To increase your ability to write songs it’s necessary to increase the amount of life experiences you have.
The best way to do that is to get out of your comfort zones, break out of your routines and do somethings different. There are so many ways that we, as songwriters can escape our zones of comfort and in turn, enrich our lives.
Just think, the worse that could happen is that you could write a great song about it.
Imagine having the confidence to experience life to the fullest with the knowledge that there could be a song awaiting as a result of that risk.
Your life can be one big songwriting idea. That’s an empowering way of looking at it.
A prime example of a situation that can benefit from this way of thinking is the topic of intimate relationships. So many people don’t take the necessary risk of falling in love for the fear of getting hurt.
My argument is that if you are committed to songwriting then, as songwriters it is our duty to take any calculated risk and go with it.
If the risk pays off then you have some great songs to write, if it doesnt work then you still have some great songs to write.
With that attitude how can you lose?
Here are some other simple examples of small things you can do to get more out of life and therefore, get more out of your songwriting.
- Go to a movie by yourself
- Take a long walk on the beach
- Go for a drive
- Call a friend you havent spoken too in ages
- Strike up a conversation with a complete stranger
- Catch public transport
- Go to a cafe and write in your journal
- Smile at people and watch their reactions
- Meditate and listen
- Go skydiving (a little extreme maybe, but not impossible)
It’s really sad that we try so hard to control everything in our lives just so we don’t have to experience anything that we would consider BAD.
If we choose songwriting as life we need to relax a little and let life unfold before our eyes. We need to experience what happens and then write about it.
If everything that you do can be written into a song, what have you really got to lose?
Until next time, happy writing,
Corey Stewart
Singer/Songwriter/Musician
Article Source:
http://songwritingzen.wordpress.com
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