If I weren’t experiencing it right this moment, this idea would seem trivial. It is incredibly frustrating to me that, when it comes to imitating others on the guitar, I can do a fair job. But, when I decide I’ve had enough of playing other peoples’ stuff and I want to write my own, all I can do is dawdle with this slow, melancholy, droning musical template that I seem to use. My chord progressions and strumming are always similar’maybe the whole sequence is shifted up the neck, or maybe I syncopate this chord transition, but the overall mechanics of everything I write are generally consistent. My melodies are monotonous and disappointing’it seems like I always fall into a straight-eighth-note rhythm with little variation in the pitch or tonal-quality of each ‘new’ note. I would think that writing an inspired piece of music would feel like catching an awesome wave on a surfboard; but instead, it feels like I’m paddling out forever. Maybe I’m in Hawaii or at Jax Beach, but I’m still just paddling out. If there is any creativity in my cobweb encrusted right-brain, how might I uncover it? I would so love to be able to create beautiful music, but I am instead constantly tantalized by only being able to play others’ music.
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