Continuing my trend of using books as inspiration, today I chose to create a song featured in Soul Music by Terry Pratchett. I’m only halfway through the book, but it’s already a favorite of mine—rock music and fantasy together? Yes, please! I need more of this. This book is packed with references to real rock songs, like Great Balls of Fire and Stairway to Heaven (aptly renamed Pathway to Paradise). I decided to recreate Good Gracious Miss Polly, a song from the book - Based on Good Golly Mi...

Today, I’m starting my first blog post about this challenge. What I’ve learned is that writing a song every day often means writing on autopilot. There’s no time to overthink, ruminate, or chase perfection in every note. As a result, the quality of my songwriting fluctuates from day to day—but sometimes, that spontaneity leads to something great. In fact, some of my favorite songs from this challenge were written in just five minutes, when I had no idea what I was doing. Yesterday, I wrote tw...