20 Creative Songwriting and Composing Prompts Courtesy of 'Every Song Ever'

Here's my newest article I wrote for Flypaper that comes from a lesson I've done with a few of my students that's based on Ben Ratliff's book, "Every Song Ever." As I mention in the article, that's probably the best book I read in the last year and I think there's a lot of wisdom in there. 

Let me know if this helps you write some music!

http://flypaper.soundfly.com/write/creative-songwriting-composing-prompts-every-song-ever/

9 OF THE MOST RIPPING COUNTRY GUITARISTS WHO ADVANCED THE LANGUAGE OF THEIR INSTRUMENT

Check out my new article for the Soundly blog, Flypaper, entitled "9 OF THE MOST RIPPING COUNTRY GUITARISTS WHO ADVANCED THE LANGUAGE OF THEIR INSTRUMENT." 

This was a lot of fun putting together and there's about a half hour of videos in this article. Dig in!

http://flypaper.soundfly.com/play/classic-60s-influential-country-guitarists/

An Introduction to the Wide World of Alternate 12-string Tunings now on Soundfly

About 5 years ago, I was obsessed with finding new tunings for my 12-string Stratocaster, leading to my albums Black Figure of a Bird and In White Sky.

Today, Soundfly published my article on getting started finding tunings on 12-string for yourself. Check it out here, complete with audio samples:

http://flypaper.soundfly.com/play/an-introduction-to-the-wide-world-of-alternate-12-string-guitar-tunings/

The Compass: Philadelphia, PA

I wrote this article about Philadelphia for Soundfly's COMPASS series. Much hype about lots of things I like in Philly, including Ars Nova Workshop, The Rotunda, John Coltrane House, DiPinto Guitars, The First Unitarian Church (R5 Productions), Spruce Street Harbor Park, Fire Museum Presents, and a shout out to Dan Blacksberg's Yiddish Dance Party, and more.

http://flypaper.soundfly.com/disco…/compass-philadelphia-pa/