I can’t thank you enough for the reception to my book. What a year it’s been. • @thinkingoutsidetheblocks This @mikeerrico quote has stuck with us at TOTB. When we’re kinder and gentler with our first drafts, we get stronger and healthier second drafts. (Quote is from his book "Music, Lyrics, and Life: A Field Guide for the Advancing Songwriter.”) Mike is our guest for a free Song Revision Masterclass this Saturday Feb 4. Signup link in bio. All are welcome. #bookstagram #songwriter #creativity #books @clivedavisinst #makethehang #musiclyricsandlife https://www.instagram.com/p/CoNBagMuvPS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“All About Love,” by Bell Hooks. I think it goes something like this: Love takes courage, and that courage fosters self-esteem, and that self-esteem fosters values, and those values foster commitment, and that commitment fosters intimacy, and that intimacy fosters a world view that addresses death as merely an essential part of life, which fosters the ability to live in the present without fear, which contextualizes the past and future as phantoms that claw at our present, which is all we have and all we’ve ever had— the one place we all are, all at the same miraculous time. Which fosters community. Which fosters service to that community. Which spreads to all and changes the world. Maybe it’s just that she’s been ruminating on the same things I do, but I didn’t find it super- groundbreaking, though I did do a lot of nodding and underlining. Some ideas ought to be revisited regularly. That said, you really have to read some of the people she pulls from, particularly M. Scott Peck, who gets a lot of love here. In fact, this book made buy a new copy of “The Road Less Traveled” because she reminded me that the part about love being work was one of the more important chapters I’ve read, like, ever. #bellhooks #makethehang #bookstagram #books #love https://www.instagram.com/p/CmdQdMvtPp4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

New, expanded excerpt from "Music, Lyrics, and Life" about a problem that exists in nearly every endeavor: When is it done? Is "done" even a thing? Can it get "undone?" How do we satisfy the conditions that allow us to move on without wanting to put a match to the whole thing? Important questions! Thank you @music_connection LINK: https://www.musicconnection.com/tip-jar-how-to-tell-if-your-song-is-finished/ Personally signed copies of "Music, Lyrics, and Life": https://mikeerrico.bandcamp.com/merch/music-lyrics-and-life-a-field-guide-for-the-advancing-songwriter-signed @clivedavisinst @newschooljazz @yaleconferencesandevents #songwritingtips #songwriter #song #makethehang @nprmusic https://www.instagram.com/p/CeRMRcMu6jH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Los Angeles. When I get pics like this I just have to stop everything and thank everyone for taking the book on their journeys, wherever they lead. Link in bio for your personally signed copy, or : https://mikeerrico.bandcamp.com/merch/music-lyrics-and-life-a-field-guide-for-the-advancing-songwriter-signed #bookstagram #book #songwriter #mikeerrico #makethehang @nprmusic @allofitwnyc @clivedavisinst @thisisovercoats @bludetiger @pompomsquad @moonkissedmusic @newschooljazz @yalealumni https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc7-3SOOtRo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I'll be live and taking phone calls on "All of It with Alison Stewart” (@allofitwnyc), so if you have (easy) questions or (awesome) comments about “Music, Lyrics, and Life,” or if you just want to say hi in front of the NPR audience, tune in and join us! THURSDAY, MARCH 3RD (TODAY) 12 NOON (EASTERN TIME) WNYC: www.wnyc.org/shows/all-of-it @allofitwnyc @kamicraigusa @emmastraub @booksaremagicbk @mcnallyjackson @strandbookstore @nprmusic @nprpodcasts @nprfreshair @songexploder @yalesongwriterscollective @howlandlit @rowmanandlittlefield #musiclyricsandlife #makethehang #mikeerrico #bookstagram #book #bookrecommendations #bookstagrammer @bookedonrockpodcast @bookriot @bookcritics @citybookspgh #brooklyn (at NPR) https://www.instagram.com/p/CapcXq0urMl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Got the REAL questions from @98.1radiofreesantafe and had to resort to Italian hand gestures for emphasis. Interview: https://post.futurimedia.com/kbac/playlist/listen-578.html #musiclyricsandlife #mikeerrico @radiowoodstock @clivedavisinst @newschoolperformingarts @nyunews @nprmusic @laampmusic #makethehang @raulmidon https://www.instagram.com/p/CclUYSvOsYc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Got the REAL questions from @98.1radiofreesantafe and had to resort to Italian hand gestures for emphasis. Interview: https://post.futurimedia.com/kbac/playlist/listen-578.html #musiclyricsandlife #mikeerrico @radiowoodstock @clivedavisinst @newschoolperformingarts @nyunews @nprmusic @laampmusic #makethehang @raulmidon https://www.instagram.com/p/CclUYSvOsYc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=