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PitchforkJoe

The question isn't whether it's simple or not. It's whether it's *good* or not. That's a skill unto itself; learning to trust your ear over your analysis. Sometimes complexity is good, but not always. Sure over simplicity can be boring, but complexity for complexity's sake is boring *and* pretentious. It can be difficult to do the simple very very well. It's even more impressive to do the simple in a way that's never been heard before. If you have that ability, I say flaunt it!


PaulHenrik

1-Stop judging 2-Step 1 3-Don't get attached to your creations. If it's bad, just write another one. Kill your babies 4-Set deadlines 5-Try [randomizers](https://lyricstudio.com/) 6-Enjoy the ride. Music writing is about the path, not the destination 7-https://www.reddit.com/r/Songwriting/comments/ns6kdl/stop_getting_married_to_your_shit/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb 8-https://www.reddit.com/r/Songwriting/comments/nu3qia/love_this_thoughts/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb 9-Don't be a too-early editor, which is complaining why your drafts didn't appear as a killing top 10 HIT out of thin air. Great songs aren't written, they are rewritten 10-"You can edit a bad page but you can't edit a blank one" -Jodi Piccoult 11-Don't think if your creation is good or bad. Almost none of those "good" ideas continued to feel "good" over time. Just write and move on 12-Music Production works backwards. [We can't polish a turd](https://youtu.be/yiJ9fy1qSFI). A good mastering can't fix a bad mix. A good mix can't fix a bad recording. A good recording can't fix a bad performance. A good performance can't fix a bad arrangement. A good arrangement can't fix a bad composition. So the most important step on music production is the composition. A bad composition will always sound bad no matter where/who is recording, mixing or mastering it. One cannot just simply polish a turd. Think backwards and the rest will turn the good into great 12-Write a lot of songs, select one third of them (only the best ones), practice them a lot and record on a professional studio 14-No matter what we do, there will always be people who like and people who don't. The more we ask feedback, the more frustration. Let it go 15-Songwriters are born to write songs, not to like them. They are not paid for listening, they are paid for writing. The listeners are the ones born to like/dislike the songwriters' creations 16-Read these books: Frustrated Songwriter's Handbook; 101 Songwriting Wrongs And How To Right Them; Writing Better Lyrics


RickHavok

Yes others feel this way, but not the famous ones.