Comments on: 7 Places to Find Inspiration for Songs

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:05:26 +0000

Thanks for writing this article. The inspiration to write music is sporadic for me at best. It has always been that way. I wish you could harness the Inspiration and bring it out anytime you need.

By: rboswell

rboswell — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:49:36 +0000

oh my… sorry about “really is the awesome” and any other terrible grammar mistakes. I’m half asleep.

By: rboswell

rboswell — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:48:36 +0000

Freewriting really is the awesome, as far as lyrics go. Just don’t stop moving the pen no matter how silly your ideas seem, just let them evolve naturally. Then go back later and skim through and highlight interesting thoughts and ideas. Another bonus is that it trains your brain for writing. When you start to write all the time then you start thinking in terms of making things sound more interesting.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:21:20 +0000

I don’t think that inspiration comes spontaneously very often.

Some people think that inspiration is the beginning of why we do work. I think it is the other way around, we begin to work and actively seek the inspiration. It can be a difficult concept to grasp.

I’m a big fan of freewriting though. =D

By: Cz

Cz — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:11:28 +0000

JAM! or Beer and couple of drunk friends with guitars

By: violencia

violencia — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:45:57 +0000

man thank you

By: iceblueglow

iceblueglow — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:51:46 +0000

sweet article

i mostly of the time follow my intuition while ive my sequencer open.

i sometimes get the inspiration on different kind of things combined. like a certain smell and painting together, once i got inspiration when i dropped 20 coins on my arm from 3 feet high.

inspiration is on all kinds of places where you never look because it sounds insane, but if you live your life in an other way others do, you get inspiration easyer

By: Darren

Darren — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:14:57 +0000

great and inspirational in its brake down of starting points for songwriting , like anything else the art of writing is something we must practice to the point where all of the methodology above becomes second nature ….

By: Chris Arndt

Chris Arndt — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:47:13 +0000

I find that sometimes new equipment can trigger new sparks of inspiration when you fiddle around with it. For example, I recently bought a used Synthesizer from the early nineties and just trying out its sounds has led to several song ideas. The same could happen when trying out a new (perhaps more traditional) instrument, an effect unit or whatever.

Another great way get new ideas is to try to write something in the style of another artist or song. I usually do not succeed with this but end up with a pretty cool song in the process anyway

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:40:58 +0000

Dig the article.

In the past I’ve written down a paraphrased idea of a note progression. A few years ago when Reason 1.0 came out, I transferred all those ‘notes’ into songs. The cool part is I didn’t actually write down any notes, just relative progression. So I can now reinterpret what I developed years ago.

By the way, Reason has finally exorcised most of the tunes dancing in my head! Thank you Propellerheads!