Members djowens123 Posted December 18, 2009 Members Share Posted December 18, 2009 Yes i do... it has to be. I often write my best song's late at night when the world is still. Find it hard to write in any other way. How about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted December 18, 2009 Members Share Posted December 18, 2009 As long as it's quiet it doesn't matter what time of day -- though I have written while in the middle of some kind of commotion, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeonardScaper Posted December 18, 2009 Members Share Posted December 18, 2009 I need sound around me. Some of my best hooks come during the day while I am in the midst of the maelstrom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ido1957 Posted December 19, 2009 Members Share Posted December 19, 2009 I prefer quiet. I used to write in my truck while waiting for my daughter to finish her dance classes. Quiet, comfy seat, but enough visual to distract if stumped. The people in the studio must have thought I was crazy sitting out in the cold winter writing songs... My daughter has taken a year off dance so I've had to find a new quiet place to write. The basement recroom is okay but I miss my comfy seat.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chicken Monkey Posted December 19, 2009 Members Share Posted December 19, 2009 I've found out recently that most of the "rules" I put in place for myself don't really apply. I still have a hard time working out lyrics out loud when I know someone is in earshot, but I've even written songs while another song was playing on the radio. I probably still do my best work in relative silence, and with the house/space to myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grace_slick Posted December 19, 2009 Members Share Posted December 19, 2009 I don't wish to put undue pressure on myself by feeling I can ONLY or BEST bring forth the inspiration to write a song depending on certain external conditions, like quiet, BUT I have always found ever since I was a humble and lazy school student, that I can focus best with some background noise. I don't do silence well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted December 19, 2009 Moderators Share Posted December 19, 2009 As Leo pointed out... sometimes the cacophony of life can bear gifts. The thrum of rubber on the highway, the clunk-clunk-clunk of the Coaster Train taking me to work... this can get my idea generating machine working. I tend to work, any work, in very concentrated bursts of energy. Not necessarily short bursts, 8 or 10 or 12 hours of GO! Then... ...crash. Noise is just part of the stimulus. So if I'm working on a song, the heated travel to the kitchen for coffee and the hasty trip to the bathroom are all just part of the process. Storming from room to room to room sometimes is just part of letting my mind work. I like the idea of Glenn Gould, eccentric classical pianist, practicing Bach with multiple radios tuned to different stations on top of his piano. I get that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted December 19, 2009 Members Share Posted December 19, 2009 When I'm actually working on a song, I'll turn off distractions like TV or radio... but I often find that the impulse for a song happens while other stuff is going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members djowens123 Posted December 21, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 21, 2009 Total silence agreed. Yes, i can write a line or two whenever, but if i am looking for inspiration... for creativity, whether it be musically or lyrically then it has to be complete silence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A Happy Crowd Posted December 22, 2009 Members Share Posted December 22, 2009 Silence is nice, but not necessary for me. I've actually written alot of lyrics in coffee shops with music and conversations going on around me. Unless it's too loud or distracting, I usually don't have too much trouble blocking everything else out. Writing music, on the other hand, is a different matter... although there have been a couple of times I was able to write music while watching tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members easilyspooked Posted December 22, 2009 Members Share Posted December 22, 2009 i actually do not write in silence, i put talk radio on. it puts me at ease for some reason, though i will admit that i turn it off once i really get going, but when i'm starting out i like the distraction, lets things flow a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spencoed Posted December 24, 2009 Members Share Posted December 24, 2009 when im alone i end jamming to high heaven by myselfwhen others are around i can usually writeor when i take my ADD pill i can write like a beast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HenriN Posted December 24, 2009 Members Share Posted December 24, 2009 Same here...that's why I often wake up late at night to write... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 5Ronins Posted December 29, 2009 Members Share Posted December 29, 2009 i grab a pen and paper usually a scrap, then i walk on the waterfront at the harbour, i always come home with something. sometimes i'll take my guitar but i never end up using it. whatever song is on the radio that i enjoyed on the way will be the take off point, when i get home and put music to it i always have something and completely different from what i heard on the radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members speierg Posted December 29, 2009 Members Share Posted December 29, 2009 For the most part, I prefer silence. But I do like to move around while I'm writing/thinking. I'll pace or walk from room to room while thinking about the lyrics I'm working on. I also talk to myself a good bit during the creative process. People might think I'm crazy if I was on hidden camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ordinarypop Posted December 31, 2009 Members Share Posted December 31, 2009 I usually compose and write at night, when the house is still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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