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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...

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who I am

... 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...

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"no title yet" has got a title

I 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...

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"you are the light" - ready to go

I'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.

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you are the light - finished

... 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...

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working forward again

The 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....

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working backwards

Yet 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...

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pay them back II

Don'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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