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...
The lyrics just presented themselves somehow. Maybe they are inspired by reading Eric Clapton's autobiography. I don't know. The textual structure is what I use to call episodical: don't expect a story but rather three different episodes that are somewhat...
Post lesenA quick one - written while the network was down: staring at an empty screen no way to could get throught to you my mail inaccessible I do not know what I could do your phone number is no use cause I use VoIP just one wire for everything keeps me in dependency...
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I had put down quite a choice of lines, these seem to fit best for the bridge: don't you think that you're forgiven when you do me and we screw don't you think that I'll forget just because I'm doing you "you do me" - "I do you" may not be the most sophisticated...
Post lesenThe third verse: will a look behind the curtain reveal a party slut in heat? I have never been that certain that I will find out your deceit I used RhymeZone.com, and found "deceit".
Post lesenA simple riff or chord progression, E-D-A, and a vague idea that the song might be about a guy finding out his girlfriend was all I had. The title "dig deep" or digging deep" somehow lingered in my mind. Anyway, I went about it in quite the wrong order,...
Post lesenOnly after recording and assembling "listen to the river (Siddhartha)" I got the impression that I'd heard something similar before. Well, the humming reminded me of the first part of "In Held 'twas in I", "Glimpses of Nirvana", by Procol Harum. Actually...
Post lesen... is the chord progression that may accompany the chorus of "listen to the river (Siddhartha)". At the moment I'm struggling with the verses, maybe |: G D, Bb Eb C :| fits, that would sound a bit like the Beatles - well, nothing wrong with THAT. When...
Post lesenWhat is true with regard to our lives is true for lyrics as well. I changed the lyrics of "air to breathe" adopting suggestions by a fellow songwriter. And I changed the lyrics for "Siddhartha" as well while I was trying out several chord progressions...
Post lesenThe fourth line of the chorus first read "stop dressing black" which did not only sound corny but also conveyed the wrong message. I did not mean the song to be that drastic or melodramatic. My good old Penguin Rhyming Dictionary provided help: what's...
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