James Yenesel

Bill, reading through your post on here and the link you shared brought me back to senior year english class. One of the exercises we did was where we would write continuously for specific amount of time (10 minutes or so), we would write whatever came to mind and roll with it till the idea ended and continue the process. It is truly an interesting concept that I will have to do immediately. I feel by this way i can take a line or phrase and expand on it, and eventually have lyrics that make sense and flow much more smoothly.

Bill I feel i can relate to what you said with not being able to put words to the music. Alot of the times i can jam out a cool chord progression or riff, get a general idea of what I want to say and write but never get past that part. Maybe I'm rushing the whole process and not respecting the time, effort and creativity of making a song.

Hello Everyone! I've been playing guitar for 4 years and writing lyrics for the same length of time. I have come up with a dilemma that has plagued me for a long time. One Summer I went on a writing spree and wrote about 8 songs that I loved and was super excited about. Eventually I starting working 8-5, Monday to Friday for a year to get some money for college. I started writing less and less as I became more and more busy. Now I can hardly write a full verse and what I do write I feel like it isn't good enough and move on without looking back at it. What I am asking is how to find inspiration and get the drive to write lyrics again. I'm all open for ideas and would love to hear from all of you! ~James