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...
... or writing, come to think of it? Do you have to serve the meaning of your lyrics on a plate? Don't think so. Most certainly not, if you're not even sure yourself ;-) I wrote two verses and a bridge around an entry in my scrap book today. It's not...
Post lesenI completed a set of nonsense(?) rhymes today - after letting them rest for about three months. indulging in my rhyme addiction was what I posted at that time. After regrouping the distiches, including a few I had added a while ago and discarding others...
Post lesen"Watch out" is the - maybe provisional - title that I have given my lyrics. I scrapped the "mad storm", replacing it with "watch out", an expression I could also use in other places where only two syllables were required. After Stasy in principal signalled...
Post lesenla la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la ohohohohohoho la la ohohohohohoho Not much of a 'template', but it displays the numbers of syllables. First I had: broken hopes shattered dreams we feel frustrated our land our lives are...
Post lesenTwo suggs - but I'm not quite happy yet: LIFT: strong winds start blowing from the sea [adds next to nothing] black clouds are looming _ [a syllable is missing at the end; might work, though] OR: heavy waves that hit the shore [a syllable - upbeat - is...
Post lesenIn the part that I called 'chorus' before there is a distinct increase of tension over the first two lines. That's why I consider this short part a 'lift' now. It brought up the image of a gathering storm so I came up with these lines for the chorus:...
Post lesenI received this musical - what shall we call it - draft... The sound is sooo ugly. Scratching Midi-noise with Sonja singing and squeaking "la la la - lalalala - la"... Although Hot Mama have an idea as to what the song might be about they didn't tell...
Post lesenIt maybe could do with a bridge. At the moment it's just verse - chorus - verse - chorus - verse - chorus. But content-wise it seems complete to me: I escaped the biting flies next desert sand burned in my eyes saw some paintings in the cave the rock...
Post lesenSingers are weird people. When they don't like the lyrics you've written for them they simply cut off the communication. You never hear from them again. That happened with Rastin, Katharina, Ethan, Yasmin, and now Fabio - so it doesn't seem to be gender-specific....
Post lesenI replaced that line mentioning wood worms with "deathwatch beetles keep on knocking". What a wonderful, lyrical name, "deathwatch beetle". I discovered it in an online thesaurus. I had to use it, it fits the mood so well ;-)
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