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...
Tony from Scotland suggested to exchange the lines of the chorus to give the title phrase an extra punch. Quite! glad that you bear with me glad that you’re here with me My wife has recognized my love statement immediately: "glad that you bear with me",...
Post lesenThis is one of those rare 5-minutes pieces. I had a tune in my mind while I put down the text, and not just for the chorus, but I’ve heard the whole song sung this time. I consider it a love song. I’m past and I’m now feel like floating somehow I’m six...
Post lesenI've just had a discussion on a songwriter board about how in "Lost" verse 2 invalidates the content of verse 1 thus making the song "meaningless". The text could not possibly be understood by listeners. I cite: "The reader/listener has to ‘get’ what...
Post lesenA blog is okay when you follow it regularly, the current affairs coming first, the old stuff getting out of sight. Since my blog is about how I'm going about writing lyrics, hence "lyrics in progress", the old stuff actually appears in the wrong order:...
Post lesenHolger had sent a composition again. Everything present except the text. Bloody good piece of rock, by the way! The guitar phrase towards the end sounds a little mystic to me. Holger sings "Gibberish" like he usually does. English phrases, or English...
Post lesenAn improvement by Robert: "we run out of words" instead of "our conversation runs dry" - fits better with the tune. Not that it matters any more. Steffen has rejected the text, it's too lowbrow in his opinion (hey, what do YOU think?). Never mind, I like...
Post lesena minor change so the verses rhyme: we order a drink and we drink to the past we drink to a future still in doubt instead of: we drink to the future and the night The verse now rhymes with the last line of: the conversation runs dry but our silence still...
Post lesenSteffen had sent a piece of music where he sings "da dabn da da" and so on, so i can get a feel for its metrics. I associate his style with bar music, that's why my ideas would circle around bar related topics. And here is the result: I've called it a...
Post lesenButterflies and creativity are similar. They come and go somewhat erratically, you never quite get a hold on them, if you want to keep them you have to kill them. I love butterflies, I used to raise them. This could become the chorus of - rather mean...
Post lesenBernd's first hundred lyrics ... are now available online: http://www.archive.org/details/BerndsFirstHundredLyrics No charges, no problems. Everybody may use my lyrics or perform my songs as long as two conditions are met: * no commerce (if you sniff...
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