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Object Writing: The 10-Minute Exercise That Changed Songwriting
Pat Pattison’s Songwriting Series
Some of the most memorable country songs aren't built around complicated words or elaborate stories. They're built around small details…
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Addiction To The Friction
New Country Song
“Addiction to the Friction” is a modern country relationship song about two people who love each other but can’t seem…
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One Year Later: Building Nashville Lyrics
Songwriters Series
What Changed in a Year of Writing, Producing, Learning, and Building a Catalog One year ago, Nashville Lyrics was barely…
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What Makes a Catalog Worth Coming Back To?
Songwriters Series
The Goal Isn't Just to Get Someone to Listen Once Getting someone to open a music catalog is one challenge….
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How Songs Move Through My Catalog
Songwriter Series
A Song Doesn't Go From Idea to Pitch in One Step When people see a finished song, they usually see…
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The Business Side of Nashville Lyrics
Songwriter Series
How a Curiosity About Making Songs Turned Into Building a Music Catalog Nashville Lyrics didn't begin with a business plan….
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Why I Don’t Pitch Every Good Song
Songwriting Series
Because a Good Song Still Has to Be the Right Song One of the easiest mistakes in songwriting is assuming…
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Why Won’t You Call Me
New Country Song
“Why Won’t You Call Me” follows a woman caught between moving on and holding out hope for a connection that…
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Behind The Scenes: One Look, One Chance
Songwriter Series
Sometimes a Song Doesn't Start With an Idea. It Starts With a Moment. Some songs are imagined. Some are observed….
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Fork in the Road Tonight
New Country Song
Sitting alone in a small-town bar, a young man wrestles with the choice between the carefree life he knows and…
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How I Organize a 100+ Song Catalog
Songwriting Series
Because Eventually, Your Memory Stops Being a Catalog System When you're starting out, organizing songs is easy. You remember everything….
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40 Tons of Steel
Songwriters Series
“40 Tons of Steel” follows a veteran truck driver through long nights, truck stops, white lines, and twenty years of…
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The Difference Between a Demo and a Master
Songwriters Series
When Does a Song Stop Being a Demonstration and Become the Finished Recording? Songwriters use the word demo constantly. Then…
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Don’t Look Back On Ghost Road
Songwriters Series
Four friends head down a legendary dirt road outside Brooklet, Georgia, looking for the mysterious orange light they’ve heard about…
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Why Metadata Matters More Than You Think
Songwriter Series
A Great Song Can't Get Found If Nobody Knows What It Is Metadata might be one of the least glamorous…
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A Shallow Grave
New Country Song
A modern female country-rock song about a woman who realizes the problems in her relationship were never really gone —…
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Behind The Scenes: A Little Too Much
Songwriter Series
Sometimes Helping Someone Starts With Giving Them a Reason to Say Yes Some songs begin with something dramatic. “A Little…
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Just Shut Up and Pour It
Songwriters Series
A humorous modern country song following a no-nonsense Southern coffee drinker who needs one strong black cup before the day…
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Building a Pitch-Ready Catalog
Why Finishing Songs Is Only the Beginning Writing a song is creative. Building a catalog is strategic. Those two things…
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The Paloma
Songwriter Series
A playful, high-energy country-pop song that mixes summer heat, a cold Paloma, and a little barroom flirting into three minutes…
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