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Serious is good, so is happy. I have always thought the best songwriters are bipolar in one way or another so they see life from slightly different angles.

Hey and welcome - I only just joinmed myself and it looks like a nice friendly helpful place. I am an old timer as far as writing but haven't been doing it for a while. The most important advice I can offer you is to learn the rules of songwriting - and then break them all. Treat them as a guide only but don't get hung up on them. Writing songs is a creative process and if you tie it up in rules you stifle the creativity. So get the feelings down on the page and then start to tidy them up and get them in some order. Never start with the structure - work that in after you get the soul into the song. Oh - and enjoy it. If you can't enjoy it then there's no point doing it

Thanks guys. I will browse a bit before I start the crit - that doesn't come naturally though. I tend to speak up if i like something and ignore it if I don't.

I haven't been involved in music for a few years when I lost the mojo! Recently though I am wanting to excersise my creativity and want to focus on words as a lyricist. Maybe get into composing again some time but for now it's going to be the wordy stuff.