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...
Yet again I was supposed to write lyrics that match a tune by Markus. There were neither title nor any suggestions as to its subject. The tune sounded somewhat Hawaiian to me, hence the title I've chosen. In the verses Markus sings: la li lu (three times)...
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Gilgamesh on SoundClick Done in an hour the recording is far less then perfect, but then, all my recordings are I tried to at least delete the hissing of the amplifier, that's why it sounds somewhat "funny". And I didn't succeed in concealing the popping...
Post lesenThe Gilgamesh "project" had been on my mind since last November. Since I recorded stuff in the meantime, and wrote other lyrics for Markus and myself, the blog entries regarding Gilgamesh are rather scattered. Therefore, let me just put them in an order,...
Post lesenToday I tossed some lines together adding to the ones I had put down a while ago, then I just brought them in a viable order, that was it. Verses, chorus, and bridge have got all very samey as for their meter and rhyming pattern, but then, the song will...
Post lesenNo chorus! What I had suggested as a chorus I will instead use as intro and outro as well. I won't go into details as to how many lines I discarded, shifted, rewrote etc. I had known from the beginning that casting the oldest epos of the word into a song...
Post lesenI had put down the follwing fragment a while ago: bitter complaints 'bout the tyrannical king who claimed for himself the right of the first night and tried the young men's strength in the ring reached the Gods Today I added "who considered the plight",...
Post lesenExcept that my lyrics had to match his music there were not too many requirements for this song. Well, there was Markus' working title "look for the right", that was about it. The song - the recording that I've got with its dummy text - sounds quite optimistic...
Post lesenActually, there are two versions of Phoenix now. The version I'm presenting here is my private one that does NOT match the tune I was supposed to write the lyrics for. And, yes, it is "Phoenix" again although the second verse has nothing much to do with...
Post lesenThis may become the chorus: let your gaze wander from the top of the wall over the blooming land over courtyards, fountains, and flower beds let your thoughts wander and make sure to recall the time of glory and the great king of kings, called Gilgamesh...
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