My advice to all of you is to take a small digital recorder with you wherever you may go, even phones have built in recorders nowdays. Keep your eyes and ears open all the time, if you take the time to look around you will find many interesting things you can write about. Also, you never know when a good melody line is going to come to you and you must be ready to capture it when it does, as you might not get a second chance. I find that when i'm sad, I write sad songs. When i'm happy, I write happy songs. Also, try to explore different guitar tunings and different chord inversions, as this will sometimes kick start a new song idea. Good luck to all of you, and happy songwriting.
Your friend,

Robert Suster

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