I'm No Savant

I should shun these copious "info-blogs" about how to write songs like a chicken shuns open spaces when an buzzard is around. I like to figure things out by myself. I am in the do-it-yourself camp. I am a loner.

But then I find myself searching for songwriting blogs, and within a few minutes I am reading about the science of a song. I would rather avoid this kind of activity. I like to stay punk rock.

I feel that I have figured a lot of this stuff out by myself, but, not unlike my passion for understanding random countries' GDP and the evolutionary benefits of the sloth, I get enchanted. I read bits and pieces that put my thoughts in different words. Exactly the reason why I didn't want to read it in the first place. For example, I read this from The Essential Secrets of Songwriting Blog:

So don’t assume that every song you write has to be innovative in every way. If you’ve got a strong element in your song, as the lyric is in this song, let it do its work, and don’t clutter it up with other things that just confuse or distract the listener. Let your next song be innovative if you need it to be. In short, decide what your song’s attractive feature is, and let it do its work.

I didn't need to arrange my perfectly capable brain into thinking those words exactly.

I guess that is part of education. You learn how to let go of your ignorant self-reliant identity, search for other answers and advice, make an attempt to better yourself, and grease the moving parts so your motor hums. I really like that bit of advice from the aforementioned blog. However, somehow, I already knew that instinctively.

Nevertheless, I added it to my blogroll. Its good.