5. März 2011
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... 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 away
nothing that could harm me
while I'm here
with you
Mundane alright! I'll post the complete text on my lyrics pages instantly.
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5. März 2011
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17:16
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. I'll see if I can come up with a bridge that allows for a more mundane interpretation as well.
For the verses I already had a line in mind before putting down the words for the chorus: "I wandered in the dark". Thus, the first verse grew into:
I wandered in the dark
I must have got off course
no signpost and no mark
to show
me the way
back home
to you
I first had used "I had got off my course". Checking the phrase with Google I found that this particular expression seems to be most uncommon, the variant "I had got off the course" is also rarely used, so I decided on "I must have got off course". I often use Google to check my phrasing when I'm not quite sure.
Verse two:
I felt like I was blind
straying aimlessly
but then I didn't mind
'cause I knew
that you'd
be waiting
for me
Now all that's left to do is finding some words for the bridge.
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5. März 2011
6
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16:15
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 in my songs, the rest is MIDI stuff that I mostly edit with the computer mouse. Although I have a keyboard I mostly just use it as a note-finder and rather edit single notes because my keyboard-playing is that lousy. I don't particularly like creating the MIDI parts. So it's not the first time that I have completed the guitar parts before the drums and bass. But this time I have neither lyrics nor any idea as for the tune, too. I have called the guitar parts - 4 tracks that I've completed a few minutes ago - "shine", whatever that's supposed to mean. Another 'song' is already called "no title yet", that's why I couldn't use that particular name again. The first in the row of 'backward-songs' was "gonna do it my way", its working title had been "riff-based".
Since I now know where the words must be fitted in I've made a few notes as to how many syllables might be needed in the different part. "shine" actually has different parts for the verses, the choruses, and even a bridge. And since I've already given the 'song' a temporary name I've also begun collecting ideas and words that deal with light, the sun, etcetera, like "you floodlight my dark night"...
The verses will have 6 lines, the choruses 4, the bridge 5 or 6 (I think I'll have to listen again, it has only 5 parts, but the bridge comes last, anyway). I'll begin with the chorus that is supposed to carry the main message of the song.
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2. März 2011
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14:29
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 lethal gas cloud
hanging over your village
wiping it out
I think, that "hanging over the village" does indeed convey the threatening atmosphere better. Thanks to Dan!
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28. Februar 2011
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21:04
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 together in my Cubase music software to produce complete chord progressions or accompaniments. But when I checked my text collections to find matching lyrics I found none. I didn't have melodies, anyway - just spaces where something musical should happen.
I had written "gonna do it my way" to fit in such spaces of a very simple accompaniment. There was neither chorus nor bridge, just two parts without a tune that I used for jamming with myself, i.e. soloing on top of the accompaniment. I invented the 'tune' on the fly while singing it. I don't actually think that this is the best way of creating songs, it can be done, though. "Gonna do it my way" is as simple as they come:
"Gonna do it my way" on SoundClick
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26. Februar 2011
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16:47
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', and 'reeling' until you find a matching word. After finding nothing appropriate that would rhyme with 'whirling' or 'leaping' I decided on putting 'reeling' last. I first thought about finding a line that would end with 'feeling'. Next came 'wheeling', in the end I decided on 'freewheeling'. I like a little spice in my lyrics. It was similar with the word 'lust' - should I include it or not? See how I decided:
life is a dream
we live in a majic world
come as my prince
and I'll be your loving girl
we will dance like the wind through a colorful scene
whirling and leaping and reeling
bright spotlights are shining yellow, red, blue, and green
we're carefree, gay, and freewheeling
and
I touch the lips of
tiger boy
...
hope and despair
we live in a tragic world
come to my relief
and I'll be your grateful girl
we will live our life full of passion and lust
caring and loving and sharing
we will brush off defeats with the force of a gust
we'll be strong and brave and daring
and
I touch the lips of
tiger boy
...
and
I touch the lips of
tiger boy
...
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22. Februar 2011
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17:36
"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 be able to sing them. Anyway, I'd put down some stupid dummy text first using it as a template. As you will see, phrases from the dummy text actually made it into my first version of the chorus.
This was the dummy:
and I kiss your lips now
happy ho
and I
I will never let you
let you go away (one syllable missing here)
And this became of it:
and (leads over from the pre-chorus)
I touch the lips of
tiger boy
and I
play his purring cat and
I let him lead the dance
(I) feel the hips of
tiger boy
and I,
I'll hold on and I won't let go, oh I'm
kissing the lips of
tiger boy
and I'm
I'm his tiger girl
starting a wild romance
prompt the love of
tiger boy
and I,
I'll hold on and I will never let him go
Quite a few "and I's" in this one, and "starting" may have the wrong stress... I'll begin working on the verses next and get back to the chorus later.
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22. Februar 2011
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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, vibrant life compacted and projected on the screen. Anyway, Bollywood sprang to my mind while I'm trying to find a subject for the next text I'm supposed to write for Alex' dance music. I'll have to approach the subject theoretically, but then, who cares - it just serves to get a few ideas...
I've begun putting down words that I may use (or not). The next step will be finding some phrases that might work in a song, then I'll go from there. These are my very first notes in no praticular order:
dream girl, tiger, emotional, passion, innocence, deepness, poverty, boisterous, wild, tumultuous, break-up, separation, reunion, friendship, poverty, parting, multicolored, pranks, majic, scams, hope, despair
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21. Februar 2011
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19:46
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 we will not complain
sun or storm - it is all the same
let's have fun dancing in the rain
"same" is not a perfect rhyme but should do in the song. It's the line number 2 that I replaced.
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21. Februar 2011
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16:38
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 book is biographical - strongly recommended reading). This particular part I'm referring to - starting from page 687 of the paperback version - inspired the following song/text. I looked up rhymes every once in a while and shifted a few lines here and there. Otherwise it was a pretty quick job. It's angry, for sure, I consider it an anti-war/anti-violence song nonetheless. Suitable for hard rock, I'd say:
yellow rain
and a lethal gas cloud
dumped over your village
wiping it out
not a single creature
survived the attack
there was no future
and no turning back
[instr. interlude]
coming back from your misson
you've witnessed the scene
nothing unproved
nothing unseen
dead infants, wrenched bodies
frozen in pain
the sight of the carnage
burned into your brain
now they fear you
they won't come close
your raging madness
your vacant stare
lunatic violence
that still glows
and your tension
are hard to bear
since you have sworn
to pay them back
pay them back
don't show mercy
pay them back
be sly and nasty
pay them back
surprise the enemy
pay them back
[solo]
the visions will haunt you
till your last breath
till then you won't cease
in your mission of wrath
and they fear you
they won't come close
your raging madness
your vacant stare
lunatic violence
that still glows
and your tension
are hard to bear
since you have sworn
to pay them back
pay them back
don't show mercy
pay them back
be sly and nasty
pay them back
surprise the enemy
pay them back
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