Do you write songs/music?

[Quillonia]

I'm struggling to formulate a question.

I'm nearing state pension age but have caring responsibilities so not currently employed. I re-engaged with music during Covid and have a friend who took up art I retirement and is encouraging me to pursue music.

I can't find either singing or piano lessons locally but have found a level 1 music tech adult education course.

Over the years I've writtens scraps of music and simple songs. A lot of the time bits and pieces just bubble up. Today the germ of something grabbed me and I feel a really strong urge to spend time figuring it out. I know it would be quite a lot of work, I'm not very skilled.

I'm not sure how to pursue composing or if it's even possible. Doing this very part time course has opened up something in my brain and all this stuff on the edge of my perception is calling to be written down or captured in some way.

If you write music can you give me any advice?

I feel an almost physical pressure to write.

That's really lovely OP. It sounds like you have time, energy and interest and you've already written bits and pieces, so what's to stop you from pursuing this? You don't need a special course to write songs. People have been doing it for hundreds of thousands of years without any qualifications or training. Unless there are any specific barriers that you have identified ? If you're looking for more confidence about the technicalities of song writing I bet there are lots of videos on YouTube about possible song structures and how to record your compositions as you go along.