"Carpe diem" is my credo. Actually I have added the rest of the line, so it reads "carpe diem quam minimum credula postero". I'm still not sure if the added part strengthens or lessons Horaz' statement. I'll leave it in - although the common "carpe diem"...
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...
Maybe it's a compensation for reading a rather stupid romance, maybe it's because it's so long since I've last heard from the hard rockers from MotorPlanet... Anyway, I felt like writing something agressive. RhymeZone helped me rhyming burst mode strolling...
I had put down quite a choice of lines, these seem to fit best for the bridge: don't you think that you're forgiven when you do me and we screw don't you think that I'll forget just because I'm doing you "you do me" - "I do you" may not be the most sophisticated...
When Holger of the Motorplanet blues-rock band recently sent new compositions so I could create lyrics for them there were actually three of them. Two I have already finished. The third song is an up-tempo Rock song with three verses, and neither chorus...
A remark of a young man inspired me to this song or poem. He remarks on his MySpace page that towards tiny creatures he likes to play God. I wrote the text down this morning, it took about 20 minutes: God of the ants I'm the God of tiny creatures I decide...
Originally, I intended to give the song a more positive direction by adding a text for the bridge which would basically tell that not all has been lost since our children turned out alright. Also, I experimented with lines like "though our intentions...
I don't have verses yet. The chorus will have four lines: xxx life's a terminal disease YYY life's a terminal disease (were XXX or YYY, respectively, will be any two of the lines of text which I have put down below. At the end of the song I imagine the...
The first version of the bridge was: ... we haven't got the time to just await the chime This I found not quite correct. Of course we've got enough time to do anything stupid we like. So, the second version - the one I published in my Blog - read ......
Ideas use to come spontaneously. When I have the impression that a particular idea might make a new song or song text I write it down. I don't use a scrap book any more but a scrap file on the computer. When I'm at work I just send an email home so the...
Maybe you've noticed that my lyrics are quite varied. And, yes I'm proud of it! Pride is one of the seven deadly sins or captial vices, I'm afraid. So I'm bound for damnation. Fortunatly, I'm not a believer, so I can live with being damnated. Anyway,...
"power" will be renamed "holy hooker". This might become a verse, i.e. if the meter fits (haven't checked yet): think it's time I saw her again - tonight she's always good at making me feel - alright - alright with her everything looks alright we'll have...
holy hooker (temporary title was "power"): I think it's time that I saw her again tonight she's always good at making me feel alright - alright she'll be my priestess tonight she is divine tonight she'll be mine - her clients can be kings if that is what...
make me real like I had lived within a mist my future never looked quite clear to me I never knew what I had missed just dragged along - year after year I tried to live a normal life my only purpose was to function no higher aims for which to strive until...
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...
Before I can begin collecting phrases, lines of text I could use, or even verses, I have to gather a little information on my subject. Often, I use Wikipedia for a start. Here is what I noted down: enslaved gladiator abuse or killing of slaves had no...
During the last few days I have composed five verses. They wouldn't fit together, though, to make a rounded story. But when I came up with the 4th verse today, the other verses fell into a pattern. I haven't decided yet if I will need a chorus at all....
When I write lyrics for other's songs the first I do is counting syllables and writing a little chart of the stresses. Only then do I start collecting textual ideas. Obviously, it can be done the other way around as well. Recently I completed "lost."...
Playing "Spartacus" - it has become a little folk song, by the way, since IMO rock music would not fit - I found that it was way too short. I used to repeat the last verse, for which I had altered the chords a bit so as to make it a little more dramatic:...
At the moment it is just an entry in my "scrap book". But it might become another song of my "carpe-diem section" eventually: tell me when I'm dead make sure I don't miss it out while I'm busy spending my time living, and kicking about tell me when I'm...
Rock is about sex, isn't it. Well, life is, and so is Rock music. That is even true for harmless Pop Rock songs like "Good day sun shine" by the Beatles. On a hike in the Bavarian Alps I came up with an idea for yet another sex song in the manner of "holy...
Well, you don't want anybody to steal your ideas, i.e. your music or your lyrics, do you? How can you make sure that your copyright is observed? It is actually quite easy. What you need is a method to prove that you were the first who had that particular...
As you may have noticed, or may have not, I have marked all my stuff with a "creative commons license". I.e. I have attached a statement that I explicitly allow the use of my lyrics and tunes - under certain conditions. The creative commons group has...
Step two - after identifying the subject - is collecting ideas. Here are a few: looks like they always finish what they have commenced although they don't live for, but they live against they'd grow an Eiffel tower if they'd got the power yesterday a...
After listening to the tune for the chorus I've got an idea for its text. I had noted the pattern - the number of syllables - as: 3 - 6 3 - 5 - 1 3 - 6 3 - 1 The melody seems to require an exact match, other than the stuff I use to write for Holger. Blues...
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