If you’ve been writing ballads, write a rocker.
If you’ve been writing love songs, write a rebellious one.
If you’ve been writing about yourself, write about someone else.
If you’ve been writing about external circumstances, write introspectively.
If you’ve been taking four hours or four years to write a song, write one in 20 minutes.
If you’ve been writing on guitar, write on drums.
If you’ve been writing by yourself, write with others.
If you’ve been writing with others, write by yourself.
I certainly don’t claim to know a lot about exercise and working out at the gym, but I’ve heard that after you’ve been doing the same work out for the same muscles for a while, it has diminishing returns.
You’ve gotta switch it up, or “confuse your muscles” as they say, by doing something different and new.
I don’t know how you should go about writing tomorrow or next week.
But if you’ve been writing one way for a while, try the opposite.
Let me know how it turns out.
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I’m always interested in your perspective, whether affirming or dissenting. Continue the conversation anytime: gabethebassplayer@gmail.com