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...
As I've mentioned before it does not suffice to count notes or syllables if you try to find a text that matches a particular tune. You have to observe the stresses as well. One method to achieve this is to write a nonsense text first that may serve as...
Post lesenI found that I had to shorten "no more". This is the new version: no more trusting, no more lying no more longing, no more crying no more suff'ring, no more feeling no more hurting, no more healing no more hoping, no more waiting no more loving, no more...
Post lesen.. that probably will make it into my 'carpe diem collection' sooner or later. title: one of seven billion chorus: I kill people I give birth I make fortunes I eat dirt but you see I just want to be one of seven billion And two lines that might come in...
Post lesenDid I tell you about my scrap book? Well, I'm sure I did. Here are the latest entries I added there, short sketches to be filled out sometime later. I think they'll all make choruses eventually: got to cut you out cut you out _ of my mind got to cut you...
Post lesenI had the lyrics and an idea as for part of the tune. Next I 'composed' the music and assembled a crude accompaniment. Only after singing it I found that eight lines per verse just don't work, at least not as I envisioned the song. I'll have to shorten...
Post lesenI've put all the lyrics I've written since 2009 in a new collection. There are 61 lyrics alltogether. But since 3 overlap with the former collection 'Bernd's first hundred lyrics' that makes 'only' 58 new ones: Bernd's Lyrics 2009/2010
Post lesenThere are 35 lyrics that I've written for MotorPlanet to date. Enough, I'd say, to publish them in a little collection. I've added one text that I've written with MotorPlanet in mind that has not been set to music yet, so it makes three dozen lyrics altogether....
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