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The Song’s the Thing!
By 🅝🅘🅒 🅑🅡🅘🅢🅒🅞🅔 🎙🎵🎸🖋🎥
Songwriting and recording insights, grounded in experience, and what actually matters. Subscribe for songwriting, recording, and clarity about the decisions behind the work.🎙🎵🎸🖋
I work with creatives in both music and writing.
Are you at a point with a song or a musical project where moving forward means making an important decision, yet one you cannot quite pinpoint?
If you’re in that position — where the issue isn’t lack of ideas, but knowing what actually matters — that’s exactly the kind of work I do in my Musical Crossroads Sessions.
If you have a piece of written work where something feels off in your writing, and you can’t quite see what’s not working, that’s precisely what Clarity Pass is for.
Why subscribe?
My aim is to help those involved in songwriting become better at their craft.
Why?
It’s what I know about.
And, because creativity — the humanities, the arts, philosophy, literature and music — is the lifeblood of our culture. Almost all new wholesome ideas in the world originate from this pool.
My content will be fluid, dynamic, and ever-evolving.
As a subscriber, you’ll get full access to all content, past and present, on the website. Anything new will always be sent directly to your inbox and also be instantly available via the Substack mobile app.
How much is it going to cost me?
Nothing. All my content here is free.
Of course, you can become a paying subscriber.
For £5 a month*
Or £45 a year* — a 25% discount
(* You can choose to pay in your preferred currency: $, €, etc)
There are several other paid subscription options.
For example, you can gift or donate a subscription and get a group subscription discount.
You can also become a founding subscriber — to assist in establishing this creative project long-term.
Financially supporting independent creatives, like myself, helps the development of independent media and its long-term survival.
The Song’s the Thing! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
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Why Substack?
I’m an independent singer-songwriter, recording artist, and writer.
Substack allows me to keep my work fluid — to write, share, and develop ideas without interference.
There are no ads, no sponsors, and no editorial pressure. Nothing institutional shaping the work.
At the same time, none of this exists in isolation.
The exchange with readers and other writers is part of the process. Good work doesn’t happen in a vacuum — it depends on attention, response, and conversation.
Much of social media has drifted toward noise, performance, and closed loops of opinion.
Substack, at its best, offers something different: a space for direct connection, considered writing, and ongoing dialogue.
That’s why I’m here.
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You can email me at nicbriscoe@substack.com
