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Anonymous
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| posted: 4/22/2005 at 12:18:57 PM ET
Hmmmm. Where to start. I used to sing. I used to write, and I was good. I had a very dark time in my life, and I stopped. Now I can't find my voice anywhere. Not the one to sing with. Not the one to write. It's just gone. I feel empty I guess. It was just a natural thing for me, I don't know HOW I used to do it. I would just sit there and write a song like it was nothing. Then I'd go to sing, and it just came out and people clapped, or cried, or danced and I was happy. Now there is just....nothing. I threw away the songs I wrote, I gave my stuff away. Where do I find it again? Need some help.
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squeekee
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3/28/2005 | posted: 4/22/2005 at 6:22:37 PM ET
This seems like a terrible delima. I my self am a poet and I have gone through patches where I just can't write anything. When most of the time they really do seem to flow very easily. I think my longest patch was 2 years with no poems.
I am not sure where to tell you to find inspriation, as the path of this thing is different for all of us. But I find that if I simply read all of my old stuff or other people's work for a while eventully something will come to me. So I wonder if you just sing songs that you do know if that could help to jog the creativity with in you.
good luck
squeekee
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 imnidiot
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3/28/2005 | posted: 4/22/2005 at 8:59:26 PM ET
Try prayer, go to a nearby church or Synagogue, and talk to God, because that's where your talent came from. I get a lot of musical inspiration in church, and what better place is there? I sincerely hope you get your inspiratoin back. Don
I am intwersted in learning to distinguish the difference between all the different musical key signiatures. Does your site contain any of this info, since I compose music, and don't have a good background in reading music? Thanks, Don
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 Pete
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3/20/2005 | posted: 4/23/2005 at 4:58:38 AM ET
i think going to see an artist perform the style of music you like can break the lock on the ability to create..and remember, you did it before. Some folk just can't compose or improvise no matter how hard they try..
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 toonz
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2/20/2005 | posted: 4/23/2005 at 10:08:31 AM ET
It sounds to me that you are ready to have music back in your life because you are asking others for help.
Have you ever considered counselling? Perhaps the dark hole you fell into is a little too deep for you to climb out of on your own.
Unfortunately, bad things happen to good people. You, however, still have to live here on Earth, so while you are here, commit to enjoy and be happy. (Nobody else is going to do it for you). You don't get to decide how long you stay, but you can control HOW you live while you are here. It sounds to me like you want to be happy and musical again. Do whatever is in your power to get back there.
Good luck in your search for music and happiness. You deserve them both.
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suzyq
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11/18/2004 | posted: 4/23/2005 at 4:49:08 PM ET
How are things going for you?
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Anonymous
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| posted: 4/25/2005 at 12:59:58 PM ET
Wow. Thanks for all the responses, they definitely lifted the spirits on this end. I guess I am doing ok. I am "doing fine" by all accounts as far as "the norm". The problem is, I am just having to fit into a niche that I don't belong in right now. The 9 to 5 working, engaged, just-bought-a-house and everyone is soooooo jealous of little miss perfection kind. I am just not cut out to live where I do, or work where I do, or do what I do. I'm still damn good at it, but it's not my place. You know? I don't have anyone around here that thinks the way I do, or likes what I like, so it's hard to get the old me back at it when there just isn't the right environment to foster it. Am I making sense to anyone, it's hard to explain this. I just don't fit in here, in this tiny little farm town, with these tiny little minds consumed with gossip and "scandal" and.....ugh! Just not very inspiring, not at all.
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toonz
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2/20/2005 | posted: 4/25/2005 at 3:45:55 PM ET
I disagree. That's inspiration if ever I heard it. I bet you could come up with some real heart felt songs from such aggravation. It might be therapeutic to write some of those thoughts down. You don't necessarily have to share them with anyone, just let them come out.
It also sounds like you need to get other musical people in your life. They understand what it is to have this within you and they aren't jealous and they don't roll their eyes and think you're crazy. The big question I guess is where do you go to find other musical people without causing a scandal.
Finding others that you fit in with is something you are going to have to do for yourself. No one else is going to do the looking for you. Try not to worry so much about what others might be saying or thinking about you. This is something I struggle with and it is very detrimental. Don't go there. Chances are they have their own problems and the last thing they are thinking about is you.
Join a choir, take music lesson. You're a creative person. I'm sure you can think of something to help you enjoy the here and now.
Good Luck.
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