perfectionism
Done Is Better Than Perfect: A Songwriters Truth
There’s a song on your hard drive right now that’s been “almost finished” for months. Maybe longer. You know the one. The melody is solid, the chorus does what it’s supposed to do, but there’s that one line in the second verse that still bothers you. Or the bridge doesn’t quite land the way you […]
How to Find Songwriting Inspiration: 15 Tips to Beat Writer’s Block
Writer’s block looks different once you’ve been writing songs for a while. When you’re starting out, you don’t know enough to be blocked. Later on, you know too much. You can hear the cliche before you write it, spot the weak rhyme before you finish the line, and second-guess a melody before it’s had time […]
It’s Time To Stop Being Precious About Your Songwriting Process
My phone is full of voice memos. My notebooks are full of lyric fragments, half-finished ideas and possible song titles scrawled at odd hours and my hard drives are full of WIP (works in progress) demos from DAW sessions that may never become finished songs. I never delete any of it, that is not until […]
Why Songwriters Struggle to Finish Songs (And How to Fix It)
If you’re like most songwriters, you probably have a graveyard somewhere. Not an actual graveyard of course… but a folder on your computer, a notebook, or a voice memo list filled with half-finished songs (I know I do). Starting songs is easy but finishing them? That’s where things get interesting. Recently I came across a […]
Why Songwriters Overthink And Over-complicate Their Songwriting Process (And How To Avoid It)
Songwriting is one of those pursuits where inspiration can strike like lightning… or not at all. You sit down, ready to pour your heart onto the page, and suddenly there’s crickets. You second-guess every word, fiddle endlessly with the chords, and somehow convince yourself that unless your song could win a Grammy, it’s not worth […]
How To Free Yourself From Perfectionism: The Songwriter’s Curse.
In the craft of songwriting, perfectionism is a double-edged sword. It can motivate songwriters, pushing them to polish their songs and reach for high-quality output. But there’s a dark side. When perfectionism runs wild, it can stall creativity, leading to self-criticism and the setting of impossible standards and at the end of the day, this […]