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...
To spare me the labour of editing the whole lot again (actually it would be a simple matter of copy-and-paste, I admit), here's a link: Post on Songwriter101 ;-)
Post lesenWhen writing lyrics that are supposed to match a tune it may prove difficult to create real meaningful sentences. There IS a risk that you have to insert syllables like 'Oh', 'Yeah' etcetera to make the text fit. Kai from Norway found the lyrics that...
Post lesenActually I doubt that there is such a thing as a correct order if it comes to creativity. Anyway, I had the lyrics, I decided to record a song, and I actually began with writing the tune. Although I use to have a tune in mind when I write lyrics I hardly...
Post lesen... which means Blues, or rather Blues Rock. Kai from Norway was looking for a lyricist who would find words to his music. I found his post on an American songwriting board. Fortunately, that approach is kind of my speciality, so we got together rather...
Post lesenI have exchanded the bridge so now the lyrics should make more sense. Although I like to be slightly cryptic ro ambiguous once in a while, I still aim for my lyrics to be understandable, of course, at least on an emotional level. "love to be loved" had...
Post lesenI've re-constructed the bridge by heart - probably even improving it a bit. It's not THAT long, anyway ;-) though they pester me with some emphasis in the end my unbelief will be their nemesis So, this is what the complete text looks like: Death and the...
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