Okay, I haven't written anything for awhile. I will probably blog about some of the happenings in the hear future.
Today, I started the first day of a songwriting workshop run by Peter Case, he of the Plimsouls. My only complaint would be that we could have written more. He gave us several writing assignments for the week, but we only tried one of them during the class. But he gave us a lot of ideas.
After class, Billy C, Do, and I ate at this Indian restaurant up the street. As we waited for our food, Billy C and I worked on "The Nipple Song," just throwing out ideas as they came to us. I wrote most of them down on my place mat. It's kind of a sequel to Do's "Bosom Song," which is a big hit in these parts.
I have written poetry. I have not written songs. When I try my hand at song lyrics, they become perhaps too dense with imagery. I think one has to hold back on that sort of thing in songwriting.
I have a couple of ideas. So, we'll see.
2 comments:
"When I try my hand at song lyrics, they become perhaps too dense with imagery. I think one has to hold back on that sort of thing in songwriting."
I can't say I agree with too much imagery. What I mean is, you can have a good melody hook with mediocre imagery: that defines a one hit wonder to me. Good imagery with a good melodic hook defines a longer lasting song because it has deeper meaning. Just my opinion.
I think I agree with Virginia. I say write the way you write and don't hold back. You can always simplify it later if you need to. There have been times where I was transported by the imagery in your writing. I'd read one line and have to stop and close my eyes so I could turn it over again and again.
But then there's something to be said for expressing an idea in a sweet, simple way. I guess the danger lies in overworking something to the point of hating it. Of course, you know waaaay more about this than I do.
Ok, You've probably done this hundreds of times but it's a new concept for me. What I'd like to do is have a conversation about writing. Just writing. I think I'm an ok writer but I really don't know all that much about it. One of these days I'll be taking an English class so I can learn this crap, but I'd like to hear what you, my good friend, have to say on the subject.
I guess we can let Bill in on the conversation too. He knows stuff.
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