You often hear that nearly anything is good inspiration for a song. And that's true.
I get inspiration in two particular ways: while I'm walking, and when I'm in water. I call that "weird inspiration" because I'm not totally sure why those things inspire me in songwriting.
Maybe that's simply how my brain works. Everybody is wired differently.
I actually got the idea for the very first song I ever wrote while I was out walking, about a girl who's sad over a breakup that happened right before summer started, and how it doesn't feel like summer since that breakup. The lyrics were fine, but the melody was really maudlin. Still, it wasn't bad for a first try.
Another time when I was taking a walk, I started thinking about an old boyfriend. And I thought "I should just leave him in the past and lock him there - leave him someplace where I can't find him."
My brain went "Ding! Ding! Ding!!!"
A song that came to me when I was in the shower is about someone I was listening to, who was having a hard time getting his career going. I thought "I hear your fear." The melody came to me the next morning while I was picking up my shampoo bottle. Hey, whatever works!
The songwriting muse shows up in the most unexpected places, doesn't it?
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