Do you sometimes have a brand new song playing in your mind when you're about to sleep?

A unique thing happens to me sometimes when I'm feeling so sleepy and lying in a bed. Some unknown songs, usually without vocals, play in my mind and they sound catchy! It could be from any genre, depending on what I've been heavily listening to. If I were a producer I'd probably have some hit singles right now. Sorry for my dodgy English.

well then try to write 'em. get a cheap tape recorder, whistle your awesome melodies in it, and try to play 'em on a guitar or keyboard the next day.

in a word, yes.

yes and i usually convince myself whether theyre good or not, and if i decide it's good, i'll play it into a tape recorder.. it's a good way to spark the brainstorming process...

apparently this is how keith richards discovered the hook in "satisfaction"

This totally happens to me too! The songs are usually really good. But I suspect some part of my brain might be fooling another part of my brain into thinking they're good when they're not.

like billstevejim said. sometimes i wake up remembering a song that doesn't exist that featured in some dream or other i know isn't bad . . . and then i forget the song like i do the dream

Mine are often reggae numbers.

i started hurriedly writing down descriptions whenever this happened so that i might be able to make them. they never sound quite as amazing the morning after tho.

Nope, just Len's "Steal My Sunshine" every night until I fall asleep.