I’ve wrote a few in the past and have been struggling with one the last three days straight, and the end is not in sight……. I don’t know the “by the book” method…… I start with either a few words I like or some music riff I can’t get out of my head…… I’ve found that the lyrics constantly affect the music and the music, in turn, affects the lyrics, and in most cases the end result seldom resembles the original idea…… This one started out simple enough, but has evolved into a tribute to a friend of mine that I used to play in a band with, who passed on before his time……. I’m up to the eighth variation on this one….. I thought I had the lyrics “set in stone” last night, and this morning, I made more changes to the words than in the last four revisions, but I think I’ve got this time….. Of course, this called for musical changes also…… I seem to drop lines out and then find that they work in later revisions, so I don’t throw away anything until I”m finished, although, I find it hard to call a composition “finished”……. I usually let it set for a few hours\/days and it looks and sounds different to me than when I last called it done…… I’m letting it “ferment” for while right now, but, I’m fighting a self-imposed deadline for a party this week-end with some other members of that same band (I have the option to “chicken-out with self-doubt”, which I can easily do as I have not told any of them of the venture)……..<\/p>\n
Since we do have musicians in our mist, I was wondering how others approach and\/or attempt song writing…… When do you decide it’s good enough?……. The best you can do?……. The time to end it before you “muck it up”?…….. Any suggestions?………<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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