Sounds pretty simple … or is it? Accepting his premise is, well, not so easy. I thought that real songwriters were “professional” songwriters, people who make their living by writing, either as a performing songwriter or a staff songwriter. It’s not in my internal vocabulary to think outside that box.
But maybe it’s worth considering … but no one in the music industry would consider me a real songwriter if I’m not doing this as a profession. And, if I accept that notion, then maybe I won’t do the hard work to become a real songwriter … as you can see, there is a lot of “stuff” to work through to change a perception about ourselves, for better or for worse. But, it’s is worth considering. Who knows, maybe he is right?
