Get Out of Your Bubble to Co-Write!

Most songwriters that you meet are extremely passionate about their craft. So passionate, in fact, that it can sometimes lead to working entirely in a bubble, so as to ensure that nothing “gets in the way” of their art. The irony, of course, is that sometimes that bubble is the exact thing that DOES get in the way of their creative development.

The Somebody behind the “Album of a Nobody”

Why do you write music? Are you hoping for fame and fortune? Or perhaps at least a livelihood? My interview with Mark Roper, reminded me that the enjoyment of the process can be the ultimate reward. Mark Roper has had an adventurous life, which includes spending a year in Russia where he worked on learning the language. During that time, he had a British roommate with whom he played cover songs on the cheapest guitars they could find.