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 Motorplanet version of "high enough" is one of my all time favorites. And I've decided to place it on my playlist for a little while as an example of what could be made of my lyrics. My own version is rather uninspired and crude in comparison, and...
Post lesenFor a lyricist writing the lyrics first and have the composer set them to music obviously is the easy way. When I write for myself I normally start with an idea for the chorus. A few lines of text and the tune seem to come to my mind at the same moment,...
Post lesenI'm caught in your eyes and I could be losing myself but your smile always puts me at ease I even love the peach fuzz on your tummy and arms during the nights I'm watching you breathe my love's grown beyond compare I'm lonesome when you're not there I'll...
Post lesenI have renamed my first proposal for Karsten's "a song about you" into "there was a time ...", and Karsten and I have agreed that we should give it a new go. So, here's my new suggestion for the chorus: my love has grown beyond compare I'm incomplete...
Post lesenA bridge was missing. Now I've actually written two bridges: you lay the blame on everybody everybody but yourself your chances have to be provided to be chosen from the shelf may I humbly ask the question which part you are playin' in this which is your...
Post lesenyou say that your life's a mess I say it's a game you say I don't have a clue I say that is all the same if you're the young man with no future I'm the old man with no past if you do not believe me then we both are badly cast you say you've had such high...
Post lesenAfter I had figured out that the subject of the song had to be happy memories rather than dismal ones I simply had to invent a few joyful moments one might like to remember about a partnership. It was as simple as that. Rhyming was not so simple. Consequently,...
Post lesenI've listened to Karsten's Midi file again only to find that my former suggestion for a chorus is sheer bullshit. First, the tune is quite cheerful, so a text about remembering a failure did not exactly fit. Second, I missed the upbeat in the last verse....
Post lesenI think I've got a text for the chorus. The tune is always repeated once, so the text has two parts. I've numbered the lines here so I can refer to them in my comments more easily: 1. time has passed me by 2. since that fateful day 3. I'm too sad to cry...
Post lesen... is the working title of another song by Karsten. Karsten sends MIDI files which makes it rather easy for me to determine the meter of a song. For example, the stress is on the first beat in 4/4 meter, and less significantly on the third. Here is the...
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