Day 32: Writing cap

Tonight I started writing again. I haven't really done much of that since arriving in Australia. It feels quite good and I'm also feeling inspired. I'm not stuck and struggling for ideas. In fact, I think I have enough ideas to have to write a few songs at the same time. I think even at uni when we had to write 2 songs for an assignment I always did one and then wrote another so this will be interesting.

There's an unsigned artists band competition on at the moment in St. Kilda and it'll run for another month or so. I'm going to check it out next Thursday and see if I want to have a crack at it. I now realise I need to play my own shows. Like actuals. It's not just a realisation and non-act thing - I gotta act! So, these songs I'm starting on will be in a similar mould, I think. I'll aim to make them so that they can work together in a set rather than being of totally differing genres. Excitement!

Peak: Write, write, write, write
Pit: Saturday night in (but it's not actually bad at all)

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