Kelisms

Good advice. I've been on a roll for a while but then again... not everything I write is worth seeing the light of day I suppose. At least I'm feeling creative. 

Nice post Kel. Lucky for me I don't get enough time to write or play music to ever fall into a slump. I'm usually thinking about playing for a week or so before I actually get to. So maybe that's another method that may help if the writing methods you suggested don't work. Stop writing, force yourself to write nothing and only THINK about things for a week or two. Even if the urge comes to write something down, don't do it. Get your mind itching to want to do it but don't let it. After you've suffered for a week, let 'er rip!! It's the Tough Love method.

 

I've also found that different times of the day can result in different results when playing/recording. I've waited all day before for 7 p.m. to get here so I could start recording or playing and then when it came "poof", I just didn't have it going on. Suckville. Which would fall into your "substandard quality of work" category. 

 

Thanks again for the post Kel. I enjoyed it.

What I have found after more years than I can remember, is quite simple for me,   I have an adjoining orchard in an acre of land I have built a Cabin on it I use this cabin for recording  most of the year,  during July and August I take up residence in it with my wife.because we let the moulin out to good paying holiday makers.

 

Working away from our residence I can sing my songs as I write them and re write  where needed, but I always work on several songs at one time or say at one session,whenever I feel that brick wall coming up I Lock up and go and do and do one of my many Building and renovation jobs On Our Moulin ,

I  don't deliberately think about any particular song whilst away from the recording and my subconscious does it for me.

 

My method is to make a work demo  with just guitar and vocals,

using up to ten tracks , I flit from one track to the next after each musical phrase evolves,  this way I can re do a phrase or even start again.

 

I also place a lot of emphasis on the keys I work in, sometimes a song is better  being lifted up a couple of tones.

 

Another thing I's fussy with is the Drum Tempo a simple drum box that has quite a few Rhythms built in.

 

This way as each song evolves The better songs stand out and the worse are usually deleted.

Eventually I have a meeting with my  youngest son a great Guitarist and Vocalist. and I give him the choice of say two or three , he will then make me up a backing tape.          When it's ready I work on the vocals, most times the arrangements give me, ideas where I can hone in certain phrases and nearly always update the lyrics.  eventually I get a great recording, and then pitch it.

 

I feel sorry for people who write new songs but have not got a reasonable voice or the facilities to record their own stuff ,  in increases the odds of never finding a Pro outlet for their songs, I often study whoever I'm pitching to, buy buying or down loading their hits  recognising the range they have and their favourite keys.

 

If you don't do your research, your chances of placing songs are almost nil.   in my book    . That's just my opinion others will argue with that but it's a fact of life in the recording business when you are aiming your songs at top acts.