Stream of inspiration (hardcore, metal, favorite songs, great songs, single)

hahayourcool · 04-25-2008, 10:57 AM

Hello everyone, im posting this thread in hopes of receiving help from other musicians who have had similar problems in their music experiences.

I am a 19 year old guitar player with 4 years experience. I play more so hardcore/metal style of music. I have experience with being in a band, i have played numbers of shows in my previous death metal band before i left to start pursueing my own dreams and my own goals.

With that said, for the last year i have been working on an unnamed project. I have no understanding of music theory, but i write for two guitars, drums, bass, and keyboards for this band, I write music with a well known program called guitar pro. I along with my band now have 3 complete songs, 2 that are half completed, and a bunch of other sections and riffs. The whole plan is basically to finish writing our set list (5 songs), record a demo and then release out of nowhere. I am modest about what i do but i would be lieing if i didn't give our songs the credit of saying that they are absolutely great songs. I work very hard and i put my heart and soul into writing for this band in hopes making this happen for the 4, soon to be six of us.

The reason i am writing however is not to rant about how good our music is, im no ****y s.o.b. but i find at times that i reach a brick wall with new ideas on finishing these songs. I have witting great songs in a night, and i have spent months working on somewhat decent songs too. Where do i find missing inspiration when i reach dead ends? My mind is exhausted from sleepless nights trying to come up with better things, i am so constantly stressed that this will not work if i am not constantly working on completing these songs but sometimes when i go to work on them, i am lost or what i make is just not up to par with the rest of the material.

I am so drained, please help.

Thanks for anyone who has read this.

04-25-2008, 10:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
hahayourcool Groupie Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2	Stream of inspiration Hello everyone, im posting this thread in hopes of receiving help from other musicians who have had similar problems in their music experiences. I am a 19 year old guitar player with 4 years experience. I play more so hardcore/metal style of music. I have experience with being in a band, i have played numbers of shows in my previous death metal band before i left to start pursueing my own dreams and my own goals. With that said, for the last year i have been working on an unnamed project. I have no understanding of music theory, but i write for two guitars, drums, bass, and keyboards for this band, I write music with a well known program called guitar pro. I along with my band now have 3 complete songs, 2 that are half completed, and a bunch of other sections and riffs. The whole plan is basically to finish writing our set list (5 songs), record a demo and then release out of nowhere. I am modest about what i do but i would be lieing if i didn't give our songs the credit of saying that they are absolutely great songs. I work very hard and i put my heart and soul into writing for this band in hopes making this happen for the 4, soon to be six of us. The reason i am writing however is not to rant about how good our music is, im no ****y s.o.b. but i find at times that i reach a brick wall with new ideas on finishing these songs. I have witting great songs in a night, and i have spent months working on somewhat decent songs too. Where do i find missing inspiration when i reach dead ends? My mind is exhausted from sleepless nights trying to come up with better things, i am so constantly stressed that this will not work if i am not constantly working on completing these songs but sometimes when i go to work on them, i am lost or what i make is just not up to par with the rest of the material. I am so drained, please help. Thanks for anyone who has read this.