Hey everyone, Just a few thoughts here. A lot of people use music to inspire their songwriting/production, but what about non musical influence? How often have you taken a long walk in nature, had a memorable night out with friends, (Dare I say) had some really great sex, played a really interesting - fun or thought provoking video game... literally anything that doesn't directly relate to music, and then just felt completely inspired by your experience to make music?

I bring this up because at times I'll go through phases where the only thing on my mind is music. I'll be so driven to write that its painful to step away from listening to and writing music and just experience life. It almost consumes you sometimes, and you forget what its like to get out and enjoy the world. As soon as I step outside of that lonely, mental box and actually live a bit, ideas come naturally. They just appear in my head without having to think very hard about them and it fills me with so much inspiration to make good music without having to force it out. Does anybody else feel the same sometimes?

The closest I ever get to external inspiration when it comes to writing music is looking at pictures. I have a folder filled with beautiful art that I'll occasionally write to. Aside from that, writing music is a very mechanical process for me. I don't wait to get inspired by external things really. Very rarely do I get things that just appear in my head. I've always liked to compare it to building a puzzle but instead of just putting pieces together I'm creating them as well.

I find that external inspiration has much more of a tendency to creep into my lyrics which is something that bugs the hell out of me tbh.

Even if you dont accurately transfer the feelings, you will still come up with something awesome, and your own.

Very important.

Finding a way into a deep emotional state seems to inspire me the most. I had written a little violin riff one morning that didn't have much direction to it. That night around 12 I had just finished the season 2 finale of Rick and Morty. The (for lack of a better term) falling apart that resulted from it was enough of a push for me to develop a track. It's taken about 7-8 months to finish, but I'm happy with it.