Reviewing and Curating Your Songs

Episode 19 You ever feel like you have a bunch of songs piling up on your computer but you're not sure what you want to do with them? Or maybe it feels like you never get around to actually finishing your song ideas because you just keep polishing old ones? Or maybe you have dozens of scraps of ideas strewn across various notebooks, or phones, or computer programs all in different forms? I know that's me for sure. One of the things I really need to improve on in my writing process is dealing with organization on the front end (all the little song starting point ideas that you gather up as you write) and on the back end (what do with songs after you've finished them). That's what we're talking about in today's episode: the process of reviewing and curating your songs, both in the idea phase and in the finished phase. We discuss how everyone needs some sort of curation in their creative process and we go over some examples of things that have worked for me as a songwriter. We also talk about how having these things in place can help you actually finish songs because it gives you an external system for weeding out the not-so-good stuff (i.e. you don't just keep working on the same song over and over because you know you can deal with any problems in the review process). If you're looking for a secret weapon to help make your writing process sustainable, this episode is for you! The review and curation processes we talk about today is the type of stuff that's really helped make my own process more sustainable. Even though I still need to be more organized about it at times, building space for reviewing and curating my songs has made me a better songwriter. The Honest Songwriter Podcast is 15-20 minutes of regular, open conversation about songwriting, what it's like to be a songwriter, and how to keep improving at the craft of songwriting. New episodes every three weeks!

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15-20 minutes of regular, open conversation about songwriting, what it's like to be a songwriter, and how to keep improving at the craft of songwriting. New episodes every three weeks!