the more time i spend on working on a musical idea, the less excited i am about it. but i also feel that if i didn't spend much time on it, it would be bad. Eventually, i always end up not getting anywhere and i give up on my compositions. Any advice?
save them in a list. so even if you have to stop working on it, you're still not giving up on it. music is like weird magic voodoo that only seems to work when you are not trying and not paying attention. so just keep the ideas listed where they belong, and then as long as you've familiarized yourself with them, you'll probably come up with the answers without even trying, some other time when you least expect it. If you feel like you must finish it, you can also do that but you just need to be very patient and calm and sit with it, and don't be alarmed if you are too tense to get anything for several hours. if you are patient, it will come, i'm sure. it literally can't stay away forever. science tells us this