5 ways to start a song (Patreon)

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2022-02-11 15:18:29

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2022-05

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There's no wrong way to start a song, but where you start can obviously have a huge impact on the rest of your creative flow! In this video I explore what it's like for me when starting from five of the most common starting points for songwriting.

Let me know what you think of the songs I started on in my examples too and I might develop some of them further!

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5 ways to start a song

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