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Daddycool, way to go man 400 songs. WOW.

   Joe

Russell, Good advice.  I think many songs have been created by the writer just noodling.
I know it works for me. The beard looks good partner.

  Joe

Amy,
Keep it simple, One of each. We all deserve a liite treat once and a while. Doing the jar thing you throw change or what ever you have into it. You don't notice it but it grows without taking from family expenses. The only problem is when it's time to cash in your treasure. There's always way to many goodies out there to decide what to use it on. Good Luck.

  Joe

Wayne ,Thanks for sharing. I'll have to check out that gear. I'm always tied up on the weekends when all those cool shows are happening. Been thru Gillette many times. Keep on rockin' dude.

      Joe

I agree, I always want a guitar I can play out with at any time. Guitars being the magical,mystical creatures they are you never know when you'll fall in love with one all over again. I want mine to always be ready.

  Joe

Daddycool, Rock on dude. Keep crankin' 'em out.

  Joe

Thanks Amy,
  There's deffinetly no right or wrong process to songwriting. I've written songs that started with a single line and I've writtten songs from a short note progression or a four chord pattern. You go with what inspires you at the time. What ever sparks the process. I have about four songs now that have been in the pot for about a year. I've written songs in as little as twenty minutes. One thing for sure is they will develop on their own. Save them, don't throw them away just because you hit a wall with your writing. Somewhere along the way they will come back to life.
One thing that works for me is to take a notepad and pick a subject. Write down anything that pretains to the subject or a line that catches your fancy about the subject. Don't worry about lines or phrases or catchy hooks. If you have some ,write them down but don't worry they will show up when you need them. Collect your info study it and add to the list. Let this brew inside your head . When you least expect it to be there the song verses will start to present themselves. When they do be prepared to write them down or record them. As someone earlier said keep a notebook handy because once you start this process verses will start to jump out at you and you don't want to miss them. Keep writing whenever you can. Write as many songs as you can no matter how simple they may seem. Everytime you complete a song you wil be honing your skills until you become a little better songwriter each time. We all have to start somewhere. Hope this helps.

  Joe