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What Can Business Learn from Songwriters?
14 July 2016
I was kindly invited by Soren Trampedach and Work Club Global, in collaboration with the Sydney-based organisation Affectors,…
Language
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Revising Songs
VIDEO: The Psychology of Lyrics
14 July 2016
Thanks to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music for hosting their first inaugural Teach Meet – a public lecture…
Generating Ideas for Lyrics
Language
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Song Starters
ASCAP Blog – ‘Bringing Cliches Back From the Dead’
12 April 2016
I’m very chuffed to have had this article published on the ASCAP Blog, ‘We Create Music’. Click on…
Music
Soft Songs for Sleepy People
29 December 2015
Exactly 11 months and 30 days ago I was 8 and a half months pregnant. That’s a lot…
Habits of Success
The Secrets of Successful Collaboration
1 January 2015
Reposting here a short article I wrote for ASCAP a while ago, with some thoughts and musings about…
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30 June 2014
I was recently interviewed for online songwriting publication, “Success for your songs”. You can check out an excerpt…
Songs I Love
Songs I Love: ‘One Way Ticket’ by Busbee
1 April 2012
My friend showed me Busbee’s album last night, and I listened to it on repeat while driving from…
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Great Question
19 November 2011
Hi Keppie, I have a question. I recently had a singer adapt one of my poems into a…
Generating Ideas for Lyrics
Habits of Success
Psychology of Creativity
Revising Songs
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Wisdom from Songwriters
Eagle Rock Fall Songwriters Retreat
12 August 2011
EAGLE ROCK SONGWRITERS RETREAT – OCTOBER 8 2011 Former Berklee Songwriting faculty Keppie Coutts presents the Eagle Rock…
Habits of Success
Psychology of Creativity
The Whole Brain Process
8 August 2011
In 1968, a psychologist called Roger W. Sperry published his groundbreaking study that showed that the two hemispheres…
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Lessons that still ring true
16 June 2011
In 2008, I had the unbelievably good fortune to spend a whole week with John Mayer, talking about…
Revising Songs
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SPECIFICITY #2: Getting Specific About Images
21 May 2011
A while ago I started an article about SPECIFICITY in lyric writing (see post: Specificity #1: Getting Specific…
Generating Ideas for Lyrics
Habits of Success
Revising Songs
Song Starters
Wisdom from Songwriters
Getting Fruitful Feedback – (Eagle Rock Songwriters Retreat this weekend!)
20 May 2011
One the most important things in the journey of a songwriter is being part of a community who…
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Wisdom from Songwriters
Paul Simon on Listening to the Critics
12 April 2011
I don’t think it’s very good for a serious songwriter to pay attention to what critics say. It’s…
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Science in Songwriting
2 April 2011
“Songwriting is a science based on trial and error, its success is determined by how much elbow grease…