Setting goals for writing music is important. Personally, I set a goal to write a song every week. I have done that 45 times over this year, so far. I have done this by setting aside at least an hour for writing music. If I can do that, I know that I'm going to, at the very least, get something written. Will it be perfect? Probably not. Will it be something that I created, something that I made? Absolutely. Will it drive me to create more? I'm sure it will. If you're working to write more music, the best way to get started is to do it. That sounds super simple, but it's more than true. If you think you don't have the skill, you probably do! The important part is allowing yourself to write, experiment, and have some fun. What are your goals for this week in your music?

If you delete some of the snark and the incredibly stupid meme image from this, it's pretty true. You should just produce music instead of thinking about it. You don't HAVE too know what to do at each stage of the song creation process, but, once you build a system for yourself, you'll be able to do it quickly. Writer's block isn't a thing if you just allow yourself to write instead of focusing on, "Is this good enough for others?". You certainly CAN be prolific ;) Quantity doesn't exactly lead to quality, but doing and then doing again and again leads to finding your own system that lets you create more often. Flow states are a thing for sure, when you sit down to write more frequently, you'll find yourself in them quickly. Do you agree with anything I've said, here?

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We've done it, we have 20 founding members. Thank you all for being here! You get FREE lifetime access to the One-Week Song Club. I'm curious what you think the knowledge I offer would be worth to you in a monthly subscription. I know that money is tight for EVERYONE. I believe in investing in yourself above all else, however. If I can offer you knowledge that helps you reach your goals, that means I did my job. If you can tell me what you think in the poll or comments (or both!), that'd be awesome! Please share the course. The more we grow, the more we can all help one another. Thank you all for being here!

I'm happy to say that I've written 44 songs this year! I will be finishing this year with 52 new songs in my catalog. It's important to note that you do not HAVE to write a song every week to be a part of this course. But, if you've been struggling with writing and releasing music, I cannot stress enough that you should ALLOW yourself to write music. A lot of us spend entirely too much time telling ourselves we don't deserve something unless we meet other markers in our everyday; we can't play video games if we didn't work enough. We can't have pizza if we didn't run two miles. The list goes on. It's great to set goals for yourself, and these can help to motivate you. But, it's also important to tell yourself, "I'm allowed to sit down and spend some time making music. I doesn't have to be music that makes money. It doesn't have to have pop appeal. I'm making music because I LOVE it". When you allow yourself to make music, you care for yourself, and you'll care for others in your life even more. Your homework; give yourself 15 minutes to sit down and, even if you don't play an instrument, or create a new song, simply think about what you'd like to write, or focus on an idea you had, an inspiration, anything, that you can spend some time envisioning. I can almost certainly guarantee that if you do this, you'll find that the next time you sit down, you'll be able to write a song, or even a piece of a song, that turns into something, then something else, and iterates infinitely, if you allow it to. Tell me what you make happen in the comments!