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I used to write songs constantly, but I havnt been able to write in a good 6 months. I'm just not inspired anymore. anyone have any suggestions?

Get out of the house, go somewhere you've never been (coffee shop, or something) and talk/listen to a stranger.

strange poet wrote:I used to write songs constantly, but I havnt been able to write in a good 6 months. I'm just not inspired anymore. anyone have any suggestions?

Writer's block. Happens to everybody.

Do you have a lot of extraneous "life stuff" worrying you lately? Job, relationships, etc? Those can really throw a wrench in the works.

Also sometimes one can stagnate with the "tool set" one is using. For instance about three years ago I was doing alot of electronic music and I hit an inspiration dry spell. I shifted from using all my electronics to deciding to write some stuff for solo piano. It really did the trick. I started limiting myself to just piano and oddly enough that opened up all sorts of ideas. Really primed the pump.

Anyway I hope this helps. The good news is, the dry spells are never permanent.

When I want to get some inspiration I go walk through a city scape or something of the sort kind of get away to hear my thoughts clearly. Being couped up never really makes one think of stuff as easy.

Thank you all for your help Thats why I love this site theres a lot of good people here

Sometimes when I chat with friends online, depending on the convo, it actually writes a song. A friend the other day was talking about the burdens of a heavy workload, and when I scrolled back up the conversation, it was quite amazing the material that revealed itself.

Emotional times can make words flow too. Depression, anger, happiness. They all contribute to a song here and there. Breakups. Loneliness. New relationships, friendships.