5 Tips for Finding Your Creative, Musical Voice

(This post accompanies Gab & Jam 67 5 Tips for Finding Your Musical Voice:

video: http://bit.ly/gabandjam67vid and podcast: http://bit.ly/gabandjam67findvoice)

Take into account these tips for finding your musical voice:

1. LET THE MUSE MOVE THROUGH YOU

When you are inspired—no matter what you are doing—try to capture that inspiration (on a cell phone, on a piece of paper, or even in a voice memo) to get the bones of it down. As you might know, the muse is fickle, so you don’t want to slam the door in her face. Instead, you want to take in that opportunity to take creative dictation by any means necessary! —I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night to jot down what I remember from a really good song idea. I have even been known to pull over to the side of the road to jot down or start a voice memo to capture what felt like lightning in a bottle. It’s worth the effort and it helps hone your unique perspective. We found out that if you write songs regularly, you are filling up your phone with bits and clips of songs as you encounter them. (See our GearFest 2019 coverage.)

This is one way to welcome in the voice that has been given you.