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Lyrics in Progress

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...

you are the light - finished

... the lyrics, not the song. The nasty MIDI parts are still pending. And of course I'll have to sing it - I hope I'll remember the tune that I had in mind while putting down the words. This is the bridge: with you I feel safe threats and dangers far...

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working forward again

The chorus (it's always a good idea to begin with the chrous since its the most important part in a song): you are the light you shine so bright with all your warmth and might That sounds a bit like a religious song - nothing wrong with that, actually....

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working backwards

Yet again I'm trying to create a song in the wrong order. Well, beginning with a riff may not be that uncommon (AC/DC seem to do that all the time), but producing the guitar tracks first sure is. The guitar parts are the only parts that I actually play...

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pay them back II

Don't look for "pay them back I", it's Got no ideas? Just read some book, actually. A friend from a songwriting board suggested to replace the line "dumped over your village" with "hanging over your village", so verse one now reads: yellow rain and a...

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gonna do it my way

Although my musical skills are very limited indeed I just love playing the guitar. I can amuse myself over hours playing the same simple riffs and solo phrases all the time. Doing so, a few riffs have emerged over the last few weeks. I've pasted them...

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tiger boy - finished?

As you will see, I actually did use ideas from my 'Bollywood vocabulary'. As I do rather regularly, I used rhyming dictionaries a lot. Lines like "whirling and leaping and reeling" are simple to find rhymes for - you just shift the words 'whirling', 'leaping',...

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tiger boy

"tiger" seems to be the only word from my little collection that I seem to be able to use. I've begun working on the chorus. The tune is very fast, I'm having difficulty even just distinguishing its short notes, and I'm wondering if and how Jenny will...

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Bollywood

I've never seen a Bollywood movie. I've heard they're screamingly colorful, there always are dance scenes and songs, some wild and unbelievable stories - and of course there is a love story included, and a happy end, I guess. In short the multicolored,...

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keep the customer happy

Alex was not happy with the line "let's get wet but let us never fret" in the chorus of "dancing in the rain". He suggested to make all four lines rhyme so the chorus will stand more out. So here it is: let's have fun dancing in the rain we get wet, but...

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Got no ideas? Just read some book

I’m reading “Shantaram” by G.D.Roberts at the moment and have come to the part that takes place in Afghanistan. The mad man who guides the group of gun runners across the border from Pakistan has lost his family during a Russian nerve gas attack. (The...

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