I’m so glad I stopped by your blog site today. This article is exactly what I needed to read. You see, I’m exactly the same as you described yourself. I’ve got bits and pieces of songs on paper, half-demoed on my DAW, in my head and in places that I’ve probably forgotten about.
Discipline is what I lack. Your post has inspired me to do something about it. I tend to get sidetracked easily. I’ll be in the middle of something creative and notice an email come in. Boom… I’m gone, off answering the email, checking out a new gadget or guitar or whatever on the web. Then hours have gone by and I haven’t gotten squat done on the original project I started working on.
One of the culprits that has succeeded in distracting me lately is blogging. I see other blog sites where content is being added daily, and I feel driven to keep up. I have got to set priorities, and make a schedule that I can reasonably keep. Slots of time dedicated to different creative genres for me is going to be a must if I am to be productive. Thanks for getting me thinking in the right direction.
Now, if I can only stay focused long enough to get to my Outlook calendar…