Breaking Down The Songwriting Process
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
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
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
The Lonely Man One of my favorite songs is Johnny Cash’s version of Sting’s I hung my head. I love the simplicity of the structure and music of the song, the focus is on the story. Of course, everything is made better with Cash’s emotive, gravelly voice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M53FcPoWtA I wanted to write a song like … Continue reading Finding Inspiration In Other Artists
Change Your Mind Do you ever hear a song on the radio and think, "You should have slept on that before recording?" Taylor Swift, one of my favorite artists, has a great example from her song Mine: And I remember that fight, two-thirty a.m.'Cause everything was slipping right out of our handsI ran out, crying, … Continue reading Let Your Lyrics Simmer
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