What a cool video…
I tripped on a very inspiring video recently.
It’s Sting going through his songwriting process on his guitar and drum machine. Very cool stuff and VERY inspiring. 
Check it out below.
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February 10th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
This video is VERY! Inspiring.
Im 13 years old, And I Loved that.
Im actually writing my own song right now, and this helped alot.
So thank you whoever Up-loaded it.
February 10th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
OMG!
This was really nice!
February 10th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
You know, it’s nice to see that even the pros go through the same kind of “hit & miss” process, as all we amateurs do at times.
I’ve written several tunes using this technique, and it definitely works very well.
Great video.
February 10th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Really cool, thanks.
February 10th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Thank you so much Shamir, It is always inspiring to to see the human side of the gods, and to fortify the fact that there are no gods-just us having fun.
February 10th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Unfortunately Im not a 13 year old girl, but I too found this very helpful. Any more vids like these…with different artists maybe?
Thanks
February 10th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Awesome video , when i grow up id like to play with toys like his lol
February 10th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Fantastic video. Continued content like that will bring hoards of people !
Thanks, Shamir
February 10th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Excllent step by step talk-through of how to build a song up from the initial first flash of inspiration. Sting very inspirational and exhaustive in his talk about songwriting. I shall go away and write my first hit song tonight! His lyrics on his songs are also first rate.
Many thanks for this Shamir. It was so cool.
February 10th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
hey that was an excellent video, it really taught me some valuable things
thanks shamir
February 10th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Thanks Shamir, it’s an amazing video and a unique opportunity to see how a ‘profesional’ is working on this.
February 10th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
hey hey hey that was really gud!!!
and very intertesting to use instruments
and i think it will help for MY MUSIC
….and GUESS what SHAMIR
i MADE my own original SONG
it is called ‘LET’S KEEP IT THAT WAY’…. might be able to HELP…
LOL
February 10th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
really inspiring
little time and effort and it shows
February 10th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
IT BRINGS ME CLOSER TO MY GOAL. BUT FOR ME, I’VE LISTEN TO MUSIC FOR DECADES AND I CAN CREATE INSTRUMENTALS I MY HEAD. IT’S CALLED “DAY DREAM” AND ONCE YOU SHUT OF THE WORLD’S NOISE
OUT, A CREATIVE SIDE OF YOU PLAYS THE NOTE. I’VE BEEN SUCESSFUL SO FAR .
February 10th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Thanks for the continued info.
February 10th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
This is a very inspirational video. I’m looking forward to using it soon!
February 10th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
This video was simple helpful as well as interesting……..THANK YOU
February 10th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
This is the stuff that dreams are made of! I glad that you have shared this video and information….Thank God for people like you Shamir.
February 10th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
This was really awesome and I’ve really enjoyed it. Just from this video, I’ve learned a lot. Thanks for showing me this video.
February 11th, 2009 at 12:03 am
this was really awesome. i love it!
February 11th, 2009 at 12:28 am
How old is Sting in this video, and why isn’t he wearing pants? (yet another secret to successful songwriting?)
February 11th, 2009 at 12:43 am
Shamir,
Thanks for sending this one out. Excellent interview and, I agree, very inspiring.
February 11th, 2009 at 1:46 am
Does he know he has his hat on backwards; was he making a fashion statement or does he just not care……Obviously the hat didn’t go with the rest of his ‘attire’ so it was probably a statement thing….Who was the other guy. I was hoping he’d play the sax…then when he put it down at the end I thought, maybe that was Sting’s too and he was just holding it to be cool….
February 11th, 2009 at 2:29 am
Thanks Shamir, it helps to have someone there constantly nagging you that “you can do it” when your dream is to write songs, play music, but you end up finding all kinds of excuses not to get to it! It is a daunting task because songs can be so powerful in so many ways…
Enough said, keep at it, I appreciate your presence in my inbox!
Guy
February 11th, 2009 at 3:54 am
I have been writing for years and this really gave me new ideas and refreshed me on old ones on how to write better materials and overall solid songs. Thanks for sharing Shamir :)!
February 11th, 2009 at 6:35 am
its great staff. the truth is i used play accustic guitar about fifteen years back. last year i bought myself a semi-accustic, i’m learnig afresh. if you have got any material that can help me, pliz just let me know.
February 11th, 2009 at 7:00 am
thx shamir, the video waz really kool and i wrote like about 3 songs and i never thought i could do this but im doing it and make up some tunes for those songs, my ream iz coming true cause i always wanted to become an artists. and thx shamir for the messege about this
February 11th, 2009 at 8:32 am
Wow, i watched the video without any sound because my sound card was disfunctioning. but after watching it, step by step and reading the comments posted, i got inspired by it. Shamir, you are a star. Hope to be like you some day.
February 11th, 2009 at 9:27 am
i take it seriously anything that you post into my mail box. this vedio has clicked another creative icon in my brain. awesome!!!!
February 11th, 2009 at 10:04 am
Thanks Shamir. What an incredible insight into a musical marvels methods.
I have been writing for many years, but find you can never have enough ideas when it comes to writing techniques. Brilliant
February 11th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Loved the video. Great Stuff. I need better toys.
Thanks Shamir. Peace and love. Namaste.
February 11th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Lots of information in this video. Seemed he was very relaxed and spoke honestly. Very good tips too. I guess I need to add a musical instrument to my lyrics, instead of depending on someone else for the musical addtion.
As always, thanks for the info.
February 11th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
that s so awesome !!!!!! SO INSPIRING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and man what a big help it is! thanks so much for however put it on !!!
N <3
February 12th, 2009 at 12:30 am
fairplay i didn’t think i would do things the same as sting,pretty promising stuff nice one
February 12th, 2009 at 11:10 am
the video is so amazing, never seen anything like it before. thank you.
February 12th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Thanks for sharing the information. It’s good to know when we’re on the right track.
February 13th, 2009 at 4:17 am
Great video
But what’s with the bun-huggers
February 16th, 2009 at 12:45 am
Shamir, you are a gem, I’m so grateful to have you as my teacher, advisor and inspirator. Those lessons you provided from Sting are so helpful, I have learned a lot of new techniques.
February 17th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
yes ,thank you
I enjoyed the video
February 18th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
thats amazing …it’s pretty much exactly what i do …except that i keep giving up …the lesson keep at it!!! i have had a few successes but get discouraged and think that i have no direction or formula …maybe i do!!!
February 27th, 2009 at 7:51 am
Thanks Shamir, it’s a very inspirational video to see, especially Sting always be my favourite songwriter.
March 8th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
You should make something about home recording studios!
March 16th, 2009 at 5:41 am
hi
thanks for the vedio..its so beautiful..
i’ve stopped writing songs for quiet a while but this video brought everything back
so thanks a lot for everything =)