Frustrated musician

[Karlos]

*sigh*

I sometimes feel like I've written all the music I will ever write. I can't even improvise any more. Sometimes I sit down at my keyboard and I feel like I'm about to play something. I can almost feel it in my hands like a kind of energy waiting to come out in the form of music, but still I can't find anything to play.

Moto, I know exactly what you mean :-(

[Karlos]

My problem is usually that often do imagine components of a song in my head, yet I'm usually up past my eyeballs in work.

Later, I try to remember it and it's gone. I can sit at the keyboard for a while, play a few chords or perhaps pick a few notes on the guitar, but it never comes back.

Probably a good reason not to buy another instrument :-/

[Karlos]

You know, I used to sketch and write too. I sometimes feel as if all my creative abilities have atrophied from neglect due to the need to make a living.

[Karlos]

Cymric wrote:
At the risk of getting my head bitten off, why not release the music you consider worthwhile to a select audience who can appreciate the style of your work, and have them mull things over for a bit? You might consider it 'unfinished', but if you're stuck, someone else might give you some ideas to pursue further...?

I think this is generally the artists dilemma; you don't feel you can present work that is unfinished to others.