Everyone wants to write a great song the first time out, or second, or third... But its a trap that will sap your time and energy because although you might be inspired, you really don't have the skills to do it yet. Those skills come from writing A LOT of songs, and an ongoing study of songwriting and theory.
Best advice I ever heard for songwriting is "Write for the trash can." Write for fun and out of inspiration. Dont worry if it is incomplete or dosent sound that great, just write another!This is great advice especially if you are starting out. If you worry too much about each work and end up writing only five songs a year, chances are you won't have the skills or experience that the guy who wrote one hundred songs in that time will have.
Let me ask you something, could you write three songs in an day? Of course you can! They will suck (maybe!), but you will benefit more from it than by noodling around trying to find that "perfect" chorus part you've been searching all week for! Heck, that "perfect chorus part" might even magically appear in one of those three songs!
I have also found that if you keep ALL your material, you sometimes create a chorus or verse that fits perfectly with something you wrote long ago. And with a new perspective and skills, you can really put a polish on that "old stuff"!
So my advice would be to make it your goal to be a prolific writer, and study songwriting in ernest. You'll soon be writing "keepers"!
Good Luck be with you,
Josiah
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