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...
A quick one. I found "clime" (for region) in my Penguin Rhyming Dictionary and had to look it up. And I scrapped the line "'bout how much it would pay to wait" because I got doubts if it would be interpreted like I meant it to (act as waiter/waitress)....
I found that I had to shorten "no more". This is the new version: no more trusting, no more lying no more longing, no more crying no more suff'ring, no more feeling no more hurting, no more healing no more hoping, no more waiting no more loving, no more...
.. that probably will make it into my 'carpe diem collection' sooner or later. title: one of seven billion chorus: I kill people I give birth I make fortunes I eat dirt but you see I just want to be one of seven billion And two lines that might come in...
If you cannot (read or) write notes there is only one way to remember tunes that you're having in mind, record them. Usually whatever I produce music-like can be called (very very) rough demos at best. So what the hell is this? Well, a reminder anyway....
I had the lyrics and an idea as for part of the tune. Next I 'composed' the music and assembled a crude accompaniment. Only after singing it I found that eight lines per verse just don't work, at least not as I envisioned the song. I'll have to shorten...
I'm not good with bridges. Once I have found a meter for one verse I just put down verse after verse - all in the same meter. Two verses I wrote match quite good since they're about uncool people (you could say "fat farting Fanny" meets Billy Elliot)....
The first sketch as I brought it with me from my Canada vacation: no more suff'ring, no more feeling no more hurting, no more healing no more hoping, no more waiting no more loving, no more hating no more trusting, no more lying no more longing, no more...
Melanie, please pardon me if my words were too harsh Melanie, please pardon me if I struck you too hard Melanie, you see if it wasn't for your intransigence I'd never have lost control Melanie, please pardon me if I have made you cry Melanie, please pardon...
This morning I had a tune and a few lines in my mind that I put down: I run with the wind I'll howl with the storm I'll calm down like a breeze by the seven seas Obviously, the "seven seas" had sprung to my mind because they rhyme. But somehow the words...
In the eyes of my wife I'm probably the least romantic creature that exists. And I can't actually object. As it looks like I may be asked to write more lyrics for dance or pop tunes in the future I should work on my ability to write romantic stuff. That's...
... just added the subject. No other changes. As to the current state of these and all my other lyrics refer to my lyrics pages. There you will also find "drunken night" that I haven't posted here because it was yet another quick job, I just put it down...
These lyrics are supposed to match a tune by Sandro. I'm not quite sure if they really fit. I'm not sure about the title either: I'm a tough guy, I'm a hero in front of my screen reduce all fiends to zero while remaining unseen my joystick and my keyboard...
The lyrics just presented themselves somehow. Maybe they are inspired by reading Eric Clapton's autobiography. I don't know. The textual structure is what I use to call episodical: don't expect a story but rather three different episodes that are somewhat...
... is the chord progression that may accompany the chorus of "listen to the river (Siddhartha)". At the moment I'm struggling with the verses, maybe |: G D, Bb Eb C :| fits, that would sound a bit like the Beatles - well, nothing wrong with THAT. When...
A quick one - written while the network was down: staring at an empty screen no way to could get throught to you my mail inaccessible I do not know what I could do your phone number is no use cause I use VoIP just one wire for everything keeps me in dependency...
featured song of the month: sense of recognition My production of "Sense of recognition" is mediocre at best - well, all my musical productions actually are - but if you're willing to overlook its shortages you might find it quite interesting, if a bit...
The fourth line of the chorus first read "stop dressing black" which did not only sound corny but also conveyed the wrong message. I did not mean the song to be that drastic or melodramatic. My good old Penguin Rhyming Dictionary provided help: what's...
Only after recording and assembling "listen to the river (Siddhartha)" I got the impression that I'd heard something similar before. Well, the humming reminded me of the first part of "In Held 'twas in I", "Glimpses of Nirvana", by Procol Harum. Actually...
I'm not yet sure as to the title. A song for the poor creatures that have to work to earn their living - like me. For about every second rhyme I used RhymeZone (peer, crook, averse, deplete, kin). Otherwise a quick job. I think the chorus can be repeated...
"let's party ..." is the third song by Alexander and Stefan that I've written the lyrics for, two or three more songs are supposed to follow. Using dummy text as a template helped preventing a writer's block when it came to writing the bridge. I was able...
A simple riff or chord progression, E-D-A, and a vague idea that the song might be about a guy finding out his girlfriend was all I had. The title "dig deep" or digging deep" somehow lingered in my mind. Anyway, I went about it in quite the wrong order,...
What is true with regard to our lives is true for lyrics as well. I changed the lyrics of "air to breathe" adopting suggestions by a fellow songwriter. And I changed the lyrics for "Siddhartha" as well while I was trying out several chord progressions...
As I have written before, intonation is more important than the syllable count when you try to write lyrics that are supposed to match an existing tune. After listening to Sandro's tune several times I adjusted the text, and also gave hints how the melody...
The bridge has got a rather weird or complex tune. I first had tried to figure out the numbers of syllables per line - remember that it is a pretty fast tune! - and scribbled down the metric pattern: X - X X - - X - X X - X - - X - - - - X - X - X - X...
Verse one begins with "when the work is done, or when school is out " (note the correction!), so the missing four lines should have something to do with having got rid of disagreeable duties: when the work is done or when school is out it's time for some...
