I Hate Mornings

I create music all the time. Mostly I create it in my head, but often I write it down (sometimes lyrics, sometimes chord symbols, occasionally real musical notes on little shakily-drawn staves). I really enjoy doing this, so it creates value for me. Unfortunately, nobody else could care less whether I’m scribbling inspired melodies or not.

Then he records a vocal to make fun of his brother who has a bad stutter (“B-b-b-baby you just ain’t seen n-n-n-nothin’ yet”), with some Van Morrison impressions thrown in for good luck (“She looked at me with those big brown eyes, and said…”). The track was only meant to send to his brother as a joke, but when the A&R guy turned up to listen through the album he decided there wasn’t a good single.

The experts got where they are through some random chance and a lot of hard work, and there’s no concrete advice they can give aspiring music industry people, so they tell their story as if all the answers are hidden between the lines.

…Bring me a ticket for an all-day freeform event in London where the real experts get to talk to people who understand and care, and the new generation of social media-savvy musicians, songwriters and labels get to hang out, learn, network, create and enjoy.