I have to try much harder to get and find the inspirational zone.
 
Between advancing age and letting go of a few seemingly unattainable goal's
 
 I'm noticing things are changing fast for me 
 
Lets hear from you . Who knows you may be helping a forum brother out
 
Kenny

Well, I went country in oh, 2003ish because that's where the players to look up to were and the mixes and the harmonies and all that sonic perfection. So that's my hobby. Amusing myself trying to nail pop country mixes and songs. The lyrics are really hard to do. Where in rock it was silly easy. Nothing fires me up more than the hope of a new fresh tune.

My inspiration comes from people I've met, books I've read, stories I hear, stuff people say. In a dry spell right now but it will return, it always does.

Finding subject matter is not really my problem. Pulling that inspiration into its final form is where it all falls down.
 
I have several projects in various stages of completion, mostly inspired by historical events. The most ambitious to date is a three song "suite" about the death of my Great Great Grandfather at sea in 1881 and my Great Great Grandmother's dream at the time of the incident.
 
Some of the ideas pushed aside from this project have started, in the last few days, forming up in to a tale of the rescue of survivors from the battleship Formidable, sunk in 1915.
 
There are also a couple of unfinished contemporary political songs which I am wary of completing.

I wish I had the answer to that question so I could bottle and sell it.
 
I would give it away to a very special friend who needs it most right now.

Hi. I get these dry spells as well but try (at times) to power through it.
Other times I just have to wait until it strikes again.
Inspiration usually strikes when I least expect it. At night, when trying to sleep is a favorite.
I'll take a few bottles when you get it figured out, Ed
All the best.

I get my inspiration from nerdy jazzers.

My inspiration comes from careful note for note copying of other peoples work. Plagiarism, in other words.
But seriously, I will make song parts. An intro, a chorus or nifty lead line. Start with a small part and sometime a song might attach itself to it. Don't believe the BS. If you ever had it you have it now. 

I don't listen to a lot of music, but when I get on a kick (like with Snarky Puppy or Vulfpeck or I'm feeling like writing a folk pop song or show tune), I'm typically analysing and reverse enginerings the things that make those arrangements and recording "pop" musically and sonically and then trying to create something original based on the sound impression.
 
Still tryna find my sound... I'm not too original 

BassDaddy
My inspiration comes from careful note for note copying of other peoples work. Plagiarism, in other words.
But seriously, I will make song parts. An intro, a chorus or nifty lead line. Start with a small part and sometime a song might attach itself to it. Don't believe the BS. If you ever had it you have it now.