{"id":11147,"date":"2018-09-13T16:02:12","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T20:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/takenote\/?p=11147"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:32:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T21:32:46","slug":"songwriting-inspiration-how-to-become-a-better-songwriter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/songwriting-inspiration-how-to-become-a-better-songwriter\/","title":{"rendered":"Songwriting Inspiration: How to Become a Better Songwriter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-practical-tips-and-daily-habits-to-boost-your-songwriting-creativity-and-skill\">Practical Tips and Daily Habits to Boost Your Songwriting Creativity and Skill<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You know how to craft a song. You can assemble and structure elements and push the creative envelope. And you may have already had moments of songwriting inspiration where a spark flies or a fully formed idea instantly pops into your head.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the reality of songwriting can be a bit different. Many times, you need an extra boost to keep the creative juices flowing\u2014to push your critical mind out of the way and simply let go of any results. If you\u2019re in a songwriting inspiration rut or can\u2019t seem to find the motivation, here are some things you can do to help kickstart your creativity:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/instructors\/andrea-stolpe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TAKE A SONGWRITING COURSE WITH ANDREA STOLPE<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-write-on-a-daily-basis\"><b>Write on a daily basis.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether it\u2019s soul-provoking or simply what you ate that day, write it down. In <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/02\/02\/style\/julia-cameron-the-artists-way.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">The Artist\u2019s Way<\/a><\/i>, a book that invites artists to revisit their path of creativity, author Julia Cameron recommends writing what she calls \u201cMorning Pages:\u201d three pages of longhand, stream of consciousness writing, ideally done first thing in the morning. The best part? There\u2019s no wrong way to do it. Writing Morning Pages consistently will help to center and clear your mind, generate better ideas, and unleash your creativity.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-consider-someone-else-s-style\"><strong>Consider someone else\u2019s style.<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose one of your favorite songwriters and try to write something in their style. Identify what you love about their songs in a general sense, then pick one or two of those things and write a song based on those criteria. It will get you out of your comfort zone and help you think about things in a new way. You can even contemplate collaborating with another musician, an experience which can allow your music to grow and your personal sound to evolve.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-learn-a-new-skill\"><strong>Learn a new skill.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas Jennings, songwriter and guitarist of the Denver-based soul-rock group <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mamamagnolia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Mama Magnolia (opens in a new tab)\">Mama Magnolia<\/a>, suggests finding something you <i>can\u2019t<\/i> do and working at it until you\u2019ve made it something you <i>can<\/i> do. \u201cFind a rhythmic concept you can\u2019t perform and figure it out. Find the charts for an album you love and study the chords. Don\u2019t start thinking about how you are going to use any of it yet; just study it and understand it deeply,\u201d Jennings says. \u201cAt some point, given time and a truly deep understanding, it will come out in a surprising and wonderful way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-get-outside\"><strong>Get outside.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A change of scenery can make all the difference in finding songwriting inspiration. Get out of your indoor environment and take a walk. Get the endorphins pumping and leave the earbuds behind. Enjoy the sounds and movement. Make it a kind of meditation\u2014focusing on the little things, like sidewalk cracks and blades of grass. When you get back to your practice space, there\u2019s a greater chance that something new will ignite and manifest itself in your playing and writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-don-t-force-it\"><strong>Don\u2019t force it.<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt&#8217;s not about the songs you create when you are inspired. It&#8217;s about the work you do when you aren&#8217;t,\u201d says Summers Baker, songwriter and guitarist for Meadow Mountain. \u201cNow that I\u2019m 10 years into the pursuit of writing good songs, I have shed the idea that \u2018inspiration\u2019 is what creates a strong body of work. Every now and then\u2014in my experience, about once a year\u2014that spark flies, and a song comes erupting out of the writer fully formed. But that is the exception. If an artist places the weight of their art on these occurrences, they will never create anything of worth. What can an artist lean on to ensure that they will produce something honest and exceptional? Hard work toward their goal, every single day &#8211; especially when they don&#8217;t feel inspiration.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/songwriting?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&amp;pid=&amp;utm_source=takenote&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-link-from-article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">STUDY SONGWRITING AT BERKLEE ONLINE<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re suffering from songwriter&#8217;s block or can\u2019t seem to find the motivation, here are some things you can do to help kickstart your creativity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":11150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,9564,29],"tags":[548,680,959,1317,1318,1619],"class_list":["post-11147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-features-articles","category-songwriting-lessons","tag-freewriting","tag-inspiration","tag-motivation","tag-songwriters-block","tag-songwriting","tag-writers-block"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.8 (Yoast SEO v25.8) - 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