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Page 1: Intuitive Songwriting: 8 Simple Ways To Spark Your Best Song Ideas

Secrets to breakthrough songwriting

INTUITIVE SONGWRITING

www.creative-songwriter-academy.teachable.com

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8 Simple Ways To Spark Your Best Song Ideas & Dissolve Writer’s Block For Good

Welcome to

8 Simple Ways To Spark Your Best Song Ideas

But first…

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8 Simple Ways To Spark Your Best Song Ideas & Dissolve Writer’s Block For Good

Why do they work?

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Why do they work? Because science says so!

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8 Simple Ways To Spark Your Best Song Ideas & Dissolve Writer’s Block For Good

The 3 magic ingredients that provide your best, most creative ideas

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#1 Relaxation

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Relaxation:

In a Buffer Social article called “Why We Have Our Best Ideas in the Shower: The Science of Creativity,” scientific researchers Allen Braun and Siyuan Liu tracked the brain activity of rappers doing freestyle and turned it into a research study.

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Relaxation:

They chose free-style rap because it’s a great example of a creative process that is both relatively easy to track and can be translated into lots of other areas, and what they found was fascinating!

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Relaxation:

When we are being creative, some of our everyday brain areas are completely deactivated, while others we don’t use in our every day lives light right up!

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Relaxation:

Here’s the conclusion that Braun came to:

“We think what we see is a relaxation of ‘executive functions’ to allow more natural de-focused attention and uncensored processes to occur that might be the hallmark of creativity.”

-Allen Braun, Scientific Researcher

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#2 Dopamine

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Dopamine:

Alice Flaherty, one of the most renowned neuroscientists researching creativity argues that another important ingredient that’s very important for us to be creative is dopamine.

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Dopamine:

The more dopamine that is released, the more creative we are.

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Dopamine:

“People vary in terms of their level of creative drive according to the activity of the dopamine pathways of the limbic system.”

-Alice Flaherty, Neuroscientist

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Dopamine:

Typical events that trigger an increased dopamine flow are of course, taking a warm shower, exercising, driving home, etc. So the chances of having brilliant ideas during those times are significantly higher!

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#3 Distraction

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Distraction:

According to Harvard Researcher Shelly Carson, another crucial factor is distraction.

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Distraction:

“In other words, a distraction may provide the break you need to disengage from a fixation on the ineffective solution.’’

-Shelly Carson, Harvard Researcher

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Distraction:

So if you are focusing to intently on songwriting or any kind of problem-solving, jumping into the shower for example can become a real “incubation period” for your ideas.

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Distraction:

When you can relax and let your mind wander, your subconscious mind can surface and plant those ideas into your conscious mind.

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The 3 magic ingredients that provide your best, most creative ideas are:

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The 3 magic ingredients that provide your best, most creative ideas are:

#1 Relaxation

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8 Simple Ways To Spark Your Best Song Ideas & Dissolve Writer’s Block For Good

The 3 magic ingredients that provide your best, most creative ideas are:

#1 Relaxation #2 Dopamine

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8 Simple Ways To Spark Your Best Song Ideas & Dissolve Writer’s Block For Good

The 3 magic ingredients that provide your best, most creative ideas are:

#1 Relaxation #2 Dopamine #3 Distraction

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8 Simple Ways To Spark Your Best Song Ideas & Dissolve Writer’s Block For Good

SCIENCE!

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8 Simple Ways To Spark Your Best Song Ideas & Dissolve Writer’s Block For Good

You can read the entire article at: blog.bufferapp.com

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So without further ado,

8 Simple Ways To Spark Your Best Song Ideas

And why they work…

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#1 Sing in the car: • Relaxed state of mind • Full of dopamine • Motion of the vehicle accelerates creativity and

keeps your ideas in motion as well

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#2 Listen to music (in the car): • Relaxed state of mind • Full of dopamine • Motion of the vehicle accelerates creativity and

keeps your ideas in motion as well (if driving) • Provides added audible inspiration to the mix

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#3 Exercise: • Relaxed state of mind • Full of dopamine • Activity accelerates creativity and keeps your

ideas in motion as well • Provides added environmental inspiration to the

mix • Easy way to distract

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#4 Dance it out:

• Relaxed state of mind • Full of dopamine • Activity accelerates creativity and keeps your

ideas in motion as well • Provides added visual inspiration to the mix • Easy way to distract

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#5 Sing in the shower:

• Relaxed state of mind • Full of dopamine • Activity accelerates creativity and keeps your

ideas in motion as well • Provides added intuitive inspiration to the mix • Easy way to distract

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#6 Take a nap:

• Relaxed state of mind • Full of dopamine • Activity accelerates creativity and keeps your

ideas in motion as well • Provides added intuitive inspiration to the mix • Easy way to distract

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#7 Take a break: • Relaxed state of mind • Full of dopamine • Activity accelerates creativity and keeps your

ideas in motion as well • Provides added intuitive and environmental

inspiration to the mix • Easy way to distract

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#8 Go get inspired: • Relaxed state of mind • Full of dopamine • Activity accelerates creativity and keeps your

ideas in motion as well • Provides added intuitive and environmental

inspiration to the mix • Easy way to distract

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BOOM!

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The Big Takeaway:

Make sure that you capture your song ideas however and whenever they happen. No matter how they show up, the key to intuitive songwriting is not to miss out on any idea once it enters our head, because it often disappears as quickly as it arrives.

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An ok song idea can easily become a brilliant song over time (but that’s an entirely different lesson altogether)!

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8 Simple Ways To Spark Your Best Song Ideas & Dissolve Writer’s Block For Good

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2015• 9 best voice recorder apps for Android

• 10 Best Voice Recorder Apps for iPhone

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8 Simple Ways To Spark Your Best Song Ideas & Dissolve Writer’s Block For Good

This presentation is from a lesson in my signature Intuitive Songwriting program over at Creative Songwriter Academy…

Click here to learn more!

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