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Really good thanks Clay✍️🎶🌴😎

Thanks Clay and Thompson Square, I'm doing one of those random jobs right now so I can record more songs and also I'm going to sign up with Songtown again want to support you guys Clay. 🌴😎🙏🎶🏄🚴 Thank you ✍️

'Cause I ain't asking nobody for nothin' If I can't get it on my own If you don't like the way I'm livin' You just leave this long-haired country boy alone - Charles Edward Daniels

So much I loved about this video, such a cool interview. My favorite moment is when Clay says: "I still think a lot of times, people underestimate the power of a song." To me, the song is everything...it's the currency of the industry...and I want to print money.

Man, what a story!! This is by far my favorite song Willie's part is so good!!

Good stuff!

I just woke up the chances of me kissing you are better if you use mouthwash,,,

Awesome convo bro...thanks for sharing. Cheers

How much does it cost to go on that ride,,, concrete tramp,,,

08:00 skip the comedy to the music, part. hehe

it makes me think, 'if you had the opportunity to be someone like Bernie Tauplin would you say, no thanks'..

Sorry but this is just not right, generic songs are pop songs, country is more specific with lts lyrics, any song that has a story isnt generic because its about someone or aomething

I give them one song and tell them if they get that one in Billboard's top 40 I'll sign over 2 songs the next time and see how that goes. Plus if the publisher has never had a song get in Billboard's Top 40 you're wasting songs with them because most are song hoarders and sit on them. I've outright sold some songs for 5,000 dollars each and they have both writers and publishers rights. I'll do that before I'll let them sit on 30 songs that I can't do anything with anymore.

that example Marty mentioned about the guy who was holding onto those ten songs so defiantly tells me how much emotional investment we can put into our songs, which may be a great subject in how it can not only help us but also hinder us from being creative.P.S. I've got a habit of commenting directly after a point has been made without waiting to see if it gets addressed at some point further on. So please excuse my impulsivity, though I will leave my comment but just to let you know. (there's a self mocking/knowing wry smile on my face as I write)

such great advise, and the argument about how to redirect those feelings of frustration in to music and create something positive from it, and that may help to move someone in deep ways, not by being angry but just by , well, being positive. There is probably no better medium than music that can turn negative emotions into positive ones.

great point Clay you alluded to at the end there, its not all about No 1 Hits...

As a lyricist who primarily does solo writes, this shows me why I need a melodic co-writer.

Top notch guys appreciate you 💪🎶🙏🌴😎🥃

Marty so much is intangible. Green Days Good Riddance took a complete rework.

One of my first mentors (through another group) told me I needed to look at writing out, not writing up. I was confused at first, frustrated, felt like I just got hockey checked into the penalty box, etc. He basically explained "you all need to come up together." As I struggled through my first year of writing (on my own) and understanding the business, it became very clear that "there is no golden ticket." This was going to be a lot of hard work and its gonna take time. I've made some good peer connections since then and have a great co-writer with whom I write most of the time - we are at very similar places in our journey. Can't wait to become that overnight success.....10 years from now.

Pain and empathy are universal. People like hearing about others pain because even if the cause for the pain is different, the outcome is the same.

Agree

this was fantastic!! Thank you!

My thoughts on the song 'Work'. I think a lot more people than Jenny might imagine can relate to the sentiment of this lyric. Really I think its quiet profound commenting beyond the importance of a marriage and what is needed to maintain it, namely attention, but also to the wider thoughts around 'work' and who is really gaining, benefiting from the time we are being committed into work. thats all OK if you are getting more satisfaction than misery from your work, but if you're working in a Factory Line or even a professional job such as a Solicitor whose task it is to be confrontational and mean and deceitful (no malice intended but just an example), then you may well find the 60-80 hours you're expected to work for the firm every week is just a bit much. So I think more people from a much wider socio-economic demographic than you at first imagine could relate to such a song.

That was great. I'm gonna try it!

this makes me want to get out of bed and start writing! awesome, thank you!!

‘Then the songs are just Wacked Out’… love it!

Committed to greatness!!!

,,, good morning boys,,,

I get that and definitely you should have to earn to get in that room. But at the same time I personally have a lot of admiration and respect for people that are successful but I never get nervous bc I honestly don’t look at anyone as better than me. If your a nervous person have a drink and have fun. But even if your around someone famous they started out somewhere as well. Be confident in who you are, but always be teachable.

I always wonder, if you took the song say" Amazing Grace " and wrote it to another beautiful melody would it be world famous still of the melody was just as beautiful.

I've gotta start forming that group to come up with, thanks guys!

Got my first publishing deal at 60 years old and I've been in and out of music since I was 15. Even after getting the deal nothing really became of it and I was happy to get out in the end. Now I'm 70 and still love writing and do it all the time deal or no deal I love it. Thanks guys...

Always refreshing hearing you guys chat! Thanks for the continued encouragement and wisdom!

Nice!

Clay's a great singer!!!

On the guitar, are you tuned down?

Thank you 🙏

This confirms what I have thought intuitively since joining Songtown earlier this year. Good stuff.

Couldn't "writing down" be a little like playing music with someone who's not at your level? Meaning, everyone has something to offer, something different, that might be helpful - not Federer/Marty different levels, but for me at least, I have had fun playing with others who aren't at my level (TBC not all that high either!) and have learned and grown from either something they shared or from showing them stuff which helped me gain more confidence and feel good about helping. I feel I need more practice at co-writing in general to prepare for any "writing up" opportunities. All that said, wanna cowrite? ;-)

Thanks Marty & Clay for this huge truth nugget...key here for me at least is what Marty said..."You Haven't Earned That Yet"...this is the ingredient many of us forget to use in our cooking...including yours truly. Writing something our peers notice as exceptional is the magic recipe, then writing in stronger rooms will come organically. Just Sayin' Y'all..!

Clay, when you tell your Sara Davis story, you never mention the person who came up with the hook, produced the record, and probably came up with a lot of the melody. I forget his name right now, but Sara did mention him in an interview on SongTown. To be fair, he was the one writing down.

They gave me a write up at my job at the car wash Vegas airport,,, actually they just fired me with no warning,,,

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Billy my mother loved you and your family. Thank you for being such a beautiful soul for my mom. thank you for being you

They turned my power off,,,then I got so mad I pushed my song on the Radio now it's played on Kansas City radio station,,,

The judge gave a ghost a ticket for failure to appear in court,,,

1% inspiration 99% perspiration 👍

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