I keep on writing songs that I like, but the stuff I end up writing typically doesn't work for the instrumentation I have access to at the moment. Any tips on forcing yourself to write for a specific intended purpose?
you don't have to do that, but you might want to try. you can do it either way. you can make what you wrote fit the instruments even when it seemed like it was written for other instruments, or you could also write to fit certain instruments. it's important to try both ways. to write to fit the instruments, make sure you have access to the instruments while you are writing. if you want to make what you already wrote without the instrument fit the instrument, well, you are going to have to be a little bit creative but it is always possible. if it doesn't work just keep trying. any song can be done anywhere, that's the golden rule