Don’t throw your old creations in the trash!
I have over 200 song lyrics that I haven’t yet finalized. Less than 30 are in the editing stage. About 80 are completely finished.
Every day, I simply sit down and write a fragment or a full lyric for a song. Sometimes everything goes smoothly, sometimes it takes a lot of work to get something out of it.
But even if you, like me, constantly generate new lyrics, you need to understand that they won’t all be in demand.
Probably each of us has a small collection of our own mini-works. This is especially true for musicians who either enjoy music as a hobby or pursue it professionally.
I’m in favor of everyone in every band, without exception, writing songs. Not just the lead singer or songwriter, but also the musicians (including sound engineers and other indispensable specialists).
If you have such nuggets, then congratulations – you’ll never be short of material.
But there is one problem here: many authors write things that will not be interesting to the crowd. What to do?
DO NOT DELETE, THROWN AWAY, OR DESTROY THIS!
Solution: Simply make the following modifications:
— Change the topic, plot, or individual sections
— Change the approach, characters, events, or thoughts
— Change your perspective on the problem
— Replace words, rhymes, and stanzas
And you’ll see how your work transforms.
And then, put it all to the test.
Ask your friends (only good friends who believe in you and aren’t secretly jealous or angry about anything), survey people “in the know,” create a demo, and test it.
If it’s resonated with at least a few people, then it’s worth working on.
If there’s no response at all, then it’s just trash lying around on the street, and no one cares.
And here’s the interesting part: we take trash and… no… not throw it in the firebox… no. We take trash and send it to a “waste recycling plant,” i.e., we do it all over again (see Solution). And we do this several times until we “turn our masterpiece from crap into candy.”
You might disagree harshly, saying, “My poems aren’t trash, and certainly not crap, I won’t change anything,” and so on.
Then answer the question: if they’re only useful to you, and have no value to others, will you be able to attract a listener?
Everyone will have their own answer, and it will be right for everyone.
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