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I don't remember what it was that got me into music, or what got me to pick up a guitar to begin with, but I'm scared that all that work is coming out to nothing. I've played for almost 3 years now, and in that time I've written a few songs and I can't seem to find what I want to make.
Every song and lyric I write feels like its too shallow or it doesn't bring anything to the table. Am I just another guy with a guitar? I'm trying to figure out if that's okay in my head. I want to create something better or more then what there already is, but how do I do that when nothing I do is better or more then what everybody else has already done?
I'm only 17, maybe I'm just afraid of someone not taking my art seriously because of my age?
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Cesare
Bro i play guitar too and I've tried to write songs and I feel just like you. I think that you don't have to be unique, you just have to find your voice. At the end of the day, nothing is truly original, its all just reinterpretations of past ideas (in my opinion). Just write a lot of songs, even if they're bad, and eventually something good will come out of it
Also your work learning guitar won't be for nothing if you enjoy playing it
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I do enjoy playing, and I would rather stay at the level I'm at forever then quit. It just gets disheartening after a while trying and trying to write a good lyric only to write the lamest line to ever come out of songwriting.
by Kay (DUDE.); ; Report
maybe try analizing the lyrics of songs you like? Write them on a paper and think about how they did it: rhymes, metaphors, ideas... Idk it could work
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