Gabe G

That's super cool, John! My background is in web programming, so I've created a web app that will play nicely on mobile web. I couldn't find a thing I liked for the creative part of my process, so I built something that threw together a bunch of stuff I found useful. It ended up sort of like a guitar-tab looking editor that can easily manipulate and play chords, with integrated tools like rhyming dictionary and tuner and audio recorder, plus some basic music theory. I don't want to self-promote or advertise, so I won't post a link, but I would absolutely love to get your thoughts sometime if you were interested. I'm early stages and trying to figure out the best direction to move with it, if I could make it useful for others. What kind of software integrations are/were you all interested in fitting into Songstuff? I'd love to hear what you had in mind - maybe there would even be a way for me to contribute at some point! I know so well the feeling of having ideas but no time to run with them. Best, Gabe

Thank you both for the welcome! Haha, well I was frustrated with the tools I had when I started writing more, and I'm a software developer by trade, so that's my natural approach to problems like this . It's actually been fun working on the songwriting itself while working on a related tool. It's like a marriage of 2 worlds that I love!

Hey all! I'm new the to community. I've been playing guitar for quite a few years, but have always been so self-conscious when it comes to writing music. I've recently been working on overcoming that fear and going for it. I figure that's the only way to improve. I'm hoping to share a couple of my very first songs (another scary thing for me) and get some feedback. I'm also excited to be surrounded and inspired by other songwriters. I'm also very interested in the songwriting process. I'm working on a personal project to create a web application that I would want to use for songwriting. I'd love to connect with songwriters here and learn how you all write and what tools are important to you. Eventually, it would be great to share my project and get some feedback / make it useful for more than just me! Glad to meet you all! - Gabe