You put out your first single and then a few more and then the whole album. It hits. It connects. Momentum is building, doors are opening, things are finally happening.
And now your management and label want to get the next record made and released as soon as possible.
You say, ‘no problem’…you have a plan. Because beyond the ten songs on the first album you had ten more that were pretty solid but just didn’t make the cut…but they were good and you like them and there’s nothing wrong with them and…
And now, as the urgency escalates for new material those B list songs are starting to sound really good.
This is not a good plan. Not that an old song can’t be resurrected. But there’s a reason those songs ended up on the B list.
You need to write new A list material. And that’s hard. It took a long time to come up with the ten A list songs that went on that first album…and it would be so much easier to just release the ten B listers next…to sidestep that pain and agony and unknown. At least the B listers are familiar and you know what you’ve got.
Dig deep. Do better. Put in the work and dig out the gems.
