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...
The story: Zeus fell in love with the Phoenician princess Europa. He approched her in the guise of a beautiful white bull (he normally would disguise himself to escape his wife Hera's jealousy). Europy caressed the bull, and eventually even mounted him....
Post lesenI've changed the hook line into "I've torn down the bridge I crossed" instead of "I tore down the bridge I'd crossed". Though grammatically correct the first version did not convey what I've been trying to express: the bridge isn't there any longer and...
Post lesen... shall be the title of the new MotorPlanet song. I first put down dummy text (either the nonsense text Holger sings in his rough cut or any words that would fit but need not make sense). Next I invent lines that match with the same pattern, i.e. meter....
Post lesenI intend to write a song about Europa (and also Europe), the princess who Zeus abducted. No idea if or how this might work out. At the moment I'm gathering material (Wikipedia).
Post lesenFour verses, two types of verses, the structure: verse A, verse A, verse B, verse B - that's rather uncommon, I've got to check if this will remain so. Holger mentioned that he's not quite satisfied with the arrangement. I'll also give the rough version...
Post lesenI've recorded "shall I live". There were also a few textual changes. One I made after singing it - you can hear that I've stumbled over the line "come over them like the final disease" (I'd already altered it once before). Now it reads "come o'r them...
Post lesenI've changed the chorus: shall I live as the world’s going under shall I live in a future that's void while it rains lightning and thunder 'til the earth is fin'ly destroyed Ray Bertram contributed to this, I just managed to "rescue" one single "til"....
Post lesenNow that was easy for a change. Comparing the variant chorus with the others I found that only two notes are left off in the last line. So I put in "no control" there instead of "they're out of control", and Bingo! out of control you wanted me but you...
Post lesenI've come back to working at "out of control" today. Listening to a slowed down version I tried to match words with the notes. I then checked them with the Midi track at original speed so I could see if they would still be singable. This is what I have...
Post lesenThe original bridge was meant to soften the message a bit, to let a little hope shine through the otherwise quite pessimistic lyrics. I've come up with an alternative bridge that leaves the text its dim and dark outlook: will we be devoured by the darkest...
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