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...
- that's the title that Bernd has given our co-production. No bridge, the lyrics remain as they were with the exception of a few minor "tweaks" to fit into the melody. Bernd has recorded a rough demo, singing the song himself. You can listen to it on...
Post lesen... that's the chord progression I am experimenting with at the moment. The creation of a few of my songs began with a riff or a chord progression like "Rows in a row", for example, or "Jumpy". I've put "Siddartha" on hold for a few days because I've...
Post lesenA little more tweaking in the verses: ... love, fun and joy for each one forever will abound life is a feast for celebrating the mystery of humanity and in the second verse: you say you've learned to ignore things that the moaners say ...
Post lesenRon Nelson from a songwriter board gave a few good hints. Now, just a few seconds ago, I listened to Bernd's rough demo yet again and tweaked the text a little more. So now I think that this will be it, exept that a bridge is still missing: Verse I: you...
Post lesenThe guidelines are rather strict, and I couldn’t always heed them. Also, I’m not really content with the order of my lines in the first verse, neither with the chorus that at the moment seems to end rather weak. But first things first: the verses consist...
Post lesenHooray! I actually deleted an entry from my scrap book. The title "against the odds" had rested there for quite a considerable time, now I've actually used it. Bernd O. had asked me to write a title "I see the sun", but somehow after listening to his...
Post lesenIt's been more than 30 years since I read Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha the first time. So, I had forgotten that it's not about the historic Gautama at all, but Hesse rather re-invents Siddartha. In his tale Siddartha meats Gautama, learns from him - and...
Post lesen(title and chorus by Martin Goetz; I just changed the chorus into present tense). As to Martin, the meter of the verses fit, so I added another verse in the same meter and the pre-chorus. I came up with the two lines "eventually he'll leave the town"...
Post lesenYet again I consulted RhymeZone once or twice and added a few lines. I also replaced and rearranged some lines in the second verse: his stuff stowed in a shopping cart his main asset an old guitar that's everything he'll ever need his staple diet some...
Post lesenMartin has provided quite a few guidelines. The song he has in mind is to be about a tramp who plays guitar for a living, drinks, has no home, but actually lives the life he wants. The verses are supposed to have two paragraphs with six lines each and...
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