I think I am musically retarded.

>>74830432
*once common occurance
It appears I am normally retarded in addition to musically.

"If you have to force a song, it just shouldn't exist really." -Bjork

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all i can say is practice. experiment with what you've initially come up with and add twists to it.

>>74830455
>Anyone else have this issue of having a hard time developing their songs beyond a loop or two
No, I don't. The reason being is that I designate the feeling of the first section I compose and what I did to achieve that feeling. Then I can contrast that in the next section (the B section). For example, my rhythm in section A is mid tempo, mainly using quarter notes. The harmony is dissonant, using diminished chords along with 7ths to create a melancholy, longing atmosphere. Then in section B I contrast this with a faster tempo, 8ths notes are mainly used instead. The harmony is less dissonant but still slightly sad, mainly using minor or sus2 chords with a occasional major chord to uplift the listener in all this gloom. I can then go back to A for simplicities sake, but I can distort the rhythm and harmony so it's not easily perceivable as being the A section. Slightly adjusting the rhythm by changing the time signature and using dotted quarted notes instead. Then after that I'll usually leave what I established behind, mostly, and create a new succession of related sections before returning to my main motif I established in section A and B. Also I think about modulation, scales, and other more specific details like non-chord tones.

>>74830432
Just keep at it. Like any skill, it takes practice.