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 idea to the subject has been with me since quite a while, yet somehow I never found a convincing clue. The song is supposed to deal with our endeavor to achieve something in our life that outlasts our personal existence. Yesterday I had an inspiration....
Post lesenDuring yesterday's lunch break I wrote a verse as well as a chorus, but I'm happy with neither. I don't like the chorus because I've already written a song called "who I am" that I actually find quite good myself. A new song titled "who am I" would look...
Post lesenFound this in my 'scrap book'. Think I'm gonna think about it: I had this dream 'bout flying I'd never thought that I could hit the floor when you think you know all there is you'll find that there may well be more 'twas not the place I fancied 'twas...
Post lesenThe idea came up while I was swimming my 1,000 meters in the indoor pool. Actually, there was just this single line "don't call me by my name". And I remembered the German fairy tale called "Rumpelstilzchen". Anyway, I decided to write something around...
Post lesenCraig had sent a text that I could use as 'template' for the verses: yet another rewrite for "Hold on" During my vacation I wrote two verses. Unforunately I could only come up with lines that had one syllable too many compared to Craig's dummy text. Musically...
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