I'm interested in writing songs but I always get stuck when it comes to the melody. The words are there but I can never really settle on a melody that I think works/that I like. Kinda stuck in a rut. (reference unintentionally intended) Any tips?
try absolutely any melody. try to make it the worst melody you possibly can. this is just a trick to get you started. because once you've started, and done more and more melodies, you actually get better with each one, so it really doesn't matter how bad the first one was, because it gets better. where as if you don't do any melodies they will not get better. the other reason it is good to hunt for terrible is because, a little known fact about all melodies is the 1 ingredient that actually makes them good is being terrible