Inspiration

I've had writer's block lately. Music comes easily, but I have trouble writing lyrics that make me proud.

The other day I woke up at around 8am, and turned on Mr. Coffee. While waiting for it to finish, I picked up my acoustic guitar and strummed out an old tune. Then I played a second one that never got past the rough demo stage.
Suddenly I decided to take my favourite never-heard 9 or 10 songs, and re-record/ re-arrange them. The only thing I kept were the lyrics and the basic chord progressions.
I realized around 2:30 that afternoon that I still hadn't had breakfast, and forced a quick break. Then I was right back to the recording. I stopped at about 10pm that night. I recorded for 14 hours straight - the first time I've done that in a couple of years.
I got the drums programmed, basslines written and recorded, and the main guitars tracked for 9 songs. They've all got vocal guide tracks, and a few have piano lines recorded.

It's feeling pretty awesome.