Members smallbutmighty Posted March 28, 2008 Members Share Posted March 28, 2008 ... writer's block also disappears instantly when you don't write True enough. Given the choice, however, I'd rather choose the option that bears fruit. A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fenderman1991 Posted March 29, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 29, 2008 Thanks guys, I took a day off and just today I'm back on track. I'll remember that when I get it again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skempe Posted April 11, 2008 Members Share Posted April 11, 2008 go to the furthest away, dive Denny's at midnight and just hangout. pretend to read a book with your notepad, and eavesdrop on everyone, and write down various lines you hear. Start a conversation with the waitress and find out everything about her life - her dreams as a child, her secret passion today.... write down various physical traits of a number of DIFFERENT patrons, and then combine them all into one character, and write a story about how that character hangs out at Dennys asking the waitresses deeply personal questions I know im incredibly late, but I loved this. just reading this i can already think of 4 or 5 songs i could get off this and ive had a terrible writers block for the past 2 months since i started recording my ep. thats such an awesome, helpful and funny suggestion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members methodistgirl Posted April 11, 2008 Members Share Posted April 11, 2008 If I want to write a song and can't figure out where to start or have a mind block, I get out my bible and read the book of Psalms. Almost every chapter in that book is a song written in lyrics. That's where I usualy get my inspiration from. King David's psalms. judy tooley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rowka Posted April 11, 2008 Members Share Posted April 11, 2008 Sing. Sing a song. Make it simple to last your whole life long... Don't worry if it's not good enough for anyone else to hear Just sing Sing a song I'm old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VGW Posted April 11, 2008 Members Share Posted April 11, 2008 This may sound a little strange, but sometimes if I get stuck, I do a variation of mad libs. You know, ask someone for a random adjective or verb, ask someone else for a noun. A lot of times you'll end up with crap, but every once in a while it can lead to a phrase which will invoke some image relevent to the song, and get the creative juices flowing again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted April 11, 2008 Members Share Posted April 11, 2008 This may sound a little strange, but sometimes if I get stuck, I do a variation of mad libs. You know, ask someone for a random adjective or verb, ask someone else for a noun. A lot of times you'll end up with crap, but every once in a while it can lead to a phrase which will invoke some image relevent to the song, and get the creative juices flowing again. That actually sort of describes how I work with rhyme schemes. I find the filter of what can possibly be coerced into rhyming (half-rhyming, kinda-vaguely-rhyming, I'm easy) actually can help push the song forward -- because it limits the possibilties. When I first decided to try using rhyming in my songs (like, about the 3rd song I wrote, back making the transition from college egghead/hippie poet to folkie/someday rocker dude), I checked out a rhyming dictionary from the library and did the forced-rhyming (Subterranean Blues-stylie) thing. I renewed the book but had to finally return it to the library. But by then I figured I could just 'run the alphabet' looking for rhymes. And I did that consciously for quite a while when nothing jumped out at me. But -- after writing a whole bunch of songs -- the rhyming thing became almost second nature. I'll still do a "forced search" for a rhyme (running the alphabet, IOW) every once in a great while (and I even used the freeware Verse Perfect 'verse processor' a couple times... I thought it worked well... if I was starting out, I'd probably use it all the time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blstbeatdrumr19 Posted April 11, 2008 Members Share Posted April 11, 2008 This happens to me a lot. I find what works though is putting a halt on the writing for several days, if not longer, and then abrubtly jumping back into it. I seem to have more favorable results this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scottywompas Posted April 13, 2008 Members Share Posted April 13, 2008 Keep writing. Write it all down. Keep putting ideas to paper. One day, you will realize that you have some great stuff. It's just piecing it together at that point. I find that I write all sorts of lines and ideas for a song. I go through and try to organize it later. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Volitan Posted April 13, 2008 Members Share Posted April 13, 2008 I just wait for inspiration to come to me. I went through a phase where I was writing a new song (sometimes two) everyday. Some were great, some were not. But there they were. And then suddenly, it stopped. No inspiration, couldn't write anything. And then one day, I went back to writing everyday. Now I'm back to an uncreative cycle, so I just have to wait I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warlockking Posted April 19, 2008 Members Share Posted April 19, 2008 i usually go watch a live dvd of a band i like, like Black Sabbath's Last Supper or Ozzy Live at budokan and that helps. it works as long as u don't sound just like their songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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