Here are some challenges that might get you going:

1. Listen to a style of music that you wouldn't familiarize to your songwriting
2. Compose a song that doesn't make use of Intro, Verse, Chorus, Bridge and Outro - but something that is just one straight flow
3. Try to compose with only a single harmony (droning - see another recent thread)
4. Compose the basics on an instrument which you're not too familiar with
5. Try composing with Loops only
6. Find a random poem and compose a song to that
7. Reach out and collaborate with other composers - whom might have a totally different work flow
8. Limit yourself to use only drum, bass and 1 synth sound
9. Take one of your existing works and use that chord progression backwards
10. Take a break and work with a couple of coversongs

What I'm trying to say - is get yourself out of your comfort zone, when it comes to composing. When I feel like being on repeat, then I'm typically playing it too safe (pun intended).

Last but not least - don't worry, this is phase that almost every artist goes through on a regular basis.

Stay positive and enjoy, that this is also a part of the journey through making music


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