Anatomy of a new song
Somehow I got suckered into moderating the sleepily congenial songwriting forum at Harmony Central, the web's largest musician's bulletin board. My primary role there is to police the forum for cell phone and running shoe spam and make sure people don't swap Azerbejani cracks of 1000 dollar music software packages.
But I decided it might be fun to actually talk about the craft of songwriting a little since there hadn't been a spam attack in the week or so that I've been a "mod" there. So I started with this post outlining the inspiration and creation of a new song.
You'll also see the responses of a number of forum members, as they comment on the evolving lyrics, make suggestions, and occasionally crack jokes and goof around.
You, too, can join up and participate-- completely free, of course-- and enjoy the benefits of membership: a usually friendly, collegial atmosphere where you can participate in a sort of ad hoc writer's workshop, getting constructive criticism and feedback from others and giving back the same.
But I decided it might be fun to actually talk about the craft of songwriting a little since there hadn't been a spam attack in the week or so that I've been a "mod" there. So I started with this post outlining the inspiration and creation of a new song.
You'll also see the responses of a number of forum members, as they comment on the evolving lyrics, make suggestions, and occasionally crack jokes and goof around.
You, too, can join up and participate-- completely free, of course-- and enjoy the benefits of membership: a usually friendly, collegial atmosphere where you can participate in a sort of ad hoc writer's workshop, getting constructive criticism and feedback from others and giving back the same.
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I rest not from my great task! To open the eternal worlds, to open the immortal eyes of Man inwards into the worlds of thought; into eternity, ever expanding in the bosom of God, the human imagination - William Blake(Jerusalem) ~ Light is the shadow of God - Plato
I like "clowns" and find the whole song-writing process that you share quite fascinating...A monsoon of words that come to mind but probably don't come close to your second choice of "wisemen": blindmen,Platos,moths,butterflies,hypocrites,hide-n-seekers,hiddenseekers,geeksngreeks,ghosts,copers'n'mopers,sad-strangers,divers,fallen-angels,archangels,actresses,amateurs,figments-of-my-imagination,seeing-eye-dogs,waitresses,wannabees,muses. Thanx for spreading the word(s)!
This is the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner - ? ~ Of magic doors there is this: you donot see them even as you are passing through - ? ~ If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you donot bring forth what is within you, what you donot bring forth will destroy you - Gospel according to Thomas
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