What Were The Chances?
HEllo? Is anyone still out there? I don't think anyone actually reads my blog anymore. Pity. Well, maybe that's because I go on and on about musical things that no one cares about. Perhaps I should blog about who I'm dating, or sleeping with, but that would be a short blog indeed. Heh. Okay, to business...
I worked into the night last night on a song called What Were The Chances for the IHML. I got many ideas for piano accompaniment from some of the stuff I'm working on in my piano lessons. I don't have any lyrics yet, just a few. I thought I'd start with the music this time. I can always make changes when the lyric seems to require shifts in mood and that sort of thing. The song is going to be about a guy who goes to a ball, and the most wonderful, most unattainable, most beautiful, most incredible girl at the ball is after him, but he can't believe it, so, in not believing it, he blows it. It's kind of what happened to me on Valentine's Day (see my last post). Aside from the autobiographical ramifications, the exciting part about writing this song was that the whole process is getting faster. I used to spend a few hours on, like, four measures of piano music. Last night, I woke up from writing for only a couple of hours and found I'd finished an entire page of music. Granted, this is largely due to the fact that there is a set stride piano pattern that forms the basis for the accompaniment, but within that pattern, there are many little variations, so it was quite a feat.
I also catalogued new pop songs for P&R and found that, including songs the fellows haven't heard yet, we have about fifteen songs toward our next record. It seems strange to be thinking about the next record a week after the first one came out, but on our budget, thinking ahead is very important. I'll have some little snippets up soon. In my last post there is a link to one of the songs in progress.
I'll post updates about new songs as I write them. I'm stuck in a few places, so I need some suggestions. That is, if anyone's even reading this thing. Maybe I should post naked pictures or something? Anyone?...
I worked into the night last night on a song called What Were The Chances for the IHML. I got many ideas for piano accompaniment from some of the stuff I'm working on in my piano lessons. I don't have any lyrics yet, just a few. I thought I'd start with the music this time. I can always make changes when the lyric seems to require shifts in mood and that sort of thing. The song is going to be about a guy who goes to a ball, and the most wonderful, most unattainable, most beautiful, most incredible girl at the ball is after him, but he can't believe it, so, in not believing it, he blows it. It's kind of what happened to me on Valentine's Day (see my last post). Aside from the autobiographical ramifications, the exciting part about writing this song was that the whole process is getting faster. I used to spend a few hours on, like, four measures of piano music. Last night, I woke up from writing for only a couple of hours and found I'd finished an entire page of music. Granted, this is largely due to the fact that there is a set stride piano pattern that forms the basis for the accompaniment, but within that pattern, there are many little variations, so it was quite a feat.
I also catalogued new pop songs for P&R and found that, including songs the fellows haven't heard yet, we have about fifteen songs toward our next record. It seems strange to be thinking about the next record a week after the first one came out, but on our budget, thinking ahead is very important. I'll have some little snippets up soon. In my last post there is a link to one of the songs in progress.
I'll post updates about new songs as I write them. I'm stuck in a few places, so I need some suggestions. That is, if anyone's even reading this thing. Maybe I should post naked pictures or something? Anyone?...