Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Reflections on Songwriting

It doesn’t have to be good. Most of the time it won’t be good. Become comfortable with the not good. 

The most important part is that it gets done. 

And break up your sessions by trying things you’ve never done before. Play one chord and see if you can’t craft a song out of it using rhythm and melody. Write progressions using only open chords. Write using only single notes. Move into Drop D tuning. Put some distortion on the guitar. Play with a pick. Play using only fingerpicking. 

You never know where inspiration will come from so try anything and everything. 

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