Question by Pierce:
I've read about songwriters who have the ability to come up with songwriting ideas anywhere and everywhere. Is this a talent that your either have or you don't?
Answer:
Hello Pierce,
Finding songwriting ideas is a piece of cake. Just look around a little.
• Are there any books near you? Check their titles or even their contents and see if you can come up with a good song title.
• Or check your DVD collection and film titles.
• Go and see a movie and pay attention to phrases you might use.
• Check magazine titles and articles.
• Or a website, especially one about celebrities and their love life :)
• Or just open a dictionary and look for some interesting phrases.
• Or you can "accidentally" overhear strangers talking and saying something that could be a great title.
There are unlimited sources of songwriting ideas around us. Songwriters you read about have LEARNED the condition that they find ideas for hits everywhere. If you do it consciously for a couple of days or a week, and you think about songwriting a lot (because you love it), soon you'll see song ideas everywhere you go. Just remember to bring a notebook to put them down right away.
You might also visit the Songwriting Ideas page for instant inspiration :)
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