{"id":1517,"date":"2016-02-28T12:18:03","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T20:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/songregistration.com\/blog\/?p=1517"},"modified":"2026-02-22T12:22:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T20:22:56","slug":"monthly-songwriting-tips-from-songregistration-com-with-a-tribute-to-two-of-our-all-time-faves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songregistration.com\/blog\/monthly-songwriting-tips-from-songregistration-com-with-a-tribute-to-two-of-our-all-time-faves\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly #Songwriting Tips from #SongRegistration.com (with a Tribute to David Bowie & Glenn Frey)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First, back by popular demand\u2026 ways to help you through Writers Block:
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\n1. Figure out when you’re most productive (start an activity diary to find that out), then schedule your sessions during those times without phone, computer, or other distracters.
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\n2. Set realistic, immediate goals during each writing session.
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\n3. Though it seems obvious, plan ahead to avoid people, places, or things that you KNOW take you off-point (and vice versa, put yourself around environments proven to inspire you).
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\n4. Recognize that staying focused is not easy; but important accomplishments rarely are. Stick with it, the sacrifice is worth it!
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\n5. Always preserve your music copyright<\/a> by professionally registering your songs. With SongRegistration.com<\/a>, it’s fast, cheap, and super-easy (and used by #composers worldwide).
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\nAnd now, a few nice tidbits about David and Glenn \u2013
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\nDavid Bowie:
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\n1. Beyond cool, he turned down knighthood TWICE (in 2000 and 2003). “It\u2019s not what I spent my life working for.”
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\n2. He changed his name (from David Jones) to avoid confusion with the late-60’s Monkees’ star (Davy Jones).
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\n3. His hit “Fame” was co-written with John Lennon (who sang in the background).
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\nGlenn Frey:
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\n1. He not only wrote the theme for the hit show Miami Vice, he also played a Vietnam vet\/pilot flying a DEA mission in one episode.
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\n2. He and Don Henley first started playing together as the backup band for Linda Ronstadt.
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\n3. In the first week he and Don began writing as a team, they penned Desperado and Tequila Sunrise. Not a bad start. Glenn also wrote those ever-haunting Hotel California lyrics (one of the most-played, and royalty-earning, songs on the planet).
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