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1. Pay
2. An audience
3. Applause…especially during your solo.
4. Groupies
5. Catering
6. The satisfaction of a job well done
7. The record label mogul that happened by thinks you’re the next big deal and offers you an open-ended, multi-million dollar contract to do whatever the heck you want, for as long as you want.
What are yours?
MyWeek Editor 
Congratulations Dok. I am liking what I see here.
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what’s so magical about songwriting is that it’s such a unique process for each songwriter and for each song! great article, scott! i laughed (at myself) at the mention of a metronome, as i am somewhat beat-deaf (a spin on tone-deafness)…
i love that this online mag is coming back to life! yea dr. dave!
Fascinating topic – as someone who took music lessons for years, and has written about music for many more, I still see nothing but a blank nothingness when I think about what it would be like to write a song. Probably why I admire folks like Scott who have the gift.
Oh well, maybe 2010…