Are you ready to get more & better song ideas?  And do you want to turn those cool ideas into great songs that impact the listener and make artists want to record them? 

If you do, then you’re in luck!  But you’re also running out of time.

Ready to Build A Hit? Read on.

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To BE a pro, you need to THINK like a pro, and this FREE ebook will help transform your thinking, your songwriting, and your success.  Get it today!

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Nothing can accelerate your songwriting career like consistently finding and finishing great song ideas.  It’s what every cowriter wants and what every music publisher and artist needs.  And if you can do that, they’ll need YOU.

Having the right idea when you walk into a cowrite is a huge deal.  Your cowriter, after some chit chat, will probably say, “So… got any ideas?”  Your answer to that question will not only set the course for that day, it may be the difference in getting ANOTHER day with that cowriter or not.

Avoid the embarrassment of not having any song ideas. Be confident and prepared with not just one, but several strong song ideas every time you walk into the writing room.

But it’s not enough to just have a good song idea.  There are many ways to write an idea.  If you want cuts, HOW you decide to write your ideas will have a major impact on the commercial strength of your song.  Attitude, point of view, imagery, timeframe… they all have an impact on how much impact your song will have in the market (whether that means in a publisher’s office or on the concert stage).

It’s time to stop writing songs that get ignored. It’s time to get noticed.

In July, I’m hosting the “Build A Hit” online workshop series, but THE DEADLINE IS TODAY.

In this transformative workshop, you’ll learn a repeatable process you can use to writer better songs again and again.

In our time together (live and face-to-face online), I will reveal:

1. How to consistently find new and exciting hooks, titles and ideas, again and again.

Be confident when you sit down to write or walk into a cowrite, knowing that you have ideas and hooks you can’t wait to write. Become the writer people call because they know you’ll bring great hooks.

2. How to focus titles and hooks into compelling, killer song ideas.

This clear vision for your songs will help you write them with energy, confidence and enthusiasm. Your songs will be easier to write, they’ll be better, and cowriters and publishers will love you for it.

3. How to build your songs for maximum commercial impact and appeal.

Write songs that artists want to sing and fans want to hear again and again. Touch people with your music. Be seen and recognized as the pro that you’ve become.

4. How to overcome creative roadblocks and finish your best songs.

Feel the accomplishment that comes with finishing songs you love and being able to share them with the world. Become a valued and respected songwriter – because cowriters and publishers know you can see a song through from beginning to end.

This course is designed to take you from a blank page to a new song idea to a fully developed concept to a finished lyric.

This course is INTERACTIVE!  You won’t sit back and just stare at a talking head for an hour-and-a-half.  You won’t be some number on a screen.  No.  We’ll be face-to-face.  I’ll ask you questions.  You can ask me questions.  We’re in this thing together.  That’s why I keep this workshop small- I want to get to know YOU!

We will meet online once per week for 4 weeks. Each session is 1 1/2 hours, for a total of 6 hours.  We use an online video-conference platform, which means you can join us from anywhere in the world with an internet connection!  You can be in Nashville or across the globe!  (Although you can also join by calling from your phone.)

Space is limited, and THE DEADLINE TO SIGN UP IS TODAY!  Don’t miss your chance.

If you want to join me on a journey that will help you think and write like a pro songwriter, click on the link below. Spots are limited for this event, and I only host it twice a year. Miss out, and it’s gone for another 6 months. Don’t delay. Transform your songwriting today..

DON’T MISS OUT- CLICK HERE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

God Bless and Enjoy the Journey,

Brent

Brent Baxter is a hit songwriter with cuts by Alan Jackson, Randy Travis, Lady Antebellum, Joe Nichols, Gord Bamford, Ruthie Collins, Ray Stevens, and more. He’s written a top 5 hit in the US, a #1 in Canada & a top 10 in Texas… so far.  He also hosts a top-rated songwriting and music business podcast called, “The C.L.I.M.B.” which can be found on iTunes or your favorite podcast app.

You’re a songwriter.  You’re passionate about writing songs.  Maybe you’re pretty good.  Maybe you’re even excellent.  And maybe you feel called to do music- called by God or by “the universe.”  But you have a day job.  You haven’t been able to transition to doing music full-time.

Are you a failure?

The answer may surprise you.  Read on!

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To BE a pro, you need to THINK like a pro, and this FREE ebook will help transform your thinking, your songwriting, and your success.  Get it today!

Click Here For The Book

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We’ll get back to that in a second.  First, let me tell you about a guy named Paul.

Maybe you’ve heard of the Apostle Paul.  Paul was passionate.  He was also very, very successful- widely considered the greatest Christian missionary in history.  He was literally called by God to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ.  If there’s one guy who should’ve been able (and deserved) to follow his passion full-time, it’s Paul.

But Paul was also a tent-maker.

He made tents to help make ends meet.  At times, he’d work his day job during the week and chase his dream around it.  Sound familiar?

Was Paul a failure because he didn’t pursue his passion full-time?

Of course not!  He was relentless in following his calling.  He went about it with passion and intelligence.  He never quit.  Even as he lived out his last days in a prison, he was writing letters to churches- letters which would become much of the New Testament.  And you can bet his jailers were getting an earful of the gospel!

He was faithful to his calling, and that made him successful.  The results, he understood, weren’t in his control.  God didn’t “deliver” Paul from his day job (I sometimes wonder if that was the “thorn in the flesh” Paul talked about.  But that’s probably just my personal issues showing.).

God used Paul’s day job to fund some of his missions work.  There was a reason it was best for Paul to step back at times and make tents. (Read my blog post: “Day Job: A Songwriter’s Prison or Patron?“) What was God doing in his heart and mind during those hours that made him even more effective when he was preaching?

So if Paul, the greatest missionary in history, was not a failure in spite of his day job, you probably shouldn’t see yourself as a failed songwriter based on your day job status.  Maybe being a full-time songwriter isn’t the plan for you.  Or maybe this season is to prepare you for full-time writing later.  It’s sure not for me to say.

The question isn’t, “Am I able to write full-time?”  The question should be, “Am I being faithful to my calling?”

If you want to use your time wisely- to use it improving your craft and learning about the music business, I have a great opportunity for you.

In the month of July, I’m hosting a transformative online songwriting event called, “Building A Hit: From Blank Page To Finished Lyric.” In this powerful 4-week online workshop, I reveal:

How to find great song ideas. Kill writers block and fill up that blank page again and again.

How to focus your ideas for maximum impact. Don’t waste any more great ideas by leaving them under-developed or confusing.

How to frame your idea for maximum commercial appeal. Having a great, compelling idea isn’t enough. You have to build your song in a way that an artist will want to sing it and an audience will want to hear it.

How to finish your song. Stop leaving your best ideas unfinished. Nobody loves a song they never hear, and a song that’s only 99% finished will never get recorded, never get on the radio, and never change your life.

If you want to join me on a journey that will help you think and write like a pro songwriter, click on the link below. Spots are limited for this event, and I only host it twice a year. Miss out, and it’s gone for another 6 months. Don’t delay. Transform your songwriting today.

DON’T MISS OUT- CLICK HERE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

God Bless and Enjoy the Journey,

Brent

Brent Baxter is a hit songwriter with cuts by Alan Jackson, Randy Travis, Lady Antebellum, Joe Nichols, Gord Bamford, Ruthie Collins, Ray Stevens, and more. He’s written a top 5 hit in the US, a #1 in Canada & a top 10 in Texas… so far.  He also hosts a top-rated songwriting and music business podcast called, “The C.L.I.M.B.” which can be found on iTunes or your favorite podcast app.

If you have the dream of being a full-time songwriter, singer/songwriter, or other type of creative, it’s easy to think of your day job as a prison.

You feel chained to your desk or the sales floor or the job site all day. You feel imprisoned by the 8-to-5 because you aren’t free to do what you love all day. Your commute feels more like a long walk in hand cuffs and leg-irons.  Seeing your day job as a prison understandably breeds resentment and despair.  I know- I’ve been there.

But what if there’s another way to look at it?

What if, instead of being your prison, you day job is your patron?  Read on!

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To BE a pro, you need to THINK like a pro, and this FREE ebook will help transform your thinking, your songwriting, and your success.  Get it today!

Click Here For The Book

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It’s never been easy making a living from art. Way back when, artists used to find a rich person to provide financial backing so they could work on their art. This person was known as a “patron.”  (Maybe you’ve heard the term “patron of the arts.”)

Of course, these days I wouldn’t expect to find someone to give you room and board just so you can write songs. (Of course, there are a few publishing deals out there, but they don’t usually pay enough to feed a family.)  So, instead, I offer up a more obtainable solution.

Let your day job be your patron.

I know, I know… that’s not very sexy.  But so much of songwriting is a mental game.  Amazing things happen when you switch the story in your head from, “this job sucks!  It’s keeping me from living my dream” to “this job is going to help make my dreams come true.”  For one thing, your resentment and stress level decreases, as does your need to Netflix-and-ice-cream the night away when you get home.  Instead, you know you’ve spent all day funding your dream, so it feels even more important to spend your evenings chasing that dream.

Here are a couple ways your day job can help you reach your songwriting goals:

Let your day job pay for your art.

Let the company paycheck cover the roof over your writing room and the coffee in your mug.  Let your job during the day fund your art on nights and weekends.  Let your vacation time pay you while you spend time in Nashville or another major music center.  Let a percentage of your salary cover workshops and conferences (online or in person), while you build connections and learn the craft of songwriting.

You won’t mind rolling in on Monday morning (as much) when you realize your boss is paying for your demos- and he won’t even ask for your publishing!

Let your day job buy you time.

Believe me, it’s easy to resent that your day job doesn’t allow you time to write as much as you want.  Years ago, I spent a lot of frustrated hours in my Alltel cubicle wishing I were writing songs instead of listening to them on my little desk radio.

But, in reality, my day job (call center… ugh) WAS buying me valuable time.  And your day job DOES buy you more time, too. It buys you time to learn and get better while there’s very little to lose by failing.

I wasn’t ready to turn pro back in my Arkansas days.  I wasn’t ready to quit my job and make that jump yet.  I needed that time to grow as a person and as a writer.  Sure, I could’ve grown faster as a writer if I’d been able to tackle it full-time… but how would I have paid for bread and lunch meat?

Relying completely on songwriting to feed yourself or your family is extremely difficult and stressful- I know from experience.

So use this time to improve your songwriting, to build relationships, and to grow your business.

Turn your prison into your patron.

If you want to use your time wisely- to use it improving your craft and learning about the music business, I have a great opportunity for you.

In the month of July, I’m hosting a transformative online songwriting event called, “Building A Hit: From Blank Page To Finished Lyric.” In this powerful 4-week online workshop, I reveal:

How to find great song ideas. Kill writers block and fill up that blank page again and again.

How to focus your ideas for maximum impact. Don’t waste any more great ideas by leaving them under-developed or confusing.

How to frame your idea for maximum commercial appeal. Having a great, compelling idea isn’t enough. You have to build your song in a way that an artist will want to sing it and an audience will want to hear it.

How to finish your song. Stop leaving your best ideas unfinished. Nobody loves a song they never hear, and a song that’s only 99% finished will never get recorded, never get on the radio, and never change your life.

If you want to join me on a journey that will help you think and write like a pro songwriter, click on the link below. Spots are limited for this event, and I only host it twice a year. Miss out, and it’s gone for another 6 months. Don’t delay. Transform your songwriting today..

DON’T MISS OUT- CLICK HERE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

God Bless and Enjoy the Journey,

Brent

Brent Baxter is a hit songwriter with cuts by Alan Jackson, Randy Travis, Lady Antebellum, Joe Nichols, Gord Bamford, Ruthie Collins, Ray Stevens, and more. He’s written a top 5 hit in the US, a #1 in Canada & a top 10 in Texas… so far.  He also hosts a top-rated songwriting and music business podcast called, “The C.L.I.M.B.” which can be found on iTunes or your favorite podcast app.