A bunch of useful nuggets here, thanks Ed (and Johnson!)! I especially appreciate standing by your work and accepting that your voice is uniquely valuable simply because it's your voice. I have a *harsh* inner critic, and this is a nice reminder that it's ok to not love every single thing your write, so long as it's written by you :)
I cannot help but to click articles on songwriters. One, because of my love for music and making it (for fun). Two, because songwriters really have to be vulnerable in their lyrics to stand out. It takes A LOT of practice to become good at doing that.
Your article has taught me a lot about Ed Sheeran. I didn't even know he was married🤣
But these are some really good points to try out.
I have to read Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers.
I've read his 'David and Goliath: Underdogs, misfits and the art of battling giants' book. It was nothing short of amazing.
Thanks for reading, Sompa! Glad it was useful to you.
I can recommend Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink: The power of thinking without thinking
which I thought was an excellent read.
A bunch of useful nuggets here, thanks Ed (and Johnson!)! I especially appreciate standing by your work and accepting that your voice is uniquely valuable simply because it's your voice. I have a *harsh* inner critic, and this is a nice reminder that it's ok to not love every single thing your write, so long as it's written by you :)
Thanks for reading, Cole! 👍🏻 Need to move on from Ed Sheeran now. Any suggestions of other songwriters to look at are welcome!
I cannot help but to click articles on songwriters. One, because of my love for music and making it (for fun). Two, because songwriters really have to be vulnerable in their lyrics to stand out. It takes A LOT of practice to become good at doing that.
Learned new things about Ed's wisdom here.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Leon!
I’m glad you enjoyed the article and found it valuable.
There’ll be plenty more musical posts ahead, as I plan to do a whole series of these and then gather those posts together and re-purpose as a book.
Stay tuned!