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Original message:419 days 13 hours 39 minutes ago
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Member: Kienan
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Latley I've felt uninspired n need somthin to get me goin. any help?
Reply:414 days 21 hours 52 minutes ago
Member: Rick Enbacker
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its gonna sound weird but books actually inspire me to write songs. sometimes I come across a scene or a phrase that just sparks my imagination and I go from there.
Reply:414 days 17 hours 25 minutes ago
Member: Richey
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Buy a new guitar. That seems to help a lot of things. haha
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Reply:414 days 13 hours 27 minutes ago
Member: Zabel Dentaro's Guitar Guide to Shred
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Normally, when i'm not at all ready, my mind will come blasting some tunes in my head.
Example when i'm driving, out working or in a public toilet. So i got a mini recorder around.
When that songs comes i'll catch it with my recorder.

Sometimes when i'm really free, i'll sit down dreaming bout an incident that happens in the past or
some stories that i'll imagine about(Killers,murderers,Frankenstein..i don't know)
then i'll think of what the soundtrack should be.after that play out what i think of to the guitar.
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Reply:413 days 22 hours 46 minutes ago
Member: Xarkzila
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I would say it's less inspriation than accident. A good phrase, (I mean words here,) can evoke an idea of rhythm, and since it's rhythm that I work with, that's where it starts. Basically is the syllabic structure of the phrase that sets a rhythm in my head. A well constructed phrase of prose can instigate a lot of musical thought.

I almost always write music to words. Whether those words end up being the words to the song or not is immaterial. It could be a simple poem, something classic or something I wrote myself. It's a variable. I have a lot of music that has no words and a lot of words that have no music.
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Reply:406 days 4 hours 36 minutes ago
Member: Mike D.
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Emotion is what sparks my music, and I say this as a non-emo. Seriously, I wrote a 2 minute piece overnight when one of my friends moved away. You could also listen to music and reflect on the meaning, and present that meaning/s yourself however you feel.
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Reply:400 days 11 hours 9 minutes ago
Member: LobsterClaw from Cape Cod
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Despair. Depression. Loss. Poverty. Makes for great art. *smile*
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Reply:399 days 6 hours 35 minutes ago
Member: Alex Doherty
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I used the V-Tech massacre as inspiration, and it was by accident. i was just thinking, alone is a good idea, and i said "i need to write this shit down." What has inspired you before?
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Reply:398 days 17 hours 47 minutes ago
Member: Zombre
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All good ideas. I say "just do it" and see what happens, regardless of how you're feeling. I bet you surprise yourself...
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Reply:398 days 17 hours 24 minutes ago
Member: Captain Fantastic
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Experiences in life are what drive my musical essence. If there were ever a time where I was not active or complacent, my music would reflect that state of mind. I find that the more people that I encounter and the more experiences I am blessed to partake in, whether triumphs or otherwise, the music created during those times seems to just happen and I become a vehicle for it. And if none of those things work, well then I just smoke heroin.

Another thing that I wish more people would do is analyze the great things they've created in the past, look at their melodies or progressions, or like Xark said, look at the rhythms created through previously scribed prose, and grow from what they've already done.

I feel that art is an ongoing process and the songs we create are just the stops we take to rest during the journey.
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Reply:398 days 16 hours 34 minutes ago
Member: Zombre
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There. I'm glad I got that off of my chest.
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Reply:398 days 16 hours 23 minutes ago
Member: Captain Fantastic
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No more sugared cereals for you dude...
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Reply:398 days 11 hours 37 minutes ago
Member: Boondar
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When I write a tasty jam (it's usually not as tasty the next day), I'm normally sitting in my room, lying down on my bed with my acoustic guitar. I play chords, and when I sense a scrumptious progression coming along, I can start to think of a rhythm, and sometimes a melody to go with it. Then, I try to think of more melodic ways to express the progression, like using chords with open notes or harmonics, just to make the tune a little more diverse. As for lyrics, I write about anything that I think of. Usually, it always comes out wrong. I'm not a good lyricist.
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Reply:398 days 11 hours 3 minutes ago
Member: Zombre
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