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Jeff Oxenford documents his journey to record a demo. Navigating from one post to the next one isn’t obvious, so here’s a link for each installment:

http://jeffsongwriting.blogspot.com/2007/08/preparing-demo.html

http://jeffsongwriting.blogspot.com/2007/08/preparing-demo-part-2-going-into-studio.html

http://jeffsongwriting.blogspot.com/2007/09/demo-part-3-practice-rhythm-more-than.html

http://jeffsongwriting.blogspot.com/2007/09/demo-part-4.html

http://jeffsongwriting.blogspot.com/2007/09/demo-part-five-editing.html

http://jeffsongwriting.blogspot.com/2007/10/demo-part-6-practice-pays-off.html

http://jeffsongwriting.blogspot.com/2007/10/demo-part-7-do-i-really-like-this-song.html

Rob Roper shares his tips on songwriting discipline. I agree with all he says, except i personally set myself goals such as “I’m going to finish the song I started 6 months ago in this session”; it seems to motivate me even more. So it’s always interesting to see that what works for someone doesn’t work for someone else…

http://robroper.blogspot.com/2007/09/songwriting-discipline.html

Eric Baell, music industry veteran, gives his tips for “writing on the road”. This isn’t to be taken to mean “writing while you’re on tour” but is actually about setting up a songwriting trip, meeting various co-songwriters along the way. I’ve never done it but it sounds like fun