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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...

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sound of nations V

Two alternatives for the chorus to add a rhyme: the sound of nations the world's creations the sound of peoples (there) for you or: the sound of nations the sound of peoples the world's creations (there) for you

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sound of nations IV - finished?

While yet again listening to the music again and again I edited, re-edited and changed lines of text until they seemed to fit. Here's the result: take on the virtual journey to places yet unknown a keyboard and your earphones to bring a world of music...

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sound of nations III

My tries to salvage the ideas I had collected so far have failed. This is what I had compiled offline, i.e. without access to a computer: take on the virtual journey to places yet unknown leave your cosy comfort zone to find a world of music and grow...

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got stuck with "sound of nations" (II)

I've noted a few lines for the verses: verse 1: take on the virtual journey to places yet unknown to find a world of music Well, what now? that steadily has grown (one syllable too few) and leave your comfort zone (to be inserted as line 3, one syllable...

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Gilgamesh II

A look at the outline of the Gilgamesh epos alone suggests that writing folk lyrics on this subject might not be easy. Aside from the number of plots and subplots the characters, too, aren't easy to describe. For example, the demon Humbaba who Gilgamesh...

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UBW (unsigned band web) Folk Charts

After a phase of dormancy both "Spartacus" and "Ganymede" have re-emerged on the UBW Folk Charts They may have vanished again by the time you click the link - just telling.

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sound of nations

... shall be the next project with Markus. I'll keep his title. The song is to be about world music or a world of music, respectively (a pun that I hope to employ in the lyrics). Markus even provided the dummy text he is singing in the demo thus sparing...

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syllable counts and intonation

The number of syllables does not always match the notes exactly. Which options are there to handles this? If there is one syllable too many you may replace a quarter note with two eighths or add an upbeat note at the beginning, if there is one syllable...

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giants fall (finished)

Well, office work can be a source of inspiration... (see the third verse) giants fall deception and scheming paved the way for your reign now you lay down the rules for your personal gain organizing parades, celebrating your might aren't you afraid of...

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when you smile (correction)

I've altered the first verse slighly. It now reads "they would stand by you all the same" instead of "I would stand by you all the same". This harmonizes better with the third verse that goes: you're smile simply sets them all ablaze for you they'd take...

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