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...
Four verses, two types of verses, the structure: verse A, verse A, verse B, verse B - that's rather uncommon, I've got to check if this will remain so. Holger mentioned that he's not quite satisfied with the arrangement. I'll also give the rough version...
Post lesenI've recorded "shall I live". There were also a few textual changes. One I made after singing it - you can hear that I've stumbled over the line "come over them like the final disease" (I'd already altered it once before). Now it reads "come o'r them...
Post lesenI've changed the chorus: shall I live as the world’s going under shall I live in a future that's void while it rains lightning and thunder 'til the earth is fin'ly destroyed Ray Bertram contributed to this, I just managed to "rescue" one single "til"....
Post lesenNow that was easy for a change. Comparing the variant chorus with the others I found that only two notes are left off in the last line. So I put in "no control" there instead of "they're out of control", and Bingo! out of control you wanted me but you...
Post lesenI've come back to working at "out of control" today. Listening to a slowed down version I tried to match words with the notes. I then checked them with the Midi track at original speed so I could see if they would still be singable. This is what I have...
Post lesenThe original bridge was meant to soften the message a bit, to let a little hope shine through the otherwise quite pessimistic lyrics. I've come up with an alternative bridge that leaves the text its dim and dark outlook: will we be devoured by the darkest...
Post lesenThe structures of verse, chorus, and bridge look rather similar, but in my mind they have different tunes. I certainly hope that I’ll remember in a week or so what’s in my mind right now. If not - so what. This is the text (comments and corrections are...
Post lesenInstead of "we will party ... we will party all night long" it now reads "we'll be dancing ... we'll be dancing all night long". I knew that "we will party" was definitely not the language of the 19th century, but I found it funny nonetheless. I've re-considered...
Post lesen"outta control" is Karsten's dummy title for song no. 046. After checking my scrap book if maybe my ideas around "burst mode" might fit I came back to his own title and began inventing lines about being "out of control". First trial: I cannot help it...
Post lesenAfter giving Karsten's song number 044 time to rest in my mind so I maybe would come up with some ideas I've decided that I just leave it. I still haven't the faintest idea about a possible subject nor have I come up with suitable lines. Karsten's provisional...
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