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...
... is the title I've had in my mind since a number of days, it popped up together with a tune. The chorus is supposed to end "and (or maybe 'but') I don't know who I am". Today I've begun writing verses. The first goes: in my happy colored garden plot...
Post lesenI browsed through my lyrics that haven't been set to music yet to see if I could find one that might be adapted to the accompaniment I completed recently. And I was lucky. "drunken night" fitted perfectly in parts, I just had to shorten a few lines (every...
Post lesenI've finished the MIDI parts on "you are the light", too, and I even still remember its tune, so I should be able to sing it next. I think I will be able to post it on SoundClick next Monday.
Post lesen... the lyrics, not the song. The nasty MIDI parts are still pending. And of course I'll have to sing it - I hope I'll remember the tune that I had in mind while putting down the words. This is the bridge: with you I feel safe threats and dangers far...
Post lesenThe chorus (it's always a good idea to begin with the chrous since its the most important part in a song): you are the light you shine so bright with all your warmth and might That sounds a bit like a religious song - nothing wrong with that, actually....
Post lesenYet again I'm trying to create a song in the wrong order. Well, beginning with a riff may not be that uncommon (AC/DC seem to do that all the time), but producing the guitar tracks first sure is. The guitar parts are the only parts that I actually play...
Post lesenDon't look for "pay them back I", it's Got no ideas? Just read some book, actually. A friend from a songwriting board suggested to replace the line "dumped over your village" with "hanging over your village", so verse one now reads: yellow rain and a...
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