Friday, June 7, 2019

second-guessing the lyrics

I've been working on some songwriting, hopefully in preparation for recording an album. Because I want to.

One problem I'm running into is the constant second-guessing of specific lines. I get a song written, I like it. It sounds good. And then, in the middle of the night I wake up thinking that a line needs work. Or that some minor change needs to made. And then I agonize over whether the song works, which line works better, and whether it needs to be completely rewritten.

I wonder if professional songwriters (here, meaning those who make a living at it) second-guess themselves?

And, since I brought up the topic, here's a rough, home-office-made video of one of the songs. The performance is warts and all.


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