Lyrically Challenged

Just four more days and I'll have my regular internet access back. Thank goodness...

I find it quite interesting how some days lyrics just flow and others they don't. Lyrics are the defining part of the process for me. They hold a lot of the meaning and interest in the song and I must admit I can be quite precious about them.

Writing this blog is helping me though. I'm getting much better at not analysing while I'm writing and just letting the words flow. And funnily, if I'm writing poetry I don't have this problem. I just write. For some reason songs are different. I feel like most of my poetry wouldn't work as songs. I think I also feel that songs have to connect and express in a different way to the poetry. Less "arty" I guess.

Whatever the reason it's different when I write songs and there has been many a time that I've slaved over lyrics, trying to find the best words to express what I'm feeling. But the most satisfying times - and this is usually what occurs when I actually finish a song to be honest - are when it just flows out, one line after the next and the melody and song sections just come naturally. This is basically how it happened with my songs last week. It's a great feeling when you have an inspired moment and it all just happens with minimal effort and frustration.

The last two days I've sat down to write I've had some decent musical ideas come to me. But I don't move forward from the initial idea until I have lyrics and a melody at least started so I can move the song where I feel it natural wants to go. So as a result I have some new ideas but no new songs. Maybe later in the week.

Have a listen. I hope you'll be hearing one or more of these ideas in a completed form soon.