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An "inside" blog written by hit songwriter Craig Bickhardt who has had his songs recorded by Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, Art Garfunkel, Martina McBride, Alison Krauss, Waylon Jennings, David Wilcox, Poco and may other artists.

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  • Cold Eye, Warm Heart

    Posted on Thursday September 3rd, 2009 at 10:15 in Lyrics, Emotion, sentimentality, song craft

    A procession of ants invaded our kitchen not long ago. We sprayed, we cleaned, and the ants retreated. They were back a few days later following a slightly different path. It has been a month now and we've conceded that maybe these ants are smarter ...

  • A Song For Father's Day

    Posted on Friday June 19th, 2009 at 20:38 in Emotion, song craft, occassional songs

    Sorry for the lack of postings recently, I've been very busy promoting the new CD and on the road a lot this spring. Here's a little tune I wrote with Jack Sundrud and Helen Darling that's appropriate for this weekend. I hope it's a small consolati...

  • Deep Creativity

    Posted on Tuesday February 10th, 2009 at 16:16 in inspiration, Lyrics, Emotion, writing process

    We multi-task our days away in a whirlwind of keyboard activity, and we’re even programmed to enjoy our interruptions-- that’s what the researchers have discovered. Interruptions increase adrenaline and the kick is addicting says author Maggie J...

  • The Figure A Song Makes (Homage to Robert Frost)

    Posted on Tuesday July 1st, 2008 at 10:05 in language, Emotion, writing process, robert frost, lyrical devices

    I re-read one of my favorite creative essays recently. It holds up well, and it applies perfectly to great songwriting."The artist must value himself as he snatches a thing from some previous order in time and space into a new order with not so much ...