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Today's episode is about simplifying your art into small choices. I talk a bit about one of my favorite movies of all time and about how terrible I was in art class as a child.I hope it helps you in some way. If you'd like to subscribe to the mailing list you can go here: https://toolsofsongwriting.com/ All of the songs in this episode of the podcast are available here: https://sincerelyiris.com/ Photo by Jon Tyson

Tristan Dougherty is a folk musician in Richmond, Virginia, whose songs combine meditative, finger-style guitar playing with warm, illuminative lyrics. He's been a huge support to the Richmond, VA songwriter community over the past few years. On today's show, he provides some great insight into the songwriting process.https://www.tristandougherty.com/

Today I have a very special guest on the show. I'm here with Richmond, VA musician Mackenzie Roark. Mackenzie has a cool country sound in the vein of songwriters that I've always admired like Lucinda Williams, Gillian Welch, Whiskeytown, and Bob Dylan, and classic singers like Patsy Cline and Hank Williams. She's part of Vocal Rest Records also based here in Richmond.She recently released her album "Rollin' High, Feelin' Low."To hear more of her music head over to: https://mackenz...

In today's episode, I talk about my writing process and the idea of being creative in an analog vs digital way. They're both useful, but I've found, that when I sit down at the computer the ideas can just dry up. Very quickly. I hope you enjoy the episode. More interviews coming soon! If you'd like to subscribe to the mailing list you can go here: https://toolsofsongwriting.com/ All of the songs in this episode of the podcast are available here: https://sincerelyiris.com/ Photo by Gritt Zheng

In today's episode, I talk about the amazing book "Mindset: The New Psychology of Success" by Carol Dweck. I think some of the ideas in that book can be really helpful when you're writing songs. Here is the infographic that I currently have hanging on my wall: https://www.mindsetworks.com/science/ImpactIf you'd like to subscribe to the mailing list you can go here:https://toolsofsongwriting.com/All of the songs in this episode of the podcast are available here: https://sincerelyiris.com/ Phot...

On today's episode of Tools of Songwriting, I'm talking about word vomit and how useful it can be to songwriters. I've been doing it off and on for years and it always helps me clear out my brain so the good stuff can come out. I hope it helps you with that and more.https://toolsofsongwriting.com/podcasthttps://juliacameronlive.com/The Music Lesson