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Quickie

(I can’t believe it’s been THAT long since I updated here.) It was a crazy productive weekend, and to reward myself for my diligence yesterday, I spent all evening writing lyrics. By hand. On paper. With a pen!

Kate ONeillJanuary 25, 2009 Productivity, Songwriting, The Craft, Writing Songs No Comments Read more

The PubCon Twitter song. Apparently, this songwriter takes requests!

By somewhat popular request (OK: two people), I’m capturing the Twitter song here in my songwriting blog. I’ve been trying to do better about keeping the content of this blog related to Honey Bowtie Music, meaning Karsten’s and my writing,

Kate ONeillNovember 16, 2008 Mostly For Fun, Silliness, Songwriting, Twitter, Web Stuff, Writing Songs 5 Comments Read more

You heard it here first. And maybe last.

It could just be the DayQuil talking, but I think I’m going to undertake NaSoWriMo (as in, 30 songs in 30 days) AND, uh, let’s call it NaBooWriMo (as in, attempt to finish a first draft of a book) at

Kate ONeillNovember 1, 2008 Songwriting, Writing Songs No Comments Read more

Songwriters: found anything better than MasterWriter?

Some time ago, I wrote that I was abandoning the leading software for songwriting: MasterWriter. I proposed a few alternatives, but in reality, those have turned out to be disappointing for the purpose, as well. I’m just wondering what I’m

Kate ONeillOctober 8, 2008 Songwriting, Technology, The Craft 2 Comments Read more

Songwriting and politics

I briefly skipped across something in a feed a few days back referring to this, but I didn’t realize what song the campaign was using, which means I didn’t realize the songwriter in question is none other than my neighbor,

Kate ONeillOctober 7, 2008 Politics, Songwriting 2 Comments Read more

Exciting but mysterious

The publisher of “Mango Sun” emailed us this morning to let us know he has “major” interest in the song.

Kate ONeillJune 21, 2008 Songwriting No Comments Read more

Thanks, Josh Ritter, for getting me ready for Monday

Monday is the anniversary of my dad’s death, again. It was a reflective time for me last year and it’s looking like it will be the same this year. I can tell because last night we went to see Josh

Kate ONeillNovember 3, 2007February 6, 2015 Dad, Grief, Music Appreciation, Out & About, Song Reviews, Songwriting 5 Comments Read more

No really, gravelly crap

Just sang on a scratch demo we need to send off to an artist we’re writing for. Gawd, I hate doing that. My voice sounds like gravelly crap. Gravelly crap with a clothespin clipped onto my nose. I was going

Kate ONeillOctober 30, 2007 Songwriting 1 Comment Read more

Odds and ends: the weekend recovery edition

I’m so lame. I never got around to posting on Blog Action Day. But my excuse is that I’ve had a real roller coaster of a week. I went from, well, managing myself on Monday to having two direct reports

Kate ONeillOctober 20, 2007 Creativity & Inspiration, Drinking, Productivity, Songwriting, Status Reports, Web Stuff, Work, Writing Songs 2 Comments Read more

When a $300 order is a potentially bad thing

I just had to renew Honey Bowtie’s subscription to Billboard and I did it, of course, on Magazines.com. But that’s a $299 order (side note: yes, Billboard is a ridiculously expensive magazine, but it’s such a great way to follow

Kate ONeillOctober 11, 2007 Customer Experience, Songwriting, Web Stuff, Work 2 Comments Read more
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