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...
I mentioned that I wasn't happy with the line(s) "what we're having | must be retained". "Retain" is rather formal, normally you would say "saved", but I couldn't find a viable rhyme for "saved". A songwriting colleague suggested the line "is sweet champagne"....
Post lesenI consulted rhyming dictionaries and a book on English idioms, wrote and re-wrote lines that were supposed to form the bridge. In the end I added even more lines splitting them up into three verses, now using the two-liners that I originally envisioned...
Post lesenThe former version of "attracted to you" had some flaws as fellow songwriters pointed out. For example, the word "zest" sounded stilted (Donna's expression) and did not fit 'her' provocative tone. In do you have the grit" versus "how to get it" the meter...
Post lesenI have a 'secret' objective: I intend to prepare publishing a complete collection of all lyrics I've written so far as soon as I've accomplished writing 333 unique lyrics, that is excluding rewrites and co-writes (which I will publish in the same collection...
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