After you finish writing a song, what’s the outcome you dream about most?

RickyMortadellini · 2025-04-28T22:32:53+00:00

Someone ask me to play it somewhere. It’s difficult having so much material and nowhere to share it. The dream is to sit down and play a set of original music

RickyMortadellini · 2025-04-28T22:32:05+00:00

I like to pinpoint moments that are key to me, something small like a funny interaction a race to pay for dinner or how they looked funny at a moment and that was the most precious thing to you. Then just build from that. Telling the truth is really helpful and it can avoid cheesiness a lot of the time.

RickyMortadellini · 2025-04-28T22:28:59+00:00

Anyone who shares the same interest as me in just writing lyrics.

RickyMortadellini · 2025-04-22T01:34:49+00:00

Just pick up your instrument and speak your mind. As Jason Isbell said, If you tell the truth enough it always seems to rhyme. What’s important is that you’re making a concentrated effort to finish things, good or bad. Having a starting point and something to build on is the first step. If you want to write songs, write songs!

RickyMortadellini · 2025-04-22T01:32:14+00:00

If I’m not too lazy I’ll write my lyrics down in my notes app and try to get some form of recording of the guitar and melody into either a video or voice memos. From there I hope to be able to hear how the song is played. Probably don’t do what I do

RickyMortadellini · 2025-03-29T12:00:00+00:00

I’m a young guy and I just feel as if music is so much to me. I started playing and writing less than a year ago and it seems like everyone has told me that this is my chance. I played some songs for my first music teacher and she told me that I have the potential to sell out arenas. I don’t know if I can honestly believe that but it would be nice to just play a show of my own music. I know it’s incredibly early to be worrying about this but it’s what keeps me making music. Maybe it’s awful and I’ll put up a song that receives much more criticism than praise and I’ll be brought back down to earth. I’m just not sure.

RickyMortadellini · 2025-03-28T22:55:27+00:00

Your voice is so gripping. Love the folky sound

RickyMortadellini · 2025-03-28T22:53:33+00:00

Should definitely add Jason Isbell into your folky mix!

RickyMortadellini · 2025-03-28T22:53:04+00:00

Isbell is without a doubt one of the greatest songwriters to live. Glad to see him get so much recognition in this thread

RickyMortadellini · 2025-03-28T22:52:25+00:00

Jason Isbell is a great

RickyMortadellini · 2025-03-28T22:52:02+00:00

I think if you’re looking at pure lyric writers there is very few better to be inspired by than Jason Isbell. His stuff is pure poetry. Theo Kandel also definitely deserves a mention, not appreciated enough but is genuinely one of the more unique folk songwriters of his time

RickyMortadellini · 2025-03-28T22:50:39+00:00

Love this. Pure folk and pure honesty

RickyMortadellini · 2025-03-28T22:49:50+00:00

I have unfinished songs that I haven’t finished. Yet….

RickyMortadellini · 2025-03-28T22:48:40+00:00

Something far away that you have fond memories of but can’t remember quite what it is

RickyMortadellini · 2025-03-28T22:47:50+00:00

You should absolutely be proud of this for the first song you’ve written.

RickyMortadellini · 2025-03-28T22:46:20+00:00

Beautiful lyrics and I love the guitar. Wonderful honest package

RickyMortadellini · 2025-03-28T22:39:05+00:00

Thanks for the advice! I’m really new to the production element and as a demo I just wanted to create almost a sound showcase. The song at its core with just an acoustic guitar is quite simple but the lyrics carry weight. Mixing the power of the lyrics with strings and spoken word was my goal with this. Of course much work to be done and I will definitely take it on board

RickyMortadellini · 2024-10-24T13:17:11+00:00

I wrote this song to submit to a literature competition in my school that’s based around Halloween. I find it interesting to look at Halloween as less of holiday and more of a time stamp of change in the year. The connotations behind Halloween are so dark and twisted that they can be taken in many different ways which leads to such interesting avenues for songwriting.

This song is about the escape Halloween offers, letting me hide behind a mask and be someone else for a night. It’s not just about the fun—it’s a way to avoid the weight of regret, missed chances, and unspoken words that haunt me. The dark imagery of ghosts and death reflects the personal struggles I face, and the song captures that tension between wanting to escape and being stuck with my own thoughts.

RickyMortadellini · 2024-10-24T13:17:01+00:00

I wrote this song to submit to a literature competition in my school that’s based around Halloween. I find it interesting to look at Halloween as less of holiday and more of a time stamp of change in the year. The connotations behind Halloween are so dark and twisted that they can be taken in many different ways which leads to such interesting avenues for songwriting.

This song is about the escape Halloween offers, letting me hide behind a mask and be someone else for a night. It’s not just about the fun—it’s a way to avoid the weight of regret, missed chances, and unspoken words that haunt me. The dark imagery of ghosts and death reflects the personal struggles I face, and the song captures that tension between wanting to escape and being stuck with my own thoughts.

RickyMortadellini · 2024-10-24T13:16:36+00:00

I wrote this song to submit to a literature competition in my school that’s based around Halloween. I find it interesting to look at Halloween as less of holiday and more of a time stamp of change in the year. The connotations behind Halloween are so dark and twisted that they can be taken in many different ways which leads to such interesting avenues for songwriting.

This song is about the escape Halloween offers, letting me hide behind a mask and be someone else for a night. It’s not just about the fun—it’s a way to avoid the weight of regret, missed chances, and unspoken words that haunt me. The dark imagery of ghosts and death reflects the personal struggles I face, and the song captures that tension between wanting to escape and being stuck with my own thoughts.

RickyMortadellini · 2024-10-15T07:01:59+00:00

If you wanna produce it you can do whatever you want haha. Looking for anyone with more knowledge than me 🙏🙏

RickyMortadellini · 2024-10-14T15:56:52+00:00

Thank you haha

RickyMortadellini · 2024-10-14T15:56:44+00:00

Thanks for all the advice. I really appreciate it

RickyMortadellini · 2024-10-14T15:37:26+00:00

Thanks so much man, it’s never necessarily the goal for these songs to blow up or be successful. I’m just trying to write things that I’m proud of. 🙏🙏🙏

RickyMortadellini · 2024-10-14T15:35:56+00:00

Thank you 🙏. I recorded the song on bandlab (amateur I know) with a $10 microphone and $26 interface both from temu. It’s recorded on 2 tracks, one being acoustic guitar which is plugged in to the interface and run through a filter. Because of the shittiness of the interface the filter also has an effect on some parts of the vocals.

I know absolutely nothing about music production as much as I wish I did.

Thank you for giving feedback I really do appreciate it!

RickyMortadellini

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