Breaking Down The Songwriting Process
I heard this beautiful cover on TikTok this morning and rewrote the lyrics on my run. We saw this coming You were just too slowIt takes more than words To withstand the blowsBreaking down wallsThe only way you knowI just hate to sayI told you so https://vm.tiktok.com/JNsWkoR/
What are you waiting for? Climbin' these walls like a dog chasin' after a ball Or is that all? One day is gonna come and your card castle's gonna quake And you'll say that's all gonna be ok Wander and wait in a space so low you can hardly stay
I was really on a roll a few weeks ago working on music, but I have fallen behind. In order to crawl back on track, I ignored by rumpled hair and lack of makeup just to share a song I wrote over the summer. This song was inspired by one of my favorite scenes in … Continue reading Take Flight
I am kicking off a new segment of my blog which is to discuss prolific songwriters and what makes them so popular. First up, Ashley Gorley has won more than a dozen Songwriter of the Year awards (through different organizations) and written 43 # 1 singles for artists such as Sam Hunt, Luke Bryan, Blake … Continue reading Featured Songwriter: Ashley Gorley
When I was younger, I did not know how to play any instruments so I only listened to the accompaniment in my mind. I added this experience into the novel I am writing and wrote the following song. The sun is high Stark shadows shooting across eyes Like they could tell me the time … Continue reading Writing Songs Without Instruments
I recently read an interview with Keith Getty, a song-writer most famous for writing the modern hymn In Christ Alone (one of my favorites), and his concern over modern Christian music calling it “utterly dangerous” contributing to the “de-Christianizing of God’s people,” focused on “catharsis” and “cultural relevance”. As someone who believes there are legitimate issues with music … Continue reading Keith Getty’s Problem with Modern Christian Music
Smoking Gun It can be difficult to admit you wrote something, even when you are proud of a piece of work. There is fear that others will disapprove or find it silly. It is even more difficult to share a piece of work you know is bad. This is the case with this song and … Continue reading Nonsensical Babble
I started following Patreon JUST in time to be alerted to its first ever live stream conference. I am so glad I did as I was familiar with several of the panelists (Paul Scheer whose podcasts I have listened to for several years now.) Sadly I have not watched the whole conference yet since my … Continue reading Thoughts On Patreon Assembly
The glow of the dawn on the lineThe vast space fading to blueThe fair course hardly definedThe safety of shore out of viewI search to the left and the rightThe sweet water kissing my skinThe powerful gust my delightthis venture that's pulling me inAnd the fear behindFaster than all my caresBetter than anywhereOne with the … Continue reading Floating On Air
This song was definitely inspired by Taylor Swift's album Fearless. Sadly, there is no way I will ever sound like Taylor, but a key image for me was imagining an old building. Think of the scene in The Bourne Identity when Jason uses the dead body to drop down several stories (dark, I know, but … Continue reading Love, Hope, Alone
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