I’m Afraid That I Don’t Care Enough About Music To Write Anymore. What Can I Do?

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 at 10:42 am

I’m 27 and ever since I was 12, music has been my purpose in life. It’s always been so easy to write music and I’ve always loved everything I wrote. Now I just pick up my guitar, pluck out a few ineffectual notes and get depressed about not even caring enough. I’ve really let my skills slip. I’m in my studio right now staring at my keyboard, guitars, amps, audio equipment and stuff and I just don’t care. I mean, I DO care, but not enough to even try. I keep reaching to my right and hitting a few keys and then I go back to surfing the net as the depression begins to well up.
What do you do when you no longer care to even write?

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3 Responses to “I’m Afraid That I Don’t Care Enough About Music To Write Anymore. What Can I Do?”

  1. anti_jo_ Says:
    February 3rd, 2010 at 4:59 pm

    New inspiration.
    Are you in a rut in your life in general or perhaps listening to the same records and styles of music that you have done for years. I went through a similar patch, hadn’t even touched my guitar for months, then i saw Elbow live, a band I’d never previously been into, they were so amazing that they inspired me to try different songwriting styles and instruments.
    Don’t force it, just try to find other things to be enthusiastic about and if music is natural to you then your new enthusiasms will rub off on your musical life again.

  2. ehh Says:
    February 3rd, 2010 at 10:23 pm

    maybe you just need something to motivate you…
    or someone<3
    but dont ever give up.

  3. LadyMady Says:
    February 4th, 2010 at 4:05 am

    Find someone who can write with you., find a muse, take a step or two back and find something else to peak your interest, like photography or painting. What else matters to you in your life? Is there a special someone that can share in your dilemma? I stopped painting for a long time after my friend died, but eventually I picked up the paintbrush again and started anew. I stopped listening to the radio because there is nothing worth listening to anymore, perhaps when you find your mus again, there might be something worth listening to, once more. I wish you the very best in whatever you do.