘sell out’ and I certainly didn’t mean to imply there was anything wrong with trying to get published. I just meant that it isn’t a route that I personally would go down.
I was quite serious when I said you were a braver man than I. I’m quite sure very few of my songs would stand up to the kind of criticism you’re going for!
Thanks Tom. Hope I didn’t sound sensitive, ‘cos I’m not, and I enjoy reading your perspective on songwriting.