Comments on: Writers/Composers Block

By: oi

oi — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:35:36 +0000

and if you’ve redone your older stuff, and still have the older stuff, maybe try mashingup the two?maybe some kind of common “essence” will popout? (i don’t have much to try this with, but i know the stones have older and newer versions of some songs, so if i was more of a music editor i could try some of those pairs…)
pretend you’re stealing your own lyrics and edit them as if to avoid being sued.

By: the anti-yarrg's deviled egghead solution.

the anti-yarrg's deviled egghead solution. — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:24:09 +0000

you could record something ‘satanic’, but include the bible (or bits of it) in backward masking (perhaps in aramaic). will cause some heads to implode.

By: yaaarrrr#? whatever

yaaarrrr#? whatever — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:14:28 +0000

quick bike ride.
grind on mentally challenging stuff like physics your mind will bust out flying after that.
i tried lyrics for a while, but i couldn’t keep the nonessential stuff out. began to resemble an essay or monograph.
i think a lyric (or business card slogan) writer must be satisfied leaving lyrics somewhat ambiguous. (and that’s not even considering mondegreens yeah, go and google-away some more time reading about mondegreens…)

By: joshua Smyth

joshua Smyth — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:48:06 +0000

I find that sometimes the hardest part is getting started. To get over this I just need to force myself to do *some* work

I usually decide to work for some pre-determined amount of time, say long enough for one play through of an album. This might not work if you need to do audio work, maybe some other time measurement would need to be used in this case, like an old fashioned hour glass

By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:45:01 +0000

I’ve been writing a series of articles on creativity in music. The more I look at it, the more I’m focusing on ideas for overcoming writer’s/composer’s block. In short, they nearly always boil down to change.

Good music. I like what’s in the portfolio. Different enough from the standard tracks out on the internet, but still catchy.

I don’t write lyrics, because I can’t get past the first word So anybody who can get a song is doing well in my opinion.

By: joshua Smyth

joshua Smyth — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:09:40 +0000

There’s also the stumble upon toolbar, hours of amusement

By: Dan Connor

Dan Connor — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:38:09 +0000

(Christian bands NEVER run out of things to write about )

Haha. So true.

I listened to one of your band’s unreleased tunes. Pretty good! I like the tension in the melodic structure.