Hi guys,
My name is Tristan (23). I started out learning classical music but I've also been writing (or trying to write) "pop" songs for a few years now. I get a lot of ideas (tend to average between 6-12 every day) which is nice but considering I have literally thousands of ideas by now I have never EVER "finished" a song!
Now what I am well aware of is that, considering my relative inexperience, I can't expect anything decent to be coming out at this early stage and I'm quite happy to just accept that I'll be churning out garbage for a while at first.
This was a helpful video in developing that attitude and I still firmly believe it's the best way to start (even though I can't yet speak from experience, haha):
But my question is, AT WHAT STAGE CAN I LEAVE A SONG AND MOVE ON?
I know I need to "write" lots of songs but I'm not sure when one considers a song "written" or "finished". Does it really have to be completely polished or (considering my quantity-over-quality approach) is there a point before that where they're in a good enough state to be left?
I mean, is this okay?
Maybe it's about demo quality, I'm not sure.
I tend to be moving on when I just have a verse and a chorus roughly harmonised and I've been thinking for a while now that that's just not cutting it at all as it's resulted in me really have no songs to my name in any decent state of completion which is kinda depressing, especially considering that I'm drowning in ideas.
If anyone can give me any advice on this it would be VERY much appreciated!
Thanks and good luck to everyone here,
Tristan
Btw, acoustic guitar and piano are my go-to instruments for songwriting. I don't tend to use any programs but if people think they could provide a more effective approach then I'm open to suggestions