I've tried a lot of your recommendations for writing songs and finding inspiration. I've gotten past that part, and I already have a bunch of songs I've made. My problem is that when I make them, it feels almost forced. Taking my own feelings and emotions and using them to make something feels wrong. It's like I'm commercializing my emotions. Am I being irrational? Is this just my self-doubt? Nothing feels right.
hm, i have an idea. since you said it feels like you are commercializing it ...... have you tried making it is such a way that you think it would NEVER sell