Originally Posted by Bill Robinson
Couch
He might have won the awards but where are the songs. I listen to the radio every day and I don't think I have ever heard a single song from that album on the radio. The only way I heard the songs were to get them off the internet.
I thought the songs were great as well. I searched for them so I could hear them.

I was not saying Dylan was not great. I was saying he seems to be ignored in todays market.


Bill, we don't hear a lot of Beatles on the radio anymore either but that is just the nature of the music industry and remember top 40 radio is driven by the mega corporations like Clear Channel. I happen to think the Dylan is the most important songwriter of the 20th Century. If the 21st Century can deliver someone of his talent, I can't wait to hear it.

I'll have to agree with couchgrouch, the best way to learn to write a good song is to study a good song. I learned something from Jason Blume but unfortunately it wasn't how to write a good song. What I learned is that people who have had a couple of hits under their belts can leverage their success to create a career out of making presentations to other songwriters. I learned that it is possible to critique a song and no matter how bad it is, you can make the person who penned it feel like they have talent. This is what I most remember about the workshop.

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein