I describe my ongoing lyrics writing projects. Where I get my ideas, how I match my words with other people's music, which little helpers I use...
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"Carpe diem" is my credo. Actually I have added the rest of the line, so it reads "carpe diem quam minimum credula postero". I'm still not sure if the added part strengthens or lessons Horaz' statement. I'll leave it in - although the common "carpe diem"...
Post lesenWhen I write lyrics for other's songs the first I do is counting syllables and writing a little chart of the stresses. Only then do I start collecting textual ideas. Obviously, it can be done the other way around as well. Recently I completed "lost."...
Post lesenI like Brigitte's smile - and I like Brigitte smile, or so. And I wrote a little poem, must've been in the late 90's: Her smile I glimpsed at her and caught a smile, and quickly stored it in a jar. When sometimes I feel blue awhile relief is not so very...
Post lesenIt's an old one which you might have come across on my lyrics pages. I've posted it because I just discovered an archived version of my very early web pages on the wayback-machine. There is a little poem I wrote 1999 which actually became the seed for...
Post lesenOriginally, I intended to restrict the irony to one or maybe two verses. Somehow, yet, it made it into the chorus as well. Truth be told, I didn't come up with a proper chorus, i.e. a serious text. So I have contented myself with an ironic chorus as well....
Post lesenDuring the last few days I have composed five verses. They wouldn't fit together, though, to make a rounded story. But when I came up with the 4th verse today, the other verses fell into a pattern. I haven't decided yet if I will need a chorus at all....
Post lesenThese are two verses I wrote down for "Spartacus". They don't make much sense by themselves yet. The idea is, that Spartacus reflects about the long term outcome of his rebellion after his death. so you think that you can humble the proud men they'd become...
Post lesenBefore I can begin collecting phrases, lines of text I could use, or even verses, I have to gather a little information on my subject. Often, I use Wikipedia for a start. Here is what I noted down: enslaved gladiator abuse or killing of slaves had no...
Post lesenI've thought about a chorus for "lost". So I'm lost I don't know a way out Have I crossed the point of no return? Will there be a final last straw just for me so that I can turn I don't like the rhyme "return" - "turn", neither am I happy with the "final...
Post lesenI've written about this before. The message at that time was: when you're old enough - like me - there is plenty of experience to draw on. If you're young, you might just take advantage of other's experiences. You could choose articles from the newspapers...
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