Scott Cooley's Blog

It's easy to name many recording artists whose first albums were clearly better than their subsequent ones, and unfortunately, the...

I recently joined a song-per-week club where new original songs are posted online for review.  You write a song, you record it, you upload ...

I’m not interested in being famous.  I don’t have the right personality to enjoy the life of a celebrity.  That’s one reason I’ve never bee...

I guess more than anything, this blog is a lifestyle blog.  It’s about songwriting, which is something I like to do.  It’s a part of my life...

To answer this question, and relate it to my free-time hobby of writing songs and recording them, I have to express my thoughts about wanti...

Names are more important than you think for products and services to do well.  It’s a big reason why Bandcamp and Soundcloud are cool.  T...

If you’re like me, you have a secret-yet-totally public part of yourself that is your online music presence.  You never talk about it with p...

How To Write Songs I have no formal music training, and am completely a self-taught musician and songwriter.  This is just one songwrite...