My adventures in singing/songwriting begin

Thus:

Songwriting has been a significant creative challenge for me, particularly the lyrics. Chord progressions and melodies have always been fairly effortless for me, but the words are a whole other challenge — it reminds me a lot of the first time I tried (and failed) to write a novel. I’m throwing away a lot of stuff. Anyway, with these I think the first tune needs a fuller arrangement with instrumental parts but is otherwise done, whereas the second needs at least one more set of verses.

By the way, the third tune is not mine. It is “Wild Goose Chase,” written by Elephant Micah, and I’m performing the version created by Dark Dark Dark. That’s the band that, I think, rekindled my interest in music, and in songwriting and singing. I haven’t done either since I was a teenager, so I have a lot of catching up to do.

posted: 11 April 5
under: Open Folio