any advice on getting past creative block?
i really hope i'm not posting about something super common and annoying or whatever, but i'm kind of at my wits end here and sort of need advice.
i've been writing music on my own for almost like 6 years now, and i genuinely love it. it's probably been the most meaningful thing in my life. like, i taught myself how to write from what feels like the ground up, i spend the majority of my day making music, that's how much i love doing this.
but, recently, whenever i try to put anything together, it feels like i'm just bashing my head against a wall. i can never finish anything!! it's not like i have much issues coming up with ideas - i was getting pretty burnt out a while ago so i kind of just stopped doing anything with music and eventually i came back to just messing around on my piano, which is going well but it's like. all those ideas never go anywhere. i spend maybe an hour or two putting something together on my piano, i record it on my phone, but as soon as i transcribe it into a daw it's 30 minutes of what feels like the musician equivalent of rolling an eraser up and down a desk until i give up for my own sanity.
i dont know if its perfectionism or whatever, but i just feel so paralyzed whenever i try to take any idea past a rough sketch. i have been feeling like the things i write are way too basic recently, so maybe it could be that, but i dont know. i can sketch things that are complex enough to be interesting to me, but i cant follow through with anything - not even the things i used to be able to write.
i apologize if this is maybe a little all over the place but, man. i just miss being able to write without having to care so much about it, and i honestly dont know what to do with myself other than wait and hope i get better one day.
anyway. if you guys have any advice or techniques for working past creative block or whatever this is, i would genuinely really appreciate it.