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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
As a singer i couldn't disagree with you more. I can sing someone elses songs but give me a lyric sheet and say come up with something and i am done. I respect even taylor swift because i could go into her studio with a guitar and come up with dozens of original songs but if she gave me a lyric sheet i probably couldn't get even one chorus done on my own whereas she is a singer and vocalist who can create music spontaneously with her voice. Janet too.. from strictly an artist's perspective i respect that because i understand its not easy. The art they create might not agree with our sense of taste, but it is genuinely art.
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I feel you. I've played in many bands, and written a lot of music over the years, but even though I've never had a problem writing down my thoughts, or writing articles at work, I am just plain NOT a lyricist.
Whenever I've found myself in a position to sing, I've pretty much only done covers of songs that I can relate to deeply. I have ZERO songwriting talent, and I'm far too self-critical and obsessive compulsive to ever put my final stamp of approval on a song. I could try, but there would go the rest of my life.
I've always been happy to let other people write lyrics for my songs, and I've played in a lot of instrumental bands, just because this is something I can't even begin to get around. Fuck it man.