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 think I'll either have to put the 'thats' back in, together with an extra note in the tune which only exists in my mind, anyway, or I'll rephrase the two lines in question (the lines one and three of the first verse). There are also two minor fixes....
Post lesen"twelve" is the working title I gave a riff - and later the arrangement around that riff - that I developed playing the twelve-string. I completed the arrangement today adding a simple bass line. Then I figured out how many text parts I would need and...
Post lesenWhen I'm not sure about an expression I'd like to use in my lyrics I use to 'google' it. Many hits mean that it's a common phrase, few hits or none at all can mean that that particular expression is either wrong or very uncommon. But you have to be on...
Post lesenAll critics seemed to interpret my text in a similar way and saw no need to change anything, like "I like this, Bernd! I respond to songs that take on large themes, and it doesn’t get much larger than 'It’s All There'. For what it’s worth, my gut feeling...
Post lesenI've put down the following lyrics pretty quickly. But when reading them again I found that the bridge did either not fit at all or would rather distract listeners from more general message that I had in mind. Next I replaced the line "my anger when you...
Post lesenI re-wrote the bridge: though I hoped that I could find my place and I hoped to find some meaning though I hoped some day I could embrace a proud future that was gleaming Next comes the lift, so the sentence is sort of continued there: when I'm tryin'...
Post lesenTwo more verses: in my uneventful working days I use to dream away the hours sometimes life is like some boring play or a joke that has turned sour commercials meant to wash my brain wrapped into nonsense tales they only care to entertain so they can...
Post lesen... is the title I've had in my mind since a number of days, it popped up together with a tune. The chorus is supposed to end "and (or maybe 'but') I don't know who I am". Today I've begun writing verses. The first goes: in my happy colored garden plot...
Post lesenI browsed through my lyrics that haven't been set to music yet to see if I could find one that might be adapted to the accompaniment I completed recently. And I was lucky. "drunken night" fitted perfectly in parts, I just had to shorten a few lines (every...
Post lesenI've finished the MIDI parts on "you are the light", too, and I even still remember its tune, so I should be able to sing it next. I think I will be able to post it on SoundClick next Monday.
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