Comments on: 36 Impeccable Ways to Overcome Songwriters Block

By: Klaus Tol

Klaus Tol — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 16:06:06 +0000

Hi Jack,

That isn’t really true. There are about a million songs written in the world that didn’t quite pour out straight away, but are brilliant songs anyway, including songs from great artists such as U2 and the Eagles.

Good songwriters can also suffer from songwriters block (e.g: Paul Simon has in the past), so there is no harm in reading some tips to fuel people’s inspiration.

But I do agree that some of the greates songs on earth did pour out right away.

Best regards,
Klaus

By: jack

jack — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 07:39:11 +0000

If you need to read this “guide”, you aren’t going to write a good song. If it doesn’t pour out of you it probably isn’t worth hearing.

By: Paula Marchesini

Paula Marchesini — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 19:49:34 +0000

Klaus, thank you so much for this great post! Just a month ago I overcame a major block that lasted almost five years. All of a sudden I began writing like crazy. I just found your post, and it’s impressive how you managed to put into words many of the strategies that I unconsciously created to overcome my block. I’ll keep these tips close by so as to never have such a ridiculously long block again. Also, is there a way we can listen to some of your songs? Thanks.

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By: Gianni

Gianni — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:58:25 +0000

Some good tips on this page. I find sometimes just playing for a prolonged amount of time, can lead to new good material…as usually you get to that breaking point where you have exhausted your ideas and must explore new avenues.

By: LJP

LJP — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 03:32:08 +0000

Great article. Thanks for the tips!

@Justin – LOL!!!

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 09 May 2011 01:28:41 +0000

you know you could have simplified this article down into two words right? i’ll let you figure it out… but i will give you a hint… the second word is “weed”.

By: Klaus Tol

Klaus Tol — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:45:06 +0000

Hey Billy,

Thanks for mentioning. I’ve updated the post and the title.

Klaus

By: Billy

Billy — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:03:04 +0000

Thanks a lot, these are great tips

technically there are 36 tips, you got to 21 and started at 19 again :P
but like I said, fantastic tips and they’ve helped me no end, thanks

By: Klaus Tol

Klaus Tol — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:00:43 +0000

Hi Jason,

I saw the article on my post on your website.

It looks awesome! :-)

I hope your readers like it.

Thanks a lot!

Regards,
Klaus Tol