Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?

Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience? Jen Shaner #838690 08/19/10 02:51 AM
Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 23 NW Arkansas travark Casual Observer
travark Casual Observer Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 23 NW Arkansas	I'd say it's always been about me for me. Wanted to say I -used- to write for the audience, but when I really think about it... it's just used to be about me IN RELATION TO an audience. Now I'm pretty disinterested in what the audience thinks. (Though, my own standards are ridiculously high. I tend to think 90% or so of my original material is crap and it never sees the light of day, heh!) For what it's worth, I started out as a cover song guy -- My PRIMARY motivation to start writing about fifteen years ago was an irritation at being compared to various original artists. All hail the ego of a 20 year old musician. laugh

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Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	Tom Shea	04/06/10 04:14 PM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	Johnny Daubert	04/06/10 05:48 PM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	Marc Barnette	04/06/10 06:07 PM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	Kolstad	04/07/10 01:10 AM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	Lynn Orloff	04/07/10 01:12 AM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	John Lawrence Schick	04/07/10 01:32 AM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	BIG JIM MERRILEES	04/07/10 01:34 AM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	WriterTomYeager	04/07/10 02:11 AM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	Mike Caro Substudio	04/07/10 02:46 AM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	Stan Loh	04/07/10 05:49 AM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	Joe Wrabek (D)	04/07/10 08:37 AM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	Jean Bullock	04/07/10 08:49 AM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	"Tampa Stan" Good (D)	04/07/10 01:11 PM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	Ray E. Strode (D)	04/07/10 04:25 PM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	Tom Shea	04/08/10 03:48 PM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	ChadMac	04/08/10 07:06 PM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	Mike Caro Substudio	04/09/10 12:01 AM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	ben willis	04/09/10 12:42 AM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	Andy K	04/09/10 04:57 AM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	"Tampa Stan" Good (D)	04/09/10 12:28 PM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	Gary E. Andrews	04/10/10 05:26 AM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	Andy K	04/12/10 03:20 AM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	Tina Anderson	04/13/10 09:27 AM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	Noel Downs	04/14/10 10:05 AM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	PopTodd	04/14/10 06:59 PM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	Music Supervisor	04/25/10 01:41 AM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	T.Wallace	08/13/10 04:53 PM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	Puddleglum	08/13/10 07:42 PM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	Mackie H.	08/13/10 11:36 PM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	Jen Shaner	08/14/10 07:13 AM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	travark	08/19/10 06:51 AM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	Ann_F	08/19/10 07:02 AM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	Wendy D	08/21/10 07:09 PM
Re: Do you primarily write for yourself or your audience?	Sam Wilson	08/21/10 11:57 PM

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