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How to Write Like I Do with John Roderick

John Roderick will explain every single aspect of being a singer/songwriter and recording artist, including, but not limited to:

How to be a musician when you're not that good of a musician.
How to keep writing when everything you write is boring and terrible.
How to completely rewrite songs you thought were finished.
How to maintain some semblance of dignity in a shameful world.
How to find the coconut of an idea in a sea of cliches.
How to, when all else fails, become a colorful personality.

Topics NOT included include:

How to get your demo to Barsuk Records.
How to find a manager.
How to get a major-label recording contract.
How to write a radio hit.

Bio: John Roderick labored in local semi-obscurity for ten years in a succession of good bands that went nowhere. Undaunted, he kept playing music until he rose to the level of national, and then international semi-obscurity. As frontman of The Long Winters he has done almost everything you can do in rock music, short of becoming rich and famous. John also considers himself a widely respected journalist, an extensively quoted author and philosopher, a prima ballerina, a cowboy and an astronaut.

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826 Seattle
8414 Greenwood Ave N
Seattle, WA 98103
United States

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Owner: 826 Seattle

On BPT Since: Mar 31, 2009

Michelle Debruyn

www.826seattle.org/writeli...

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seattle, WA United States

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Aug 05, 2011 12:02 AM

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Seattle, WA United States

Jul 26, 2011 11:39 AM

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