two at a time?

Mojo

I do it all the time - i use the notepad on my phone usually to record thoughts that pop in my head --- it seems the easiest for me.

I usually have two or three going - then I forget about them for a while and when searching for something on my computer - they will invariably pop up and I'll go 
" hmmm, oh yeah.... I remember that "   

another scenario for me is a lyric that i have worked on - but can't find the right chord progression - I get mad -   put it away forget about for a year or so :0 )     

I woke up the other night had a great verse and chord progression in my head.... sat on edge of bed - went over it a couple of times...was gonna go downstairs and write it down..... but then said to my self - eh - I 'll do it when i get up - went back to sleep .  You know the outcome probably already -   woke up   "Craft syndrome"  set in ( .... can't remember a freaking thing)  !

I have no idea of words or lyrics - just remember that I had a good one !

 
Jim

I sometimes write bits down as they come up or just record a riff or progression on my lap top then come back to it when the next bit pops into my head but mostly I do the whole thing straight off usualy at stupid o clock in the morning

I call it "CRS".

"Can't Remember S**t."

If I don't write an idea down when I have it, it gets lost. I have a book of lines I have come up with but most of my songs come at a rush and get written really fast. My big problem is quite often I have a good hook but it leads nowhere. It is still worth writing down as often the idea is good but I need to come at it from a different direction. for example "I hear the call of the Morepork" can become  "the Morepork's lonely cry"If I get too caught up on trying to use some things everything ends up at a dead end. Once I have the first 3 or 4 lines everything starts flowing.