Songwriting Inspiration Information

awesome photo by this guy

First, forgive the unforgivable sin of blogging:  infrequent updates.

Here's some new content for ya:

Songwriting Sessions Hosted by John Mayer called "Inspiration Information".  
Sure, the video is sideways, but it's worth it anyway.  A friend at Facebook told me about this.

Part 1
 Part 2
 Part 3
 Part 4
 Part 5
 Part 6
 Part 7
 Part 8
 Part 9

 

And these REALLY COOL podcasts on the structure of song from Pandora.  Each podcast focuses on what makes each TYPE of music unique.  What are the elements that make country music SOUND country?  What are the song structures and chord progressions?  Very useful for a songwriter.

Podcasts on the structure of music.

And this super-duper awesome blog that interview several different songwriters and asks how they managed to write 50 songs in 90 days.

Songwright.co.uk

How To Write A Song III

These videos are definitely labors of love. They take a lot of work to put together, but they seem to be beneficial...and I'm learning more about Adobe Premiere Elements. Like, it's youtube upload button is a big fat lie. It neither uploads nor goes to youtube. I had to import into MovieMaker...but that's another story unrelated to this.

I wrote THIS song and filmed the whole process.

It's called Except, Perhaps, The Human Heart.
It's not a real upbeat number, but it is a song. And when you need to write 50 songs in 90 days, every little song counts. :)

I Can't Get Over It: The Making Of

My first ever techno drumbeat song. Drum loops. Ahhh...see my previous post about that. Also my first "Making of a Song" video.

Here's my June offering.


I Can't Get Over It

This time, this time, next time, this time, past times
I can't get over it
Last times, first time, down time, fast times, we're fine?
Can we get over it?

I...
I need you to be
I need you to try
I need you to listen
I need you to cry


We're fine, we're fine, sublime, align, real time
Are we on top of it?

Six times I've tried no lie, this time, last time
That I'll put up with it.

I...
I need you to be
I need you to try
I need you to listen
I need you to cry
I need you to feel
This pain in my heart
I need you to get alive
Before it all comes apart

You won't need to worry, honey
We've got time to burn
You don't need to hurry, baby
Cause we're bound to learn

If we make half-time adjustments
If we watch the score
I have heard that wives and husbands
Know what compromise is for
Know what compromise is for

I need you to be
I need you to try
I need you to listen
I need you to cry
I need you to feel
This pain in my heart
I need you to get alive
Before it all comes apart

This time, this time
I can't get over it.

Here's the making of link: