So, you've got a great song coming along. You've got the refrain and the basic chords down. Then you get writer's block. What are your suggestions for getting out of it?
Re: Writer`s Block 19:24 on Sunday, January 25, 2009
Time...sometimes waiting is all that's needed. Don't stress too hard, the idea might need a suggestion from someone else, or a trick you haven't learned yet. Maybe some experimenting - change the key, do a question/answer between a couple of the parts, add a grand pause...
Sometimes working on another song will help. It either clears the cobwebs out or it might spark a creative thought on the original project.
I've had ideas lay fallow in me for a long time (decades) and then bubble to the surface, and sometimes I've had complete instrumentals that after a similar period of time I play the song and go "Oh wow! Lyrics!"
Re: Writer`s Block 17:34 on Thursday, January 29, 2009