Comments on: Purity vs. technique in songwriting http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/10/18/purity-vs-technique-in-songwriting/ Honey Bowtie Music blog: where sticky songs meet (occasionally) overdressed ideas. Sweet. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:04:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: anonymous http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/10/18/purity-vs-technique-in-songwriting/#comment-814 anonymous Sat, 21 Oct 2006 03:58:50 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/10/18/purity-vs-technique-in-songwriting/#comment-814 Mark gave kudos to your response, and I have to agree. Well said. Mark gave kudos to your response, and I have to agree. Well said.

]]> By: troubadour76 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/10/18/purity-vs-technique-in-songwriting/#comment-813 troubadour76 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 16:27:21 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/10/18/purity-vs-technique-in-songwriting/#comment-813 I don't even think he believes what he said in that post. I think he's just realized that expounding on craft is useless unless there is some talent there in the first place. I only skimmed through his past posts on the subject, but all of those "hacks" are not shortcuts, they're just how you do it. Unfettered creative writing does not make a song, and I think anyone who has attempted to write knows that. I think he was just bored with the posts, and for some reason felt the need to justify not writing them anymore. Because his post doesn't really make sense, especially in light of his own writing (which obviously uses all of those "hacks"). Just a weird post all the way around. I don’t even think he believes what he said in that post. I think he’s just realized that expounding on craft is useless unless there is some talent there in the first place. I only skimmed through his past posts on the subject, but all of those “hacks” are not shortcuts, they’re just how you do it. Unfettered creative writing does not make a song, and I think anyone who has attempted to write knows that.

I think he was just bored with the posts, and for some reason felt the need to justify not writing them anymore. Because his post doesn’t really make sense, especially in light of his own writing (which obviously uses all of those “hacks”).

Just a weird post all the way around.

]]> By: kateo http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/10/18/purity-vs-technique-in-songwriting/#comment-812 kateo Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:26:40 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/10/18/purity-vs-technique-in-songwriting/#comment-812 Great quote! Great quote!

]]> By: cjsmith http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/10/18/purity-vs-technique-in-songwriting/#comment-811 cjsmith Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:05:01 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/10/18/purity-vs-technique-in-songwriting/#comment-811 <i>And I'm pretty firm about advocating that craft in creativity is nothing to be ashamed of.</i> "Being a good craftsman in no way prevents you from having Genius." Good enough for Renoir = good enough for me! And I’m pretty firm about advocating that craft in creativity is nothing to be ashamed of.

“Being a good craftsman in no way prevents you from having Genius.” Good enough for Renoir = good enough for me!

]]> By: nothinganything http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/10/18/purity-vs-technique-in-songwriting/#comment-810 nothinganything Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:48:03 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/10/18/purity-vs-technique-in-songwriting/#comment-810 It gets worn out pretty quickly because it's such an enigmatic, personally subjective factor. It gets worn out pretty quickly because it’s such an enigmatic, personally subjective factor.

]]> By: kateo http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/10/18/purity-vs-technique-in-songwriting/#comment-809 kateo Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:44:15 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/10/18/purity-vs-technique-in-songwriting/#comment-809 Yeah, exactly. In fact, <i>especially</i> if nobody ever talks about it. Yeah, exactly. In fact, especially if nobody ever talks about it.

]]> By: nothinganything http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/10/18/purity-vs-technique-in-songwriting/#comment-808 nothinganything Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:40:15 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/10/18/purity-vs-technique-in-songwriting/#comment-808 I think that ignorance about those techniques will hold one's inspiration prisoner in an even smaller box than the ones we normally impose upon ourselves. Still, marrying your learned skills with the ones you were (hopefully) born with is going to be tricky, even if nobody ever talks about it. I think that ignorance about those techniques will hold one’s inspiration prisoner in an even smaller box than the ones we normally impose upon ourselves. Still, marrying your learned skills with the ones you were (hopefully) born with is going to be tricky, even if nobody ever talks about it.

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