Originally Posted by: François Kellyhey

most of the good idea i got happen in my head before on my guitar.... sometime i cannot play my idea the first time.

your mental is supperior to you physic.

ear training is a tool to bring you to higher level on songwriting.

Cheers!!!!

I toally agree. I abandoned trying to come up with song melody on instrument long ago. The first thing that usuallly jumps in my mind is clever, different idea, a twist which makes certain song to stand out (a hook, right? :) ) For the rest of the song It's just like I ask myself smth like "How would you like to hear it from....i dunno...hetfield, petrucci, lou reed or other respected musician." and then when i got it in my head i try to play it on guitar. As for lyrics, at first there is always one line that came out of nowhere, clever metaphor or contrast (...) that has nothing to do with anything but is here as a skeleton for the rest. after i got that, song title and the rest of the lyrics just flow out of me.