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...
Both lyrics are on my constantly changing web page: http://bernd-harmsen.de/new.htm They're a bit similar somehow, but different enough to make two different rock(?) songs.
Post lesenI was no longer asleep, neither quite awake when the tune came to my mind. It's supposed to become some kind of romantic breakfast song, Yes, breakfast: "Good morning love, I've cooked an egg for you ..." The only verse that I remembered properly after...
Post lesenThe verses: she's the girl that goes under your skin she's the price you would like to win she's the girl right out of your dream but you won't get her holding on to another Jim Beam sitting around like you're paralyzed demoralized oh no-ho ... and: she's...
Post lesenI took my nonsense text with me on my vacation, so I could try to find a matching text for Alex' music without having access to its tune. I wrote a sketch for the chorus first so as to define what the song might be about. It goes: show your love and go...
Post lesenAs I've mentioned before it does not suffice to count notes or syllables if you try to find a text that matches a particular tune. You have to observe the stresses as well. One method to achieve this is to write a nonsense text first that may serve as...
Post lesenI found that I had to shorten "no more". This is the new version: no more trusting, no more lying no more longing, no more crying no more suff'ring, no more feeling no more hurting, no more healing no more hoping, no more waiting no more loving, no more...
Post lesen.. that probably will make it into my 'carpe diem collection' sooner or later. title: one of seven billion chorus: I kill people I give birth I make fortunes I eat dirt but you see I just want to be one of seven billion And two lines that might come in...
Post lesenDid I tell you about my scrap book? Well, I'm sure I did. Here are the latest entries I added there, short sketches to be filled out sometime later. I think they'll all make choruses eventually: got to cut you out cut you out _ of my mind got to cut you...
Post lesenI had the lyrics and an idea as for part of the tune. Next I 'composed' the music and assembled a crude accompaniment. Only after singing it I found that eight lines per verse just don't work, at least not as I envisioned the song. I'll have to shorten...
Post lesenI've put all the lyrics I've written since 2009 in a new collection. There are 61 lyrics alltogether. But since 3 overlap with the former collection 'Bernd's first hundred lyrics' that makes 'only' 58 new ones: Bernd's Lyrics 2009/2010
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