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Capture song ideas with washable Crayola Window Markers?

By Don • Feb 14th, 2006 • Category: Inspiration, Songwriting Tips, Songwriting Tools

Washable Crayola Markers at Amazon.com.What a great idea for capturing song ideas. Use something as simple as the Crayola Window Marker.

This is an as-yet untested method of capturing ideas but I thought I’d throw it out there. Imagine waking up in the middle of the night to pee and a song or phrase pops into your head. Grab a washable Window Marker from the toothbrush holder and scribble it on the mirror. Voila!

The next morning, write the lyric or phrase in your songwriting notebook for future use. Erase with a piece of tissue and the mirror is ready-to-go for shaving, preening, or whatever you like to do (PG-rated) in front of your mirror.

The Window Markers are cheap on Amazon.com. (from Jesser.org via LifeHacker.)

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Don is the founder, writer and editor of BloggingMuses.com. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
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2 Responses »

  1. Tim Jenkins on November 12th, 2006 at 5:44 pm:

    This has got to be one of the best ideas I’ve seen in a long time. There’s a sliding glass door calling out to me now. . .

  2. Don M on November 13th, 2006 at 9:43 am:

    Yeah, I didn’t get as many rave reviews about this that I thought I would. I think it is a great idea as well. Thanks for the comment. -dm