hi leiven,

there are so many ways that i write, i cant say i write one way more than another.

for example; i was laying in bed this morning when i had the first spark of a new song, i imagined how the intro would sound using Bb-F-Gm-Bb, in an eagles acoustic rhythm. i had no words at this time.

a couple of hours later, after breakfast, cleaning down the wall tiles in the kitchen and hoovering up, i retired to my studio [the front room] and began strumming the chords, which soon developed into some words, then i took it up a full tone to make it easier to sing, and once i finish here, i shall record the song.

i have also written songs on the piano, and once on the bass guitar!

no depends my friend

phill

hi kajima,

i thought "and the sun will shine" or "come right in the end"

nice words and i too look forward to hearing this. any chance of up-loading it?

phill

that's right robert, if she's two faced, kick `er into touch

nice song

phill

I have to put my 2 shillings worth in...

In Wales there is a tradition of the BARD. The bard, was a kind of troubadour, that would travel the highways from town to village singing songs of great battles, sometimes with the aid of a harp sometimes without.

It was often said that as the bard recited a poem that his voice was so beautiful that the sound was like angels singing. This tradition continues to this day with the Welsh National Eisteddfod, which began due to the South Welsh had sweet voices, and the North Welsh had the gift of poetry.

The song is there, it is for the listener, or reader to hear it.

Phill

I think songs and poems should be categorized for easier access.

I'll shut up then!:rolleyes:

well if no one else is going to say anything....i will

THAT'S A MIGHTY FINE LOOKING GUITAR.

phill

hi bud_wiser,

when i write, i wont force a song just cos i haven't done one in a while...let it come naturally.

they say that minor chords make a song bluesy or ballardy, not necessarily...

so, a good story teller can look around him and make a story from what he sees, eg: my son has been having a lot of problems with his girlfriend, which he wont dump! but i've got 4 or 5 songs from it!

a friend had problems with a woman he had strong feelings for, she was unhappily married, another song.

i once saw graffiti on a wall saying "tracy loves paul" yep you guessed it, but i binned the song it was rubbish! so dont expect everything you write to be the new "bohemian rhapsody" you've got to write crap to know when you've got a good one.

as for performing, if your going to do your own songs, which are [in your words] "gloomy" do a couple of up-tempo/up-beat covers. break the night up.

hope i've helped

phill

echo's of lady in red?

what were you thinking 1st or 2nd world war? weve all been a little pre-occupied with the big ones lately, but i like your images here and i could visualise the lipstick and the dress and shoes, i can remember my mother back in the early 50's wearing a crushed velvet gown she borrowed for a special night out with my dad.

one thing though...just a thought, at the end of the second verse, if you change "deserve" to "desire" it rhymes better and doesn't detract from the story!

phill

I've been gigging for nigh on 30 years, and I still perform some of the songs I did then. But I find you can be singing a song all your life then it suddenly hits you what the meaning of the song is, or what it means to you.

I was learning Elton John's "Your Song" when my father died, it took me a while to sing it live, and then I always felt weepy when I sang it. So it's not the actual content of a song, but more like what it means to you.

I've also felt emotional when I've had a big cheer for something I wasn't expecting.  Well, there you go.

All I can say is; don't turn on the waterworks just for the sake of it, as the audience isn't stupid.

Phill

ark,

after your heads up [as the yanks say] i went down to smiths and bought a copy of azincourt. but i'm not going to start reading it till i go away on holiday [again] next month. have you heard of a writer called simon scarrow? he's been doing a very similar thing to cornwell, with the roman invasion and that. now he's written a book on the Napoleonic wars!!!  bad form or what? any way he's pretty good, give him a try if you've got time.

phill

thanks guys,

i was feeling a little taciturn when i penned this. it's a bit of sarcasm as everything from the summer to the recession has been one big washout here in the uk at least! we still have terrorists, global warming, paedophiles etc...the world is sick and the human race is the virus.

talking of which, i've just heard that in my home town [llanelli] there are over 1000 cases of swine flu, [it's a small town] i haven't heard of any deaths yet...so lets pray there wont be any more world wide

phill