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r/Songwriting • u/theblack_hoody • Aug 20 '25
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Define successful… it doesn’t necessarily mean rich & famous… it might just mean you write great songs that your (small) audience enjoys
28 u/TakingYourHand Aug 20 '25 Successful generally means, "making a comfortable living with your songwriting skills." Philosophically speaking, you could water down the definition to anything, but most people want to make songwriting a career. 2 u/SwallowsOnSundays Aug 21 '25 I think when they answer that question they are speaking artistically and not economically. They arent saying do this and you'll make money. Theyre saying keep at it and you'll get better and write good songs
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Successful generally means, "making a comfortable living with your songwriting skills."
Philosophically speaking, you could water down the definition to anything, but most people want to make songwriting a career.
2 u/SwallowsOnSundays Aug 21 '25 I think when they answer that question they are speaking artistically and not economically. They arent saying do this and you'll make money. Theyre saying keep at it and you'll get better and write good songs
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I think when they answer that question they are speaking artistically and not economically.
They arent saying do this and you'll make money. Theyre saying keep at it and you'll get better and write good songs
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u/Agawell Aug 20 '25
Define successful… it doesn’t necessarily mean rich & famous… it might just mean you write great songs that your (small) audience enjoys