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How To Rescue Your Time And Get Your Life Back

June 1, 2008 By Graham English

A couple weeks ago I wrote about the time required to become an expert songwriter. That advice could have been just as well for any craft, not just songwriting. And the number of hours that I referenced, 5,000, was arbitrary. There is no magic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose, Technology Tagged With: advice, applications, apps, creativity, expertise, experts, goals, GTD, keywords, measurement, metrics, Practice, productivity, research, Songwriting, tagging, tags, time tracking, time-management, War of Art

Average Words Per Song And The 80/20 Rule

December 26, 2007 By Graham English

In preparation for my 2008 song-a-week project, I wanted some numbers to give me an idea of how much writing I would need to do. Using the 80/20 rule—only 20 percent of my writing will make the cut while 80 percent will go into the waste … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: 2008, 80/20 rule, GTD, lyric writing, Object Writing, productivity, Songwriting, songwriting process, time-management

SEO Automation: How To Track Multiple Search Engine Keyword Rankings Instantly

June 4, 2007 By Graham English

With a little help from Dave Taylor, author of a number of cool tech books, including the book that inspired this time-saving tip, Wicked Cool Shell Scripts, I was able to save myself a tremendous amount of time and energy. Time that I used to spend … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose, Technology Tagged With: analytics, Apple, automation, Changetrack, Competition Research, Conversion, email, Google, GTD, HowTo, iCal, Keyword Research, LifeHacks, Lynx, Mac, MSN, OSX, productivity, scripting, scripts, SEO, split-testing, stats, time-management, tips, tutorials, Unix, workflow, Yahoo

Top 5 AppleScript Productivity Hacks for WordPress Bloggers and Podcasters

May 9, 2007 By Graham English

As bloggers, we tend to do the same repetitive tasks over and over again. We open the same URLs. We launch the same apps. We ftp, we search Technorati, we comment, we do this day in and day out. The 80/20 rule would tell us that creating content in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Prose, Technology Tagged With: AppleScript, Audio Hijack Pro, automation, Blogging, Google, GTD, iCal, LifeHacks, NetNewsWire, plugins, podcasting, productivity, Quicksilver, Technorati, TextMate, time-management, tips, Transmit, tutorials, Video, Wordpress, workflow

Applying The 80-20 Rule To Your Songwriting

March 22, 2007 By Graham English

I'm finding more and more that what stops songwriters from finishing songs isn't a lack of good ideas but a misdirection of songwriting focus. Based on the comments I receive, musicians are spending more time on tasks that do little to move the song … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: 80/20 rule, copyright, deliberate practice, GTD, lyric writing, melody, Songwriting, songwriting process, songwriting tips, time-management, writing lyrics

Musicians With Day Jobs: Get More Energy…

September 26, 2006 By Graham English

Lori has some useful tips if "you're perpetually trying to squeeze more hours into the day to get more time to work on your music or other projects." Check her out: Useful energizer software for musicians who still have time-consuming day jobs … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: blogs, energy, GTD, musicians, sleep, time-management

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