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How to beat writers block anyone?

  • 30-04-2006 1:57am
    #1
    Patricide
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,658 ✭✭✭


    Ok writes block its affected all of us and recently i cant seem to write a single thing well metalwise anyway, rock music i can seem to write for some reason but dammit im in a metal band.

    Anyone out there gots any suggestions on how to beat the dreaded writers block.


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  • #2
    nessymon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 140 ✭✭nessymon


    maybe rock music is calling you?!?


  • #3
    Frankiestylee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,325 ✭✭✭Frankiestylee


    What's up with this board?! Nearly everyone seems to be in a metal band! What happened to good ol rock n roll eh?

    Writers block... listen to loads of music that is anything but metal. I always find The Talking Heads, Flaming Lips and Velvet Underground start the creative juices flowing when I want to do something differant.

    Is this a guitar music problem or are you stumped for lyrics? I'm not a lead guitarist, so I can't help ya there, but lyrics are handy enough to find inspiration for.


  • #4
    p2kone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 120 ✭✭p2kone


    how about writing a song about writers block!!:)


  • #5
    X-SL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 418 ✭✭X-SL


    go for a walk in the park or around town. go out with mates etc.


  • #6
    nessymon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 140 ✭✭nessymon


    p2kone wrote:
    how about writing a song about writers block!!:)

    Didnt Natasha Bedingfirld get their first?


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  • #7
    17Stories
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭17Stories


    nessymon wrote:
    Didnt Natasha Bedingfirld get their first?
    Yes she did, and what a song it was...


  • #8
    OctavarIan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,736 ✭✭✭OctavarIan


    I would just spend a few days not thinking about it. As X-SL said, go out with mates or something, listen to new bands, coast along for a while. Inspiration strikes when you least expect it. I'm constantly humming riffs that I make up as I go along, and some people have even got the 'humming riffs' stuck in their heads! Now if only I could play an instrument properly :mad:


  • #9
    X-SL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 418 ✭✭X-SL


    yeah happens to mee too^ haha


  • #10
    Patricide
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,658 ✭✭✭Patricide


    Its been everything really i cant seem to write any lyrics lately and ive been writing too much rock guitar, its been going on a good while now and i think ive tried everything.Its just been cracking me up.


  • #11
    deaddonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 861 ✭✭✭deaddonkey


    stop playing for a couple of weeks, listen to something completely different (may i suggest the carter family)

    you'll come back to it full of ideas

    (no sign of the whammy yet, it should arrive tuesday, i'll let you know)


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  • #12
    johnnysmack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,108 ✭✭✭johnnysmack


    there is no cure for writers block, all it means is dat u have nothing to say right now. give it time n something will happen to make u pick up a pen and want to write something. dont force it, dont think bout it, just continue as normal til one day ur suddenly writing.


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