One thing I've found over the years is that the muse likes to show up for those who are inspiring themselves. If you don't need a reason to play, you just do it autotelically, then a muse is going to come to you like a moth to light. Even when it's hopeless, if you just do it anyways... muses love that. People often feel like they deserve muses, like they don't need to work on themselves first before Apollo casts one down, but that's a very unattractive thing to a muse. It's not a one sided relationship, you'll have to keep moving and doing your best even when all is hopeless. Anyways, this was a really sweet song about your cat. It would be nice if one day your cat got to hear this and understand it. You never know what's beyond the great veil of time...
Much harder to come across left handed guitars as well, or at least you have far les options. It also limits you in the sense that you can’t just pick up any guitar wherever you are and play it. Makes life much easier to learn to play a right handed guitar upside down
Glad to see you're dedicated to your weekly plan. It's inspiring to see how you can whizz up a song in a matter of mere moments just at the last minute.
Truly a Good Spirited Songster, Troubadour Artist, Catter`Misty Lover ~ Mouser`Covetor, Good Girl! ~ & Good Spirited Soul, you two be, Shibbler & Truly, your' Misty! Thank you for the share, Kind Soul. ~ DDD/paul
Solid lesson at the beginning there. I think it's important that we, as (committed?) artists, constantly remind ourselves of exactly what you said. Most people get that spark of creativity every now and then, create something, and are proud of that. We expect that sort of thing constantly, demand our creativity to be there at a moment's notice, and that's just not how it works. But when it does bother to show up, ooooh boy, what a rush. Touching little song too mate, though I don't agree with letting cats roam at all, but thanks all the same for the whole beautiful thing.
I like that. Committed artists. I think it describes what I was getting at pretty clearly. And yea agree with basically everything you’re saying. Thanks for taking the time to type all that up. May all the house pets roam free and take back the freedom we took from them. -Shibbler
I agree with most of what you said! Over the last 19 months, I’ve written close to 60 songs. In fact, I’m currently working on song number 60! In my case, my long-term songwriting partner writes the majority of the lyrics. Once he sends them over, I take inspiration from his words, crafting the melody and recording a track. I play all the instruments, record, and even master the tracks myself. While the technical side isn’t always my favorite part, it does allow me to bring the songs closer to what I initially envisioned when reading the lyrics. Out of all the recent songs, I’ve only written two of the lyrics myself-one called "People" and the other "The Puppeteers." Perhaps I connect more deeply with my own words, but I’m equally proud of the work I’ve done in collaboration with my partner. The key is to enjoy what you’re doing and to create because you love it, not because you feel you have to. I manage to write these tracks while holding down a full-time job, simply because music is my passion. I’ve been in love with it since I was 13, and I’ll keep at it for as long as I live. You’ve got a long musical journey ahead of you-enjoy every step of it! I love your song by the way... :)
Thanks for sharing! I always find it interesting hearing about how other people go about writing songs and noticing how different their process is to my own.
One thing I've found over the years is that the muse likes to show up for those who are inspiring themselves. If you don't need a reason to play, you just do it autotelically, then a muse is going to come to you like a moth to light. Even when it's hopeless, if you just do it anyways... muses love that. People often feel like they deserve muses, like they don't need to work on themselves first before Apollo casts one down, but that's a very unattractive thing to a muse. It's not a one sided relationship, you'll have to keep moving and doing your best even when all is hopeless. Anyways, this was a really sweet song about your cat. It would be nice if one day your cat got to hear this and understand it. You never know what's beyond the great veil of time...
Nicely put. Very wise. I agree wholeheartedly. I’ll pin this.
Glad to see someone else plays the same way. My parents would never shell out the lefty fee, so I learned upside down
Much harder to come across left handed guitars as well, or at least you have far les options. It also limits you in the sense that you can’t just pick up any guitar wherever you are and play it. Makes life much easier to learn to play a right handed guitar upside down
Glad to see you're dedicated to your weekly plan. It's inspiring to see how you can whizz up a song in a matter of mere moments just at the last minute.
Truly a Good Spirited Songster, Troubadour Artist,
Catter`Misty Lover ~ Mouser`Covetor, Good Girl! ~
& Good Spirited Soul, you two be, Shibbler & Truly, your' Misty!
Thank you for the share, Kind Soul. ~ DDD/paul
Cheers Paul
@@Shibbler 🥂
Totally agree; true artists have to find ways inspire themselves to be creative no matter how uninspired they feel. Nice tune.
Thank you!
Solid lesson at the beginning there. I think it's important that we, as (committed?) artists, constantly remind ourselves of exactly what you said. Most people get that spark of creativity every now and then, create something, and are proud of that. We expect that sort of thing constantly, demand our creativity to be there at a moment's notice, and that's just not how it works. But when it does bother to show up, ooooh boy, what a rush. Touching little song too mate, though I don't agree with letting cats roam at all, but thanks all the same for the whole beautiful thing.
I like that. Committed artists. I think it describes what I was getting at pretty clearly. And yea agree with basically everything you’re saying. Thanks for taking the time to type all that up.
May all the house pets roam free and take back the freedom we took from them.
-Shibbler
I agree with most of what you said! Over the last 19 months, I’ve written close to 60 songs. In fact, I’m currently working on song number 60! In my case, my long-term songwriting partner writes the majority of the lyrics. Once he sends them over, I take inspiration from his words, crafting the melody and recording a track. I play all the instruments, record, and even master the tracks myself. While the technical side isn’t always my favorite part, it does allow me to bring the songs closer to what I initially envisioned when reading the lyrics.
Out of all the recent songs, I’ve only written two of the lyrics myself-one called "People" and the other "The Puppeteers." Perhaps I connect more deeply with my own words, but I’m equally proud of the work I’ve done in collaboration with my partner.
The key is to enjoy what you’re doing and to create because you love it, not because you feel you have to. I manage to write these tracks while holding down a full-time job, simply because music is my passion. I’ve been in love with it since I was 13, and I’ll keep at it for as long as I live. You’ve got a long musical journey ahead of you-enjoy every step of it! I love your song by the way... :)
Thanks for sharing! I always find it interesting hearing about how other people go about writing songs and noticing how different their process is to my own.
love this!
Glad you enjoyed!
hell yeah misty you da goat
some of my favourite writing of yours my dearest boy
Cheers Ank x
Ace!, Thank You! x
You’re welcome!
This is probably the best one i've heard from ya!
Thanks!
@@Shibbler No problem. From my experience the best songs come straight after writers block or at some point during it!
Okie dokie
this is awesome
Thank you!
Play music with other people often! It'll clear that writers block right up!
Absolutely. Great advice