So... I'm going to go the opposite way with my advice.

When I write a song, I have a fair idea what I want to say and what I want it to sound like. However, as my co-writers who have actually worked with me on a song will tell you....with me, nothing is ever written in stone or sacred to the point where it can't be changed as needed. Well, let me say "rarely" as there have been a few times where I wanted something to stay in when my partner in song was saying lets do something different there......

So.... the question is, Are you so committed to a particular melody that you would rather NOT write a song than to let the notes you hear in your head deviate from that unwritten melody?

My advice is adapt, change, and overcome, and write the song.

Many times when I start to write a song and especially if I am co-writing it, the original sounds nothing like the finished song. It's just that the evolution of a song is always a work in progress. Often what I hear in my head really wasn't all that good to start with but I had convinced myself it was. I learned to ignore that and write anyway and then to rewrite it several times before getting to the final version.

You should try that.

Last edited by Guitarhacker; 07/25/19 02:01 PM.
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