Re:How songwriters felt watching the new Beatles documentary
by circlefavshape on Friday December 10, 2021 @05:20AM
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Hehe I'm kinda flattered that you think I sound young enough to dish me out some advice about songwriting
Re:How songwriters felt watching the new Beatles documentary
by scelerat on Friday December 10, 2021 @04:20PM
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I tend to entertain the notion that anyone posting publicly isn't posting solely for their own indulgence but to others' benefit as well.
insofar as making stuff goes, especially art, I think there are widely held views that it either comes easy to you, or you don't do at all. It doesn't occur to some people that to be good at something (even something "fun") you have to work at it and put in time that decidedly isn't fun.
Songwriting is like any other kind of creative work. You come up with an idea, put it into some concrete form. That first recording. If it's shite, give it a minute and then come back to it with fresh ears and think about what you like about it and what you don't like. Take away the parts you don't like. Maybe you can think of something else that works with what you already like. Work that in. Evaluate. Rinse, repeat.
Sometimes you just have to abandon stuff that isn't working and move on to something completely different. That's OK too. Just keep doing it and your output will get better and better.
Even though it can be fun, in order to do it well you have to work on it. Your tenth song is going to be better than your first song, and your hundredth song is going to be better yet.