Inspiration/ Mood; Sadness
I’ve noticed my mood faltering a bit lately. I get the urge to write melancholic songs, use heavier progressions, slow beats down. My emotional state really seems to dictate what sounds “right” at the moment.
But I’ve also felt a little blocked recently — by that writer’s block bane-of-existence, as if the steady trickling creek of creativity was suddenly stymied by a mudslide. Sometimes I find myself wanting to make “an entertaining song” to fit my imaginary critics’ tastes, but this want is not an internal compulsion, but rather a rationalized “should”.
I think I’m going to resolve to make a sad song if the mood takes me to that source of inspiration, if the notes of expression will provide catharsis.
Sometimes I wonder if certain established artists live within a certain perpetual mood. Was Elliott Smith, a known depression sufferer, always in need of a warm hug and hence his gentle, lulling melodies? Was Eminem always feeling angry and spiteful, hence his incisive throat-rending lyrics?
I almost find it that my mood changes too often to lend any consistency to my work. I wonder how, if at all, this will impact the development of my sound. I get the feeling I’m confusing something here.
