Songwriting habits - Using our 6 Core Needs
Songwriting is a vehicle we can use to give us excitement, freedom of expression, connection with others and growth. In fact it can tap into our 6 core needs of:
Certainty
Uncertainty
Significance
Connection
Contribution
Growth
For everyone this is different, but I will give you an example…
Certainty - planning small steps of the process, so every time you write a song you know there is a planning process, development process and recording process.
Uncertainty - lots of experimentation with chords and melodies to come up with your song.
Significance - when you finish a song it reflects part of who you are giving you a sense of identity and achievement.
Connection - through your music and lyrics you share common emotions and experiences that help you connect with others.
Contribution - where you can share your music with others which gives enjoyment to others.
Growth - dealing with perfectionism, rejection. A new learning process such as recording, writing lyrics etc..
If you were to rate each of your 6 needs for songwriting out of 10, which one do you feel needs the most attention.?
The next question then is what can you do to improve in that area? That will give you the next step to work towards.