I must admit I've had songwriting addiction since I began studying Sheila Davis' "The Craft Of Lyric Writing" and Jai Josefs' "Writing Music For Hit Songs," simultaneously, years ago. These two books allowed me to learn the craft of songwriting rather quickly and I was hooked!
Since then I've remained hooked because of the confidence I feel in writing quality songs and the pleasure gained from creating my own little works of art. Please Bookmark This Site
I know many other songwriters who have songwriting addiction for similar or totally different reasons, but one thing is certain; songwriting addiction can strike anyone, anywhere, at any time!
Songwriting addiction has been around forever, but it became more prevalent in the late fifties, after the songwriting team of Leiber & Stoller rolled out quite a few hits for different artists including Elvis Presley. Soon people were out buying guitars in droves, trying to emulate their favorite rock & roll songwriters and artists. Although songwriters from this area had access to songwriting reference books, they were harder to come by. But folks, that didn't stop them! They became addicted to songwriting for one universal reason. For the pure love and joy of music. Oh, and yes, some wanted to see if they could actually make a living doing it!
Today, more and more people are falling victim to songwriting addiction. This is not necessarily a bad thing. The music world can never have enough great songwriters,and if it takes songwriter rehab to correct their addiction, then so be it. At least these songwriters will have written some great songs, some of which may turn out to be songwriting classics, bringing joy to our music world!
The following are the most common signs and symptoms of the most beautiful psychological dependency known to the world as - songwriting addiction. You will instantly recognize songwriting addiction if:
1. While at home you announce, "Dinner's ready," and the songwriter says,"I'll be right there," only to show up two hours later to see nothing but chicken bones and bread crumbs on the table. What's worse is, the songwriter will usually not even care to eat anything 'cause they gotta' finish the second verse, so back to their room they go, until they fall asleep starving to death while trying to finish the last line of their song.
2. A songwriter leaves their room and starts doing the pee-pee dance right in front of you. They've been so absorbed in constructing the "next big hit" they've forgotten to go to the bathroom!
3. You've taken out the garbage for the fifteenth straight time at midnight by yourself after hearing the songwriter say several hours earlier, "I'll do it, just give me a second," on each occasion.
4. The songwriter is right next to you in the car and hasn't heard a word you said for the last five minutes. This is because they've been humming their next masterpiece in their head while your words go in one ear, through a songwriting filter that blocks out non-songwriting related words, and out through the other ear.
5. The songwriter spends an enormous amount of time surfing the web, prompting you to think they may be looking at adult sites. Weeks later after you've convinced yourself this is the case, it turns out they were researching all the latest songwriting information on SongwriterAdvisor.com!
Although songwriting addiction is presently incurable, rest assured it is treatable through songwriting rehab>>>>
