Episode 75: Radical Change for Radical Growth business collaboration ego feel growth insecurity podcast song songwriters songwriting Mar 15, 2023

Episode 75: Radical Growth for Radical Change

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What causes some people to grow at a faster rate in their songwriting career? Here at SFG, we believe it's all about collaboration, and in this podcast episode, we explore how radical growth happens because of it.

Mike Meiers and COO of...

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To Invest or Not to Invest: Choosing Between Garageband and Logic Pro beginner collaboration daw digital audio workstation garageband logic pro madeline finn mastering mixing nashville recording songwriting user friendly virtual instruments workflow Mar 10, 2023

To Invest or Not to Invest: Choosing Between Garageband and Logic Pro

By Mike Meiers 

The Great Songwriter Debate: Is a DAW necessary as a songwriter in 2023?

Overall, learning to record at home in a DAW or, Digital Audio Workstation, can be life changing! It’s a great way for...

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Episode 73: American Idol vs. What Actually Works american idol band feel garageband guitar joy logic music people play record song songwriters songwriting Feb 22, 2023

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Have you ever had anyone say to you with great enthusiasm, “You should try out for American Idol!”?  It’s a well intentioned but generally a misguided statement for musicians and our guest today and best bud of mine, Madeline Finn, is living proof...

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Episode 72: Sync Licensing Myths create genre licensing listen man music oversaturated producers production skills song songwriting sync tracks Feb 15, 2023

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Sync licensing has quickly become a buzz word in the music world and for good reason - you can make a living in it! Some people don’t even believe that, and end up missing out of a big source of income. There are so many myths about this field because it truly takes years to...

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Active Listening for the Unconvinced active listening american songwriter magazine guitar guitar coach listen listening songwriter songwriting why active listening is important? Aug 10, 2021

You might have heard me talk about active listening because I'm a huge advocate for it as a songwriting guitar  coach. But why is this so important? What are the benefits? Do you really need to do this consistently? 

If you’re thinking, “active listening doesn’t really...

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