get the blood flowing, do random shit to break up the routine, turn off the phone.
Don‘t put pressure on yourself to make anything. you need to live life and have experiences to have things to write about
fill up the well that you are drawing from. the Songs will want to be written again
Jan 11, 2025
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you've just got to write freely without a purpose or without an end goal just start writing and see where you end up, even share stuff here if it doesn't 'fit' anywhere else, it's just gonna get the muscle moving and then you'll have tonnes of stuff to look back and work from when you've got something specific you want or need to write
Feb 8, 2024
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when i first started writing lyrics years ago, stream of conscious writing was a great exercise. i wrote nonstop gibberish, random rhymes, or words until i filled up a page or two from there i would then highlight anything that seemed interesting to expand upon - this can work in any writing field really...
i also love the notes app - any idea that comes into my head goes down there. great mini diary or thought collage to get the idea out whenever something comes to mind whenever wherever
as far as what to write about, that’s difficult to answer but i feel like these tools are a great entry point because its a casual low pressure way to get the juices flowing
Mar 23, 2024
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if you’re ever stuck, just write anything. If the lines don’t make sense together, that’s great. If it sounds nothing like what you’d normally write, great! If it’s not very good, great. just see where your fingers fall on the guitar or piano, or where your wandering mind takes the melody and lyrics and finish whatever crap you’ve just come up with. Finish it in 20 minutes knowing you might not show it to anyone.
Sometimes you might end up finding a cool melody, lines or chord sequence that you fuck with, sometimes you won’t. But working from something’s better than nothing. You could sample it, repurpose it, trash it but you’ve got something tangible in front of you.
Oct 29, 2024
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to me this is one of life’s most simple joys - especially during the winter.
The combination of not driving + the heat from the pie keeping your legs warm + direct pizza fumes provides a precious and rare sensory experience
Jan 22, 2025
Feat. Weird ceramic Superman and protein granola and yes I had a psychedelic experience watching Star Wars the other night when I was stoned
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