When accepting his BMI Icon award in 2010, songwriter David Foster gave a speech which was more like a ten commandments for all songwriters to live by.

Here are those ten tips in a nutshell:

1. Save your money
2. Don’t get married
3. Learn an instrument
4. Don’t be too precious about your songs
5. Be genuinely happy for someone else’s success
6. Phone people back
7. Give your career everything that you have
8. Be on time
9. Make every creative decision as if you have a million dollars in the bank
10. Save your money

Enjoy

I especially liked numbers 3, 4 and 9 on the list. Which one(s) resonated with you?

Until next time, keep on writing,

Corey Stewart
All About Songwriting