Are you lyrical ideas drying up? Do your references sound stale? Here are some quick tips for reinvigorating your lyrical creativity.
Tag: creativity
Here’s Just a Bunch of… Songwriting Prompts (Go Nuts!)
There’s really nothing complicated about this post. Songwriters, you looking for some quick inspiration? How about some lyric and melody ideas? We can help.
How Dreams Can Inspire Your Songwriting
Your dreams offer an evolving well of emotional and narrative depth that can only enhance your creative writing process, here are some tips to help!
On the Importance of Taste
A refined meditation on the subtle importance of artistic taste from a veteran music producer known for crossing aesthetic styles in unique ways.
Notes on the Birth of a Melody
From Soundfly Student Eva Grill, a beautiful reflection on where inspiration for melodic ideas comes from, and where it takes her when she follows it.
Practical Advice From Our Experts: Beating Writer’s Block
Writer’s block can strike anyone at any time. Here’s a list of our most helpful approaches to battling through creative blockages of all kinds.
9 Easy Places to Look for Creative Lyric Ideas
Whether writer’s block has got you down or you’re just looking for a few tools for consistent brainstorming, here are nine places to look for lyric ideas.
Inspired By or Just Plain Copying: A Guide to “Borrowing” Song Ideas
How do you morph admiration into inspiration while avoiding unacknowledged theft of song ideas? Borrowing with respect and intention is how.
7 Fun (and Free) Apps Musicians Can Use to Stay Creative at Home
With most of the touring and studio recording world screeching to a halt these days, we can look to our phones to deliver creative, collaborative fun.
How the Drive for Musical Cohesion Can Stifle New Ideas
How can songwriters escape the trap of sounding “correct” in order to make work that embraces risk and explores new creative directions?