i actualy started just with poems, and then a like a year and like ummm i dunno 3 months ago, i found GTU(guitar tabs universe for those who arnt farmiliar) and after reading alot of lyrics from over there, and gettin some tips on how to modify my poems inta songs, i began songwriting. so yea, and about tha intraments, althou i was a (beginer-intermediate) guitar and keyboard player, i didnt realy rely on them to write. i would try to put together music to go along with them ,but it never affected my writing.
and oh yea, my first ever poem was also about suicide (go figure, 5 years later and its still ma fav topic, ha ha)
anywho.........................
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