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How To Journal Your Songwriting Endeavors
Documentation might seem like an unnecessary addition to songwriting, what is already a very work intensive and well thought out process. However, writing a journal about the songwriting process can be an effective way for beginners to figure out a number of things about their creative process and themselves as writers. Through writing about the process, a songwriter can figure out where they’re going wrong, more easily chart stumbling blocks, and look back at their writing much more objectively.
The subject matter of the journal is entirely up to it’s author, but I would still suggest some focus. That focus, which can include anything that serves as inspiration for musical and lyrical creation, can include books read, people talked to, dreams, or whatever else moves a person to write a song.
This journaling process can take place even when there isn’t any songwriting going on at all. Documenting the blank pages of creativity can help a songwriter move past these mental or emotional blocks towards greater creative productivity. Meanwhile, writing creatively about an instrument, like a takamine acoustic guitar, or a musical artist that has moved you can help further your skills as a creative writer.
Actually, the material written in the journal has the wonderful secondary purpose of serving as a repository for songwriting inspiration at a later date. Events or references made in a songwriter’s journal today can be the basis of a new piece tomorrow.
A writer could go one of two ways in terms of a medium for the log: a material, physical notebook or a web-based journal. A real notebook is more mobile and practical in many ways. It can go where ever you go and doesn’t require any particular environment (like the indoors or a computer lab) to get some writing done. There’s far more potential for spontaneity in a physical journal, as long as a pen or pencil is also handy.
Through the latter option, an online songwriting journal does entail more set-up and less mobility, but it has several unique advantages. As an online tool, it allows you to share your thoughts with trusted readers or a community of musicians, who can comment on and assist with any problems that you might encounter along the way. Don’t expect to make money blogging on this subject matter, though; it’s mostly for your own good.
In either case, the most important part of writing a journal about creating music is a steady stream of updates, even if it’s only about your treasured dreadnought acoustic guitar, piano, banjo, or mandolin. Good luck out there!
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