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What Inspires You to Write a Song?

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DudeReadThis:
I've been playing my electric guitar lately, and been coming up with some....meh, ok tunes.

What inspires you when you composing music? For me, I just play around on the fret board, picking some random cords until I start stringing some together that sound decent. My problem is that I start falling back to the basic power cords, which sounds ok as kind of a filler, but for real "hooks", I try and mix in some true cords.

Tips?

Also, I feel like I need to state my setup, how minor it is. I have a Fender Stratacaster with light blue body, Line6 Spider IV15 amp, and I use a Line6 Backtrack+mic for recording.

IDMG:
Insomnia, usually.

Bearer:
that, and usually whenever my bassist friend comes over.  Usually just fucking around on the fretboard with someone else is enough to launch a 3 hour writing intensive jam session.

idontunderstand:
For me it's less about inspiration and more about just sitting down and doing it. I don't see what your setup has to do with it, but I'd advice you to try to realize your ideas, no matter how stupid or weird or just plain normal they may seem, as far as possible. Like, if you hear drums than try to figure out a way to realize it.

Lummer:
Getting angry.

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