I find writing songs easy. Relatively easy, compared to other things I've tried. Writing good songs is a completely other matter...
Over the past few years, coming up with the ideas hasn't been the problem but finishing them? I don't do it on purpose, perhaps it's a subconscious thing, as in don't release anything and the rejections never come.
But the time came - and with more than enough new songs for the One Proud Monkey album I wanted to turn some of the other ideas into songs as well (they're not rejects mind you, I'm not giving you the scraps that the band didn't want, they're just... different... take that as you will)
Thing is, the band have become a bit of a security blanket for me, I've got people to bounce ideas off who are also invested in the result, so honesty abounds. But yesterday, standing in a proper studio working on a proper solo project I felt... well in a non Matchbox 20 song way, alone and a bit scared.
What if the songs are total shite? What if the lyrics are terrible? When did I lose a sense of what makes a good song? What if this is all unfounded paranoia?
This is what happens when you try and create something, the hours, days, even years that go into making something that goes for 3 minutes...
What I realised is there's only one way to find the answers and that's finish something and put it out. So here goes...
Thanks for listening,
Clint
