Songwriting

How to Write a Song When You’re Out of Ideas

How to Write a Song When You’re Out of Ideas

If you are a songwriter, then you have a problem.

Relax. I’m not talking about Hemingway-sized alcoholic tendencies or crazy dark mood swings (although, many creative writers have those problems, as well). Your problem as a writer is a blank page. Our job as songwriters is to take the essence of an idea, marry it with emotion and make it rhyme in 15 to 20 lines of lyric.

So, how are we going to fill that page?

I’m going to share with you 4 ways to find the inspiration you need to write your next song, even if you don’t have an idea.