420.  I'm old fashioned.

Starise
I was struck by lightening while sitting on the toilet.

 
WOW !  Simply Electrifying
                                        
Kenny

paulo

Finally......a post that doesn't get deleted.
 

paulo

 
And another one!

paulo
I'm on a roll now.....
 

It sounds like it may be getting close for it too be time for you to take a Bow



 

paulo
I think I'll write a song about it.
 

 

paulo
Which of them white and black things is Am again?
 

Whew !
 
Kenny

kennywtelejazz

Starise
I was struck by lightening while sitting on the toilet.

 
WOW !  Simply Electrifying
                                        
Kenny

 Yeah. It really cleaned all the s*** out of my music   ..............well maybe not all of it.
 
This didn't happen to me. I heard about it second hand only I changed a few details. The person telling it said that the lady it happened to was serious as a heart attack. She said this when asked how she got religion. *whew* I never forgot it because it was so strange. Must have been a real electrifying experience.

eph221

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. 

 
 

One I'm working on for The Deals Forum Someday
 
Oh
I want a new plug  
One that won't make me sick
One that won't make me crash my DAW
Or make me feel three feet thick

I want a new plug
One that won't hurt my set
One that won't make my sound too dry
Or make my sound too wet

One that won't make me nervous
Wonderin' what to do
One that makes me feel like I mix as good as you
When I'm alone with you

I want a new plug  
One that won't kill
One that don't cost too much
Or sound too shrill

I want a new plug  
One that won't go away
One that won't keep me up all night
One that won't make me sleep all day

One that won't make me nervous
Wonderin' what to do
One that makes me feel like I mix as good as you
I'm alone with you
I'm alone with you, baby

I want a new plug
One that does what it should
One that wont make me sound too bad
One that wont make me sound too good

I want a new plug
One that dont shout
One that dont make me talk too much
or make my face break out
 
One that won't make me nervous
Wonderin' what to do
One that makes me feel like I mix as good as you
I'm alone with you
I'm alone with you, yeah, yeah


 
Kenny

But seriously...
 
I find sounds may trigger a direction.  Try new effects, instruments, loops, drum patterns.
 
Just start writing, pick a song title or style and see where it goes.  Throw out is good.

I get my inspiration from female bass players.  

Lately, I get more inspiration out of practicing...
Over the past two years, I've been studying chords and chord theory.
I try to learn a new chord weekly by going through some practice routines and inserting the new chord (via 1st, 2nd and 3rd inversions) into the routine. 
Most of the time, the routine is playing the circle of 5ths forwards and backwards. 
This, 9 times out of 10 will inspire me into writing..

I keep forgetting this is supposed to be a serious conversation. 
 
In order to get any kind of inspiration I need to be well rested,not hungry, relaxed but not so relaxed I want to sleep, just chilled enough to sit and intensely contemplate, have plenty of time and not ever feel rushed or distracted. Those can all be rare occurrences for me. In addition I need to be emotionally centered. Not upset at anyone or anything, not worrying about anything, not overly concerned about what anyone else will think of it because creative expression is about you, not about what the world thinks of it. No pre conceived agendas for me. I can't be so critical of things in the beginning or nothing will happen....It's like putting one foot in front of the other one. You need to begin somewhere. You can always change where that somewhere is later on. Creativity doesn't always follow a plan. An idea maybe but it doesn't need to be a detailed plan.

^^ spot on, excellent post.