Hey

I've been writing quite a lot lately. I've got about 7 songs with partial lyrics and about 5 new tunes that I think are ready to get some lyrics.

It's put me in mind of the problem of selecting suitable topics for a lyric, a subject I've been meaning to write an article about for a while. It's a problem that seems to affect a lot of writers after they get passed the vibrancy of youth and grind to a crawl in their late 20s. I mean once you've notched up some experiience you kind of realise the futility of a lot of trains of thought. You've explored a lot of concepts and ideas.

Anyways, there are lots of things you can do to help you work ideas into songs. Personally I have some criteria I use to work up an idea, and to help spot dead end ideas early. Anyways, I'll write it all up in an article.

Cheers

John