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...
sense of regognition ... were my 100st lyrics, and this is what became of them
Post lesenI was in rhyming mode today. And after finding that I've got stuck with writing for Karsten - the many triplets giving me the creeps, what the fuck can you sing to match triplets except "la la la", well, anyway, I decided to give Martin's cowboy suite...
Post lesenThe "cowboy song" is supposed to become some kind of suite comprising an introductory spoken part and three short songs. I've concentrated on the second part that is sung: on a northbound drive from Texas moving slowly with the herd one with nature, one...
Post lesenI have posted a few of my songs on the unsigned band web site. Bernd on UBW I also asked for reviews. Astonishingly, they did not come out as bad as I feared in spite of my rather lacking musical skills and crude arrangements. Spartacus: warm voice ,...
Post lesenKarsten's Midi files have numbers. I began working on number 44 today. Karsten actually has given it a provisional title - "shattered dreams", and since I had no ideas of my own I did a little brain storming around this phrase. I forgot to take the notes...
Post lesenMartin suggested writing a song about cowboys. That's a subject as far from my former lyrics as one can possibly get (I mention Jakaroos, i.e. Australian cowboys, in one of my songs, but that has been my only contact with this topic so far). So, how do...
Post lesenTony from Scotland suggested to exchange the lines of the chorus to give the title phrase an extra punch. Quite! glad that you bear with me glad that you’re here with me My wife has recognized my love statement immediately: "glad that you bear with me",...
Post lesenThis is one of those rare 5-minutes pieces. I had a tune in my mind while I put down the text, and not just for the chorus, but I’ve heard the whole song sung this time. I consider it a love song. I’m past and I’m now feel like floating somehow I’m six...
Post lesenI've just had a discussion on a songwriter board about how in "Lost" verse 2 invalidates the content of verse 1 thus making the song "meaningless". The text could not possibly be understood by listeners. I cite: "The reader/listener has to ‘get’ what...
Post lesenA blog is okay when you follow it regularly, the current affairs coming first, the old stuff getting out of sight. Since my blog is about how I'm going about writing lyrics, hence "lyrics in progress", the old stuff actually appears in the wrong order:...
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