Got the blues 'bout the blues

[BigBadDom]

So, I've stepped out of my comfort zone, I've left the fur-lined rut and performed publicly. Fantastic, you would think... I'm up & running...

Well, no... I've lost my way... got no inspiration... the creative well has run dry. I'd like to write my own song, but creatively, there's nothing happening. Jeez, I only wanna write a blues, it's not like I'm trying to write an opera - I can repeat most of the lines!

Has anyone else found that once you get over the initial buzz of performing for the first time, you hit a lull?

Perhaps this has more to do with the fact that I'm in 2 weeks time?

Regards,
Dom

[Michael Messer]

Hey Dom,

Just keep doing it......playing, practicing, learning, performing and writing. You have to go through all this s**t, it is part of the process. Turning 40 is nothing.....I just hit 50....now that is serious in any language!

Keep doing it Dom, don't give in!

Shine On,
Michael.

[Deleted]

Like the man say, just keep on keepin' on. You get philosophical after a while. What I found difficult to deal with was having what I felt was a bad gig and thinking, "I'm supposed to be doing this because I enjoy it, that was awful, why do I bother?". Then you play again, and it's fine, you get the buzz again, the cycle goes on and you ride it out or stop altogether. I find it tough to write songs, and only occasionally does the muse strike, so I don't worry on that score, writing's not my thing really. But as regards progress as performer or writer, it's 10% inspiration, 90% perspiration...tho' your mileage may vary as they say.

[BigBadDom]

Thanks for replies and words of encouragement.

Cyber-hug gratefully received!

Dom

[Rick]

I hit the same thing - then I realised that I was rejecting everything halfway thru because it "wasn't good enough". Don't be too hard on yourself - evry song doesn't have to be a masterpiece! Write a few & play them over - keep the bits you like, change the bits that don't work - but keep it fun!
Good luck!