My songwriting partner and I used to finish each other's melodies and now we're both bringing in complete demos to our sessions and defending them like legal briefs. We say we want to collaborate but we're actually just taking turns being the one whose vision gets compromised.
More people experience this than they realize.
The collaborative flow has calcified into territorial protection, transforming shared creation into parallel solitude.
“Where Are You with Songwriting — craft and practice?”
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