A realization: I think I'm approaching songwriting from a wrong perspective.
I was in high school when I first picked up the guitar. The only people I knew back then who also played were really really good, or so I thought. You see, they were the kind of people who have this compulsive urge to solo over everything. To them, you were nothing unless you played riffs and soloed all day long.
I was never like that. I've never been great at soloing. I enjoy playing chords. Back then, I enjoyed playing simple, open chord songs, and I was made to feel like dirt for it.
I guess that's stuck with me all thes...