Often, though not always, I use dummy text as a template for lyrics I'm supposed to write. It's my method when writing lyrics to match existing tunes. This time there is not excactly a tune, but rather a chord progression. Nonetheless, the method remains...
I've read that much patriotic crap on certain songwriter forums that I think the time has come for me to write some 'anti war song'. I'm going to do it my way, obviously ;-) It's title might become "no war hero". I'm thinking along the lines that the...
Yesterday, on my way home from work, I went past a pretty young girl. When she turned to look for a friend I caught the bad smell of cold smoke. That was when I came up with these lines: who would eat from an ashtray or drink out of the loo so here's...
Craig took an interest in "I won't give in" but he needs it longer, and he wants to give it a 'country flavour'. This is what Craig writes: ... Change some of the words to make it cater more to a country audience Make the chorus twice as long Write a...
I mentioned that there should be no problem inventing any nasty or naughty things that men would do, didn't I? They cheat, and do so repeatedly ;-) The verses: Babe, we had it going on Oh, the time with you was wonderful Babe, I know things have gone...
I've just listened to the music yet again to check my lyrics against the (still only imagined) tune. In the chorus I need the stress on the first syllable so "Darlene" didn't work. Instead, I needed any two-syllable female name with the stress on the...
The bridge: I had my fun, oh, that is true now I ask myself if it was worth it I knew I would be losing you now I ask myself if it was worth it I think of what we had and could have yet again Babe, I feel so desperate trying to explain after which the...
I refered to transcendental meditation once before in "listen to the music", a text that Craig has set to music. "All by itself" refers more directly to the Mantra used in this technique, and I even use images that Maharishi Mahesh Yogi used. I have replaced...
Sometimes I like being cryptic ;-) But it's true: this has nothing to do with lyrics. But if you followed the 'story' of 'Rachel', formerly known as 'Darlene', you might be interested in how the tune sounds that the lyrics were written to match. This...
Just one day after publishing my lyrics collection I've put together yet another song text, it's called "Hollywood happy end". I had kept that particular title in mind since quite some time. Originally, I intended to write a cynical anti war song. The...
... that's the line that sprang to my mind when I read a Facebook post by some Denalyn about his brother who is being bullied because of his attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and Asperger syndrom (a kind of autism). That's all there is at...
Once you have discovered a formal approach to writing particular lyrics they sort of write themselves. Therefore, there remains nothing much to say about the writing process of "and to pass my time": it's basically just placing antonyms side by side....
next step: * writing the verses It's basically the same procedure as with the chorus: define the meter, find matching lines, check them against the tune. Content-wise the verses should either tell a story or describe the situation or mood that leads up...
On last Wednesday I had two teeth pulled out. Which actually meant that I lost four(!) teeth because they were the pillars of a dental bridge. Some kind of inspiration... they have pulled out all your teeth and cut off both your feet now you're wriggling...
black waters conformism I took for adaption flatt'ry for popularity cheating my way through school and study ingratiation smoothed my way our life's purpose was beyond me why did people make such a fuss I always tried to take things easy there was no...
Someone pointed out that I've written and published quite a few rather dark song lyrics recently. He described "black waters" as actually very depressing. He's right! There is no hint of hope or light in "black waters". I even replaced the line "I'm worried...
Actuall this is "no war hero - III" since anti war song was the first post in this series. I shifted a few lines of the bridge to improve its flow: which were the noble goals again, the altruistic motives, and heroic deeds that were in store that had...
After "Sabrina" this time "Assembled Masturbators" was censored and deleted from a Just Plain Folks forum being alleged of containing child pornography. The verse in question reads: in a hidden corner that is hard to see young boys sometimes will gather...
I'm a rhyme addict! Therefore, it happens quite often that my lyrics go in a completely different direction from what I originally intended. It happened with "Hollywood happy end", now it happened again with today's lunch time lyrics, "let's procratinate"....
Although I'm reading and writing English all the time I hardly ever SPEAK English so my pronunciation - or rather the pronunciation I have in mind - can be quite wrong. Thus, although I'm quite good with regard to rhyme, meter and intonation, i.e. the...
The third verse shall deal with one's offspring. This verse will stand for the future after the verses that dealt with the past (Romans) and the present (traces on the internet). At the moment I am putting down lines, phrases, and words that might fit...
nohting much to tell with regard to "lyrics in progress". I used RhymeZone a lot, otherwise it sort of wrote itself. I wrote the chorus first. It's a rather long chorus with internal repetitions. You could actually describe its internal structure as "chorus...
... or write lyrics. There seem to be enough, anyway. "Cut and run" was the last text I wrote. There was not that much of a 'progress' to write about, so I didn't publish it here. As usual, I used Rhymezone.com a lot ("kowtow"!). The complete text is...
Haven't I been busy these days! Since I was contacted by party-/dancefloor producers I wrote a couple of party song lyrics so as to have something to offer and work on once we get going. Today I published six song lyrics on my home page: - keep moving...
During yesterday's lunch break I wrote a verse as well as a chorus, but I'm happy with neither. I don't like the chorus because I've already written a song called "who I am" that I actually find quite good myself. A new song titled "who am I" would look...
/fdata%2F2170355%2Favatar-blog-1057373711-tmpphpG6FRXG.jpeg){kind=avatar}
