Q: about six months ago i wrote my first 'good' song. it was the first one i felt comfortable showing to people, and it was the first one that my friends actually really liked and would ask me to play on occasion. i even had friends of friends tell me they liked the song. i thought that that would be the big victory i needed, and that from now on all i would be doing is making great songs, but since then, i've haven't been able to do anything. i try to write something and twenty minutes later i have something that's 'just ok' and i throw it away. i cling on to stuff i think 'might be good' and then realize a week later that it actually sucks. i'm less able to make stuff than i was before i wrote that first song. i tried the technique of 'making bad songs' but then i feel pressure to have some creative breakthrough while making it bad and i just make nothing. what do i do please help
A: i think more time needs to go by. i think you became so aware of the victory that that's had a bit of a curse effect. indeed it wears off, but it takes time. music really hates to be pinned down. if you ever point directly to something and go "That! that is good music!" immediately things will stop making sense. music has a deep need to defy your expectations