Songwriting Blog

Jill Jackson

Tip: Be available to catch songs when they arrive

Be available to catch songs when they arrive; maybe that means you always have an instrument to hand – or a notepad (or a recording device) in your pocket.

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Telecaster guitar - thinline

Tip: Learn your instrument

Learn your instrument – play different styles, different keys, different tunings, different chord inversions. I’m not a virtuoso guitarist but my friend Graham Mackintosh is. If I ever need to know where my weaknesses are or what I need to work on – I just visit Graham for a jam.

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