Songwriting Inspiration Tips - Overcoming Writer's Block to Generate Fresh Melodies

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Songwriting Inspiration Tips - Overcoming Writer's Block to Generate Fresh Melodies

In this video, I cover some songwriting inspiration tips on overcoming writer's block. I like to do this in a couple of ways including using some songwriting tools and your singing voice to generate fresh melodies.

Just a quick video that looks at a potential blocker of creativity. Sometimes I feel like I have gotten stuck in a rut playing the same old shapes and going for the same old melodic phrases that my hands mechanically move towards.

A great tip I have found for bypassing this is to record yourself singing over the part you are trying to write over and listening back to pick out interesting melodic phrases and parts that you may not have done with your scalar knowledge on your instrument of choice.

Future videos will have nicer picture quality - this was just done as something quick that may help some of you out there!

Ploughman Studios is run by me Sydney Musician/Producer Douglas Skene. You may know me from my work in Progressive Rock outfit Anubis and Progressive Metal band Hemina. My style is modern with a distinct eye for pushing things to their limits in terms of arrangement and performance. I’d describe my production style as an endless goal of perfection whilst maintaining the emotional integrity of the artists in which I work with. Each project is a little different and that’s something I very much understand – so let’s work together to bring out what makes you , well… you.

I get the biggest buzz out of collaboration, so that can be expected from working with me as many artists have told me that I have a hands on and directive approach as opposed to sitting back and hoping for the best. I mainly work out of a Ploughman Studios in Western Sydney, however I have been known to do session work across the state and for international works also online.

My main motto to stick by is “every job must be better than the last”. That is my mantra and as such I am always chasing quality and I will not work on something unless I can proudly stand behind with my name on the line.

I specialise in Mixing and Mastering as well as vocal arrangement and production/performance coaching. As a singer, I know how much emphasis there is on getting a great vocal as it’s the main thing everyone notices first even if they are not a musician. If you need a helping hand in the studio with your technique or to arrange your harmonies or lyrics, that is something I am very interested in helping out with.

I look forward to making music together!

www.ploughmanstudios.com