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I haven't written a song in years. 
The problem is that I can't seem to write complete songs, and certainly not ones that I'm completely satisfied with creatively or musically. I'll write a verse, or a chorus, or maybe come up with a cool instrumental part but have no lyrics to go with it, or the song doesn't develop beyond a lyrical idea/theme.
I have bits and pieces of "songs" floating around in my head, but none of them seem to fit together to complete the entire song.
It's like I'm stuck and the songs can't make it from my head/soul/heart/whatever into my hands or voice.
When I do come up with something I like, I realize it's a spin-off of some favorite song of mine, or a cool riff that I subconsciously "stole" from another song, which frustrates me because I really like those artists but I don't wanna rip off their songs.
I've gone from not listening to any outside influences for a while (a sort of musical starvation) to listening to anything and everything I can find (like a musical binge).
If any of you can relate to my situation and can offer some advice, I'd really like to read about it here. My rockstar dream is being crushed as we speak. I don't wanna play cover songs all my life.
The problem is that I can't seem to write complete songs, and certainly not ones that I'm completely satisfied with creatively or musically. I'll write a verse, or a chorus, or maybe come up with a cool instrumental part but have no lyrics to go with it, or the song doesn't develop beyond a lyrical idea/theme.
I have bits and pieces of "songs" floating around in my head, but none of them seem to fit together to complete the entire song.
It's like I'm stuck and the songs can't make it from my head/soul/heart/whatever into my hands or voice.
When I do come up with something I like, I realize it's a spin-off of some favorite song of mine, or a cool riff that I subconsciously "stole" from another song, which frustrates me because I really like those artists but I don't wanna rip off their songs.
I've gone from not listening to any outside influences for a while (a sort of musical starvation) to listening to anything and everything I can find (like a musical binge).
If any of you can relate to my situation and can offer some advice, I'd really like to read about it here. My rockstar dream is being crushed as we speak. I don't wanna play cover songs all my life.
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