8 Ways Musicians Can Conquer Writer's Block
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Guitarist/Songwriter/Samurai Born in the Manitoba prefecture of Canada, samuraiguitarist, Steve-san Onotera, honed his discipline under the study of the country's most powerful musical sensei. Bred on rock, raised on the blues, trained in jazz, samuraiguitarist creates incredibly innovative videos that showcase his talents on the guitar.
Going back to old projects and reimagining them in your new style is the absolute best
When i hit writers block and usually listen to smoke on the water and wonderwall for inspiration
For me I just watch kmac2021
Today is gonna be the day where their gonna give you new ideas
😂😂
@@lonelyvariety Lol . Great idea about Wonderwall- It's 02.32 am at tghe moment. ..it's just not happening.Will give it a try this week.Thnx!
guitar centre must make you mozart levels of inspired
6:59 Make sure you have something like this, life is all about balance.
*THANOS INTENSIFIES*
I’ve been avoiding writing new music because of writers block. Thank you for this!
I love how he went through the whole cycle “why can’t I write?” “is nothing I write good?” “am I a joke of a musician?”
Is it bad that I relate so much to what he said about wondering if you’re good at music at the beginning
Not at all. You can't get stuck if you don't try in the first place and just about everybody struggles with anything they try to do well.
Zero Mustafa you right
I feel like that all the time I have like no confidence in my music but my friends say it’s good it sucks lmao
No it’s apart of the process
probably unrelated but i felt theres context for me to say this here.
Yesterday I wrote my first full length song. It was about a young musician selling his soul. I wrote the song and I was thoroughly impressed. I spent last night worrying that I'd sold my soul accidentally and that's how I got the talent to write that song.
I like that bad songs are sometimes just trying to get out so that you’ll have better songs coming out....really true! I’ve experienced it!
Thank you! I needed a video like this so badly, I have always wanted to write songs but always got stuck.
Another tip for writer’s block: Play an instrument you don’t usually play. So if you play guitar, try drums or bass. If you play bass, try guitar, etc. I came up with the drumbeat for one of my old band's songs when I couldn’t get lyrics or a guitar riff to save myself. I then stumbled on the riff and the singer & had the lyrics the next day.
I find that having access to/playing other instruments is a great way to find a new perspective and spark a new idea that can break through those walls as well.
This is so true. Even going from electric to acoustic changes the way I play, and I come up with new things when I mix it up. I don't know how to play piano, but plinking around and finding chords also helps me come up with stuff that I probably wouldn't on a guitar. There are patterns we kind of rely on when playing our primary instrument, and playing other instruments takes you out of that rut
A technique I used to use was to play music fairly low. Then I would walk away far enough to hear bits and pieces. My mind would naturally want to fill in the banks that I couldn’t hear.
Recent subscriber . I have binged watched your videos over the last week. Thank you for the inspiration
Ive been having the worst writers/beat block in my life. I was hoping that quarantine would allow me to be more creative than in the past but it has been way worse. Its been probably 6 months and I haven't been able to write anything listenable. Ill give these a try, thank you
Lots of great ideas. I use the "copy and twist" technique on my own older songs all the time. That name sounds much better than "self-plagerization" or "song-cannibalizing".
lol i "cannibalize" older songs all the time and up defunking the old ones :(
This video is a result of when you've got writers block when trying to make a UA-cam video, and someone says the phrase, "It all comes full circle."
Dude I needed this. Thanks for the tips Sammy G
This helped so much, you’re a blessing man. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for this! I'm working on an album and think I have a bit of writers block, I keep making ideas and then not committing to them and just changing my mind!
Thank you so much for this one! I hit a hard writers block recently but this has helped massively to broaden the idea bank
Never cease to amaze me and never disappointed. Thank you for always putting out quality videos!
Thanks for the idea about flipping verses! ❤
For the first point I would present an example, there is an Indian singer named Anjan Dutt, in the beginning of his career he writes a song about a girl whose brother threatened to break his leg if ever found near her. He grows a little bit older, he writes a mellow song telling the girl that he is really not going to come to her. Grows old and in the latest album has written about how he will return to the girl, even if the entire world melts off and gets destroyed. The first one was comic with fast paced rock tune, kinda Ramone like, the second one was country-folk John Denver like, the last one mellow ballad.
great video. super helpful, thanks!
Thx this video really made my day!!
Really useful vid, it's got a few things I've been using subconsciously for my degree and I'm definitely going to be referencing it in my evaluation
Thank you very much for that vid! I'm thinking about getting into songwriting, and this comes in handy!
Thank you so much, definitely gonna try some of these. And some I have tried before, they work well.
Very Helpful. Thank you!
good video, just in time when i needed it, thank you
wow.. this video is very helpful.. ill add a link to one of my new songs I come up with, after watching this and getting over my writers block.. This deserves way more views!
Another very good video with great advise. Keep it up.
Super Ideas right there, especially the first one was just in my head for a few days its just a revelation to hear you say the exact same thing
The Sensei Series is my favorite I would love to see episodes more often. Thanks for the videos you are awesome!
I think the best way to overcome writer's block is to stop writing, record your ideas instead and view it as a brainstorm session, don't interrupt yourself by changing words or looking stuff up, try to stay in that creative flow, I explain that further in a video I posted today, that's how I found you
Great advice here. Thanks
I'm constantly at writers block and it's really frustrating.
I'll always write a cool piece that I can't follow up with anything else interesting, my vocal melodies are always the same and on top of that I recently realised all my ideas are in the same tempo which does NOT do any favours for the music's variety.
Thanks for uploading often unlike *cough cough* adam neeley
wicked ! thanks
Damn this helped instantly, I twisted Master of Puppets Clean interlude into a pop song type thing! Thank you so much! I feel the ideas haha
just hearing this guy is inspiring :) I subscribed
#9 join a cover band
Yea bro
Great post!
Solid advice. Been playing a lot of basketball lately and it has done wonders to my mental health. Equilibrium is most certainly key! #DiaryAhead
Hey, I just used the rearrange last night when I was forced to rearrange a song a friend and I were writing for our metal band. I even created a few different riffs and transitions that I didn’t have in the song already. I definitely could use these!!!!
Instant sub. Gold Content
In line with copy and twist - sometimes I'll put up a reference track - not for the master but for the writing. How long are they spending on the pre-chorus? When does the crescendo happen - what's the structure? What is the bridge doing? - just having something successful to map to has helped me crunch through a few tough ones.
Very nice video this is going to get me out of a rut
I just bought that book that you brought up in this video it's very good I'm on chapter 3 and slowly taking everything step by step you should make a video about that book like talk about it maybe even show a couple of like the exercise things that shows in the book to explain what they mean and what have you
I have a lyric writing book by Pat Pattison. Song Writing Without Boundaries. It is terrific. I hold it close to me, along with my practice journal. Well, not that close. I strayed a few times.
I’m 0:53 seconds into your video and that one advice has already shifted my writers block,props
Thanks Mr Samurai ! Always good advice . Some tune just sprung to mind , Finetime by Cast ...or was it G'n'R's Paradise City ? Cheers from England ✌️😁🏴
My other thing I do is gardening, not that weird. Here I learned the best melodic writing tool ever...
Listen, record or get your ears on whatever birds are singing and try to play that... Its rediculusly hard and demands 'out of the box thinking!
Geez thats kinda nuts but also awesome (Gonna try it)
Came for the advice. Stayed for both the advice and also the samurai look.
Thank you
I've had it for like 2 weeks now and it wont go away I haven't produced a good track for about a week
Actually some pretty clever tips!
On tip #1: I've actually written "Sk8er Boi" from the perspective of the Sk8er boi.
My advice? Listen to music outside your preferred genres. For bass players I'd recommend disco and reggae, and both would work well for guitarists. Listen to seventies pop and adult contemporary. Copy it. This music was often quite sophisticated. Make a variation of the Pachabel loop. Run a bassline ahead of that loop. Maybe it's time to bring back the 90's Sensitive Female chord loop. Stretch it out, give it some new rhythm.
This is gold.
Brian Eno actually wrote ideas that you can now down load with strange frases and ideas to break writers Block. David bowie used them. It's called oblique strategys
What's that noise? Is it the bailiff knocking at your door wanting to deliver a subpoena? :-)
This is a great video. I will watch it until it's permanently burned into my brain. At my age, memory is not so good.
i literally thought about writing songs the minute this video went up :D
I love that guitar
What guitar is that? I love its sound!
Nice
I have "Chorusitis" lol
Absolutely agree with the 3 person rule.
4:20
i've had a writer's block for 10 months now and it feels horrible
i even question how i was able to come up with my prior songs now
it's so frustrating as music is a way of communication. i have been lacking that for quite a while now
Thanks for the tips, it would be an interesting idea to write a follow up to Detroit rock city
that'd be a sad song
How long should I take a break for
I can always come up with a song. Not saying they're all friggin standout gems, but, keep playing, itll take care of itself.
how do you go about collaborating? I've been struggling to find someone to write with.
@samuraiguitarist can you recommend a book or a particular course on improving songwriting? I feel like the internet is filled with garbage music lessons. Thanks!
I miss read this when I saw the push notification and I thought it said 10 ways Mexicans can conquer writer's block LMAO!
it sometimes happens to me
Another tip - be musically curious at all times. There are 36k plus views on this video, and only 8k plus views on the song he referenced in the video, and linked to in the description.
When I hit the wall, I like to try and learn my current top 10. No matter the genre, no matter the artist, find something to play, or play along to. You'd be surprised how good some pop hip hop beats sound when you add distortion and power chords.
Yeah, when I'm not feeling creative, it helps to take the time learning other people's songs instead.
I took a break.
Still on it.
Step 1: Herione
Some people would call "Copy and Twist" Vaporwave, with the difference that there's no care in pretending the original isn't there or even parts of other songs.
Writers block actually causes me depression....
Hey Is it safe to order a guitar online. I’m thinking about buying a guitar off of guitar center or musicians friend but I’m worried that it might come in broken.
The Mexican sensation it’s probably best if you go to a store so you can get a feel of it , but if not then that would be fine too , just make sure you research whatever guitar you are getting instead of blindly buying one🤘I speak from past experience from buying online
If you buy it from those sources you should be fine. I bought one of my guitars from guitar center's website. If they mess up your delivery you should also be able to get a refund.
Jam Romero I already know what guitar I want to buy but they don’t have it at the store so I have to order it online. Will the change of temperature damage the guitar?
Dabutt883 Alright thanks bro🙏🏼
It depends where it is shipped from , but most likely the climate won’t damage the guitar if it’s in a protective case👍
Are you on Spotify?
0:11-0:17
My biggest tip... at least it works for me
Go outside,go on a trip,go watch a show live!!! Thats a big one,after a show i dont want to rip off the guy i watched but during i watch someone play,my brain does a thing that takes one idea and i feel super creative,i go home and i can write 100 of songs..you have to be in the right mental state
0:37 not so sure about that...
What kind of guitar is that. It soumds beautiful
It's been 7 months. Kill me. I'd do anything to end this hellish writer's block
Sometimes having a snack or even just a drink of water can hit a chemical "reset" in your brain.
Addendum to Tip #4: if you're going to use your phone, make sure to back-up whatever you're putting down somewhere externally.
Otherwise you'll end up like Kirk Hammett...300+ song ideas out the window when his phone got stolen
Who disliked this? Why?
We have all been here and if you're reading this comment, you're probably there right now. I know I am haha. Although in all seriousness, this video is actually very motivating and helpful. Thank you very much 👌
PSA- Brian May wrote Fat Bottom Girls, not Freddie Mercury.
I'm always disappointed with KISS in as much as everytime I go to see them they do not, if fact, Rock and Roll all night and in fact have usually, stopped Rock and Rolling by about 10:00 am. I can't vouch for their diurnal activities, which may involve a consistent and rigid schedule of partying, but Rock and Roll all Night, while one may WANT to do it, remains a distance promise.
having writer's block makes me wanna quit music ://
What's up with the audio man? It sounds like a room mic... this is not usually the case for you, as far as I I hear
the rest of us just drink booze and smoke weed.
Weed cures writers block
With weed music writes itself
Colton Hamilton long story kind of but when I was a heavy drug user (mostly opiates and psychedelics) I felt that it was so easy to be creative and anytime I picked up my guitar I was either writing new songs (that I still play 15 years later lol) or freestyling a song on the spot that sounded pretty good that ppl still talk about today.
When I got totally sober I felt not only that I was no longer creative but that I also just did not have the will to play anymore.
Three months ago I became a medical marijuana patient and have been slowly picking it back up and while not as creative as I used to be, I at least am getting the will to play again.
It honestly reminds me of when a band comes out and their first album of two is really good but they become sober, rich, no longer homeless and hungry, become out of touch with reality and have nothing to bitch about anymore and their albums suck from that point on.
I used to have someone tell me that I am still creative I just have to find another way to tap into it but i dont think that’s true.
The drugs deff did help for me at least (don’t do drugs kids) and there’s a ton of art that is amazing whether it’s comedy, books, movies or music etc that has been written on a mind altering substance
Anybody else notice his forehead is two different skin color? 😶
brian may wrote fat bottomed girls!!!!!
no hate man ur the best!
just telling!!
Samurai didn't say Freddie wrote it. Samurai stated everyone knows what was on Freddie's mind when he SANG Fat Bottom Girls.