my lyrics collection

I've taken the first BIG hurdle:

I've examined and corrected all my lyrics so far. There are 18 rewrites, and 132 more lyrics have been altered - from simple spelling corrections through shifted, added, or replaced words and lines. That means nearly half of the lyrics I've ever written have been changed more or less profoundly. There are 338 lyrics to this day.

Next I will make sure that I've got them all, then I'll create a list of contents. Then come the 'bonus features'. As you know all things - CDs, DVDs etc. - today come with so called bonus features that account for about half the content. I intend to mark my lyrics with categories, and provide lists, that might make it easier to select fitting lyrics for your musical projects. In my first collections I arranged the lyrics under subject headings. But that was actually a rather clumsy approach as one particular text might easily fit into several categories.

I also intend to provide a lists of songs that are based on my lyrics. Obviously, such list can only provide a snapshot in time. But you can see, for example, which songs may be covered (the registered ones), or which may be worth checking out on the internet, or which lyrics have not been set to music until now (that may already have changed by then, though)...

I'll also add the song lyrics that were co-written and are not available for 'free' use, and the replaced (re-written) ones etc.

In other words: it may still take a while to complete my next 'book'.