Nothing worse than musical constipation……..but when the magic happens, you can make some amazing shit!
Like you said there are times when you want to create but its not happening. Usually it just comes to me out of nowhere, walking around the park, then boom, I hear a chord progression and after that, the song will tell me what it needs. I usually write, record and lyric all parts in less than 2 hours, I’m too inpatient to perfect the thing, usually 2 takes maximum, even if the guitar lead is shitty. I could brag and say “I’m capturing spontaneity!” but I’m just fuckin lazy.
One day I was at work, sick with a high fever….at lunch I went to shake it off in my car and fell asleep. As I woke up, a full song progression was in my head, the hook, lyrics everything…..I rushed home and recorded the basics before I forgot it. My genius was getting Ryan Sutter to do back up vocals on it, absolutely lush https://soundcloud.com/rickx4444
I listen to the radio whilst sleeping alot…..one day I woke up with a song in my head and recorded it. Years later I realized I had ripped off the zombies, time of the season……don’t do this lol.
-RazoR