Mason Dixon

This make so much sense to me. I know I overthink the songwriting process way too much because I'll hear a song, and want my song to sound exactly like that and that's usually what causes me to become unmotivated, because it's hard to write a song based off of another and have it turn out original at the same time. I've definitely had to work on being less critical about my work, which is really hard, but I think I'm getting better at it. I guess Im just always thinking too much about the end product before I take the steps to get there. As for the dice idea, I've heard it before but was always sceptical if it would work for me. But I will surely try it out and try to keep this perspective in mind. Thanks a lot!

I've had to ask myself this question a lot recently. I started playing guitar when I was around 13-14 years old, I wasn't that good but a couple years later my friend got a bass so every since we've always tried to start a band. Recently, I quit the band I was with to focus on getting my priorities straight and that was when I realized I didn't know why I even wanted to make music. I had to comes to terms with that fact that probably the only reason I wanted to start a band as a kid was to be famous. But as I got older, I realized that you can be the greatest musician in the world and never be famous If you don't have the networking skills or opportunity to do so. And me, as a typically anti-social person the idea of trying to make people pay attention to me and like my music sounded nauseating. So I turned my focus to writing stuff that I can identify with. But the problem with that was that I thought the key to expressing yourself was to be unique, and you can only be so unique in this world, even with music, there's a limited number or words, notes or chords to play. So then I realized that it's nearly impossible to come up with something that hasn't been done before and this made me very depressed because I felt way below mediocre. But i've come to find that ultimately the easiest way to be happy with the music I create is to tell myself that it's all just to pass the time.

Hey guys, I've been in the middle of a song drought for quite a while now. But finding something to write about isn't the problem, I can write down lyrics all day and come up with random melodies. My real problem is actually writing the music. Even when writing the music first it feels like a waste of time because I know that I'm going to be too critical about whatever I write and end up not liking it. So the question i have is how do you guys write at this beginning stage?I know every songwriter goes through this. Ive tried sitting down and not caring about how the song I write sounds but then i lose my motivation because whats the point of writing music If you're writing for yourself, but hate everything you come up with? This may sound redundant but I would love to hear your thoughts.

Hey, I'm new to this website and I'm just looking to imrpove in writing and making music and meet some other like-minded musicians looking to do the same. I've been playing guitar for almost 8-9 years now, messing around with different genres all over the spectrum but I feel as if I still haven't found my sound. I left my last band because I was frustrated with their simple-mindedness and lack of motivation. But since being on my for the past year or so I found it harder to write a complete song from scratch without anyone to bounce ideas off of. So me joining this community is me both trying to become a more independent song writer as well as find where I fit in inside the music world. Looking forward to meeting all of you!