Inside Songwriting Episode 27 – Raising your game   Shownotes Episode 27   Inside Songwriting Episode 27 – Raising your game In this somewhat, wine-infused episode Karl speaks of the thought that there are occasions when we can’t help but exceed our own expectations of ourselves.   The “Rule of Thirds” or “The Law of 33%” This one was...

Inside Songwriting Episode 26 – How to book gigs as an independent artist Pt 2. This is the sequel to episode 25 where Karl shares his own personal tips on how to book gigs as an independent artist. Inside Songwriting encompasses all areas of where songs start and land… occasionally we discuss things other than the craft.     In this episode,...

Inside Songwriting Episode 25 – How to book gigs as an independent artist Pt 1. In this episode Karl shares his own personal tips on how to book gigs as an independent artist. Inside Songwriting encompasses all areas of where songs start and land… occasionally we discuss things other than the craft.     In this episode, you’ll hear Karl’s...

Inside Songwriting Episode 24 – Finding Your Unfair Advantage In this episode Karl asks a question that will hopefully remind you of why you originally felt you had good reason to follow your heart and pursue your goals as a songwriter. Please feel free to share your answers here in the Facebook Inside Songwriting community  or directly to Karl via email:...

Melt The Guns A weekly column by Inside Songwriting contributor, Michael J Roberts. Columbine, Colorado, Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook, Chattanooga, Washington Navy, Charleston, Roanoke…. ??       Art and music helps us make sense of a complex and difficult world and the paradoxes of modern life. Songwriters have helped voice the concerns of generations...

What are you chained to?   If you were honest with yourself, what if anything, would you say is holding you back from being the truest songwriter you can be today?     If this doesn’t sound like you. Maybe there’s a time in the past when you can recall feeling held back by something or perhaps even somebody?   Sharing some of the details of these...

If I got ALL the hits, ALL the gigs, ALL the praise….. This post includes a question for you to answer, either to share your answer to help others or to help you understand something about yourself, for yourself and on your own. ”Let’s trade in all our judging for appreciating. Let’s lay down our righteousness and just be together” – Ram Dass...

Expect greatness from yourself I started reading Michael Jordan’s biography “The Life”. I’m only a few pages in but I’ve been reading quotations from this book for almost a year now and I can only expect great motivation from picking this up. This morning on instagram [ I’m @karlbroadie by the way ] someone I follow @MWFmotivation posted an awesome photo of Jordan...