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most songwriters that i know who are doing it for a living at various levels of fame (and income)... keep notebooks for ideas and a guitar by their bed.
they record snippets and musical ideas to retain certain tempos, melodic ideas, hooks, themes and whatevers as these dont translate to notebooks as well.
they write on a regular basis and throw away (or shelve) a lot of ideas before they get something they usually lock into... and start expanding it with ideas, etc.
sometimes they'll deliberately get together with other writers to combine ideas and music, hoping for something to jell. they'll plan a few days together in a controlled setting (cabin, lakehouse, etc) where they can focus much of their attention to moving the song along to finish. and, yes, they are very much trying to come up with a FINISHED product.
ive seen this approach work many times. therefore, i think that to a degree, you can force inspiration and then, hopefully, craft your way to the finish line.
not all memorable songs came from the muse and magic... i believe many great songs we all know, were written with concentration, focus, craft and general hard work.
imho.
rand z tropicalsoul.net
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