“Write good songs.”
This is the advice one of my close friends (whom I work for) gives to bands asking how to “make it.”
Of course, this is leads to further discussion.
“Great songs with a bad plan fail,” says Amber Horsburgh.
How do write good songs? Write bad ones. And you write bad ones by writing a lot of songs.
Yes, inspiration may come from the heavens and bless you with a hit.
But even then, you still need to know how to craft and mold that idea into an actual song.
So you gotta work.
That doesn’t even mean posting something everyday. You can do this quietly, without sharing with the world.
Write as often as you can. Do your thing as often as you can.
As I wrote about a year ago:
So don’t look too far into the distance. Make your mistakes now, get your bad stuff out of the way this year. Your work today is to keep piling up your art, your work, your magic.
Learn Your Lessons Each Step of the Way