{"id":1301813,"date":"2018-12-26T13:33:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T20:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1801826"},"modified":"2018-12-26T13:33:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T20:33:56","slug":"country-stars-reveal-their-top-new-years-resolutions-for-songwriting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/country-stars-reveal-their-top-new-years-resolutions-for-songwriting\/","title":{"rendered":"Country Stars Reveal Their Top New Year\u2019s Resolutions for Songwriting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Lauren Tingle<\/a><\/span> 20m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

New year, new you. Right? The world is full of unattainable goals for New Year\u2019s resolutions. But members of the country music community are a little more realistic about their resolutions; especially when it comes to songwriting.<\/p>\n

The stars at November\u2019s BMI Country Awards, including new Grammy nominees Kacey Musgraves and Luke Combs, were happy to share with CMT their top songwriting resolutions for 2019. And they all ranged in specificity from quitting hunting talk to writing more.<\/p>\n

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    LANCO\u2019S Brandon Lancaster<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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    I\u2019m going to quit not finishing songs \u2014 getting halfway and thinking it\u2019s not going to be any good and then giving up on it because writing a song can be a fight. It\u2019s about finishing the fight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Luke Combs<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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    I\u2019m going to quit talking about hunting too much and then it\u2019s two hours later, and we\u2019re like, \u201cOK, I gotta write a song.\u201d If you get two hours in with no productivity, it can be a long day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Dan + Shay<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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    Shay Mooney: I\u2019m going to quit writing bad songs.<\/p>\n

    Smyers: I\u2019m trying to kick that habit of saying \u201cgirl\u201d unnecessarily in a song. Sometimes you\u2019ve got to say it. Habitually we use it to fill in an extra syllable in a song when it\u2019s sometimes unnecessary. It sounds over critical and crazy, but it gets on my nerves when we do it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Russell Dickerson<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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    I\u2019m going to quit getting physically hungry when I write songs. I\u2019m going to stay fed. I\u2019m going to stay caffeinated. If I get hungry or if I get tired, I can\u2019t make words.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Sometimes if it\u2019s midnight and one of my buddies texts and asks, \u201cAre you up? Want to write?\u201d And I\u2019m laying in bed, and I say, \u201cNo, I think I\u2019m good.\u201d I\u2019m going to take more of those opportunities next year because I\u2019ve gotten a lot of cuts this year with those writes. And so, anytime I miss an opportunity like that, I feel like I should have been there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Walker Hayes<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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    I\u2019m a bad over-editor. Sometimes what comes out of your heart and the way it comes out is really special. And if you over analyze it and you try to make it perfect, it will be perfect, but it will lose all that good emotion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Chris Lucas: Stop overthinking it. Be legit. Make every line a home run as much as you can. Write what\u2019s in your heart, and just feel it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Heather Morgan<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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    I\u2019m going to learn some new chords and not do the same G, C, E minor, D progression. I\u2019m gonna branch out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Scotty McCreery<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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    I think looking at other people\u2019s songs and thinking, \u201cWell if it worked for them, why don\u2019t we do it for us?\u201d is a bad habit. It should be about thinking for ourselves instead of thinking about other stuff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    William Michael Morgan<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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    I\u2019m going to try to be a little bit more open. I\u2019ve always been someone who knows what they want to do. So, I\u2019ve blocked all that off as far as trying new things. I would not be opposed to trying some new things and, of course, keeping it traditional, keeping it us, but branch out a little.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Kacey Musgraves<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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    I don\u2019t write enough. My style goes a little different. I go through life, conversations, or arguments and I collect ideas. I put them in my phone, and I save them in a basket for later, and then I open them up, and I see what I have. I would like to get in the habit of creating more consistently. My husband is someone I really admire for that because almost every day he writes an amazing song by himself. That\u2019s another thing, I haven\u2019t written a song by myself in forever. \u201cMother,\u201d I wrote 90% alone. But I had a little bit of help. I\u2019d like to do that more because there\u2019s a little bit of freedom in just saying I did this myself but if it sucks you can\u2019t really blame it on anybody else.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Morgan Wallen<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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    I think I don\u2019t write enough. If anything, I\u2019d like to write more songs in 2019. When I started out the year, I was doing so many shows. But now, I\u2019ve got some buddies I can take on the road with me on my bus, and we can write out there. I\u2019m going to be gone just as much in 2019. But instead of focusing so much on shows, I want to put just as much focus on writing more songs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Aaron Watson<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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    I love writing songs, and I have a lot of bad songwriting habits. I don\u2019t want to kick any of them like I can\u2019t stop thinking about it. I get up early and write, and I stay up late, and I write. I write all the time. And I take it seriously. I do it as a hobby, but I also do it because it\u2019s my job. I owe it to my fans to give them the best I got. I really feel in 20 years I\u2019m really catching my stride. But I\u2019m a late bloomer. I\u2019m having fun, and I know who I am. I\u2019ve always stayed independent because it\u2019s important for me to stay true to my brand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Lauren Tingle is a Tennessean and storyteller who eats music for breakfast, lunch and dinner. When she\u2019s not writing or rocking out, she enjoys yoga and getting lost in the great outdoors.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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