finally got "Blame The Devil" lyrics in the lyric scrapbook

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-working on the lyric scrapbook today-

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-as a lyricist, the image is just as important as the word...i become my lyrics.

"Bitter Paradox opened Pandora's Box"

It's finally here!  "Blame the Devil" has been recorded (rough style) and is almost studio ready (once I memorize the lyrics...)  This five and half minute song is "intense," as Peter describes it.  It is a recollection of certain events in my life in difference places.  The story isn't chronological, but there is something deeper behind it all.  Every verse I mention a bed, alluding to the fact that lust could possibly be the worst of the seven deadly sins... or is it?

"Bitter Paradox
Opened Pandora's Box
Out comes the sound
A bed just right for Goldie Lox...
....or something!"

My favorite part of this song is the ending...

"You just might...
Realize...
That I'm the devil
In disguise..."

Sounds Good

Me after the gym, entirely unrelated to the post, ha

I finally finished the song "Sounds Good" after working on it for three months... and actually, it isn't really finished, but I do have a nice solid sound for it... and I know the chords I want to play.  I may adjust some of the lyrics, but honestly, "Sounds Good" is a very emotional and heady song.  It starts off as though a sweet love song, lyrically, but as the music slightly changes from chorus to bridge, something isn't right, and the listener comes to find out that nothing actually sounds good, other than the song itself, of course.   It's a play on words and music... and I hope my audience will get that connection.  If not, nothing is lost... people get from music what they will... this song is very cathartic for me, and it's a stepping stone for me to move on from my past relationships.  Sounds good enough, right?

Frightening & In the Bay

Last night, Peter and I commenced once again to combine our powers of musical genius.  We ended up practically perfecting our song "Nightmare" and I was pleased to know that his dad thought it was really good (not to mention, he said he loved my voice three or four times.)  We also completed roughly two songs, with the third on it's way.

"Frightening," a song about love's complexities, is finished in terms of melody, but I need to lyrically add two more verses.  "In the Bay," originally written for a friend of mine who consistently has relationship problems, is turning into one of the most gorgeous slow songs I have ever heard.  Peter, after listening to my rough recording improv, came up with something so beautiful on the guitar, that we think the song is worthy of piano.  I still have yet to type up those lyrics, and structure it.  Lastly, we briefly touched on "Betty Lane," but it still needs a lot of work...  but, so far, I like the direction it is headed.  If we continue to work this steadily, I imagine we could start professionally recording in March.

If Peter and I didn't live 60 minutes away from one another, we would probably have 12 songs by now... but alas, the distance makes things a little harder... but honestly, it's our ONLY complication.  Everything is so stress and drama free.  I am so thankful he's in my life, and I would never want to imagine a world without him...  <3

Betty Lane & Nightmare

Currently, Peter and I are working on a new song I wrote the lyrics and melody for called "Betty Lane."  Peter is adding guitar to the song, and informed me that we may change it from its gospel roots to a funk progression... we shall see.  I have to wait till Friday to hear what he has come up with... should be interesting.  The song also needs more lyrics... perhaps one more verse.

We already wrote another song called "Nightmare."  90% of the guitar melodies come from Peter; I added a bit via the chorus.  The lyrics come from a poem I wrote back in February of 2008.  Crazy how something from a while ago can become today's new song.  But I love that; I have so much poetry on my hands (I studied poetry as an undergrad), and I have been writing poetry and melodies with lyrics since I started journaling (which was around the age of 8.)

The evolution of a song is something so organic and pure, that it reminds me why writing is so cathartic, and how singing and playing an instrument are close to divinity... "Perhaps that is why I have loved the artist; creation is the closest we come to divinity." -Anais Nin

"Dirty Boy," "Must Write," and "Fall from Grace" coming soon...