songblog

Passion, Take 1

First of all, welcome to songblog. As you can see from the little blub, this is going to be all about songwriting and the creative process. I have never done a blog before, so I don't know where this will lead - hopefully you can help me on this.

Inspiration:
So to start: I am working on a song with the working title of Passion. This is one of a set of songs that will be on my CD which I am trying to finish before summer....of this year!
So we are starting in the middle here, literally: I had written the music for this maybe six months ago, but I am quite picky and I would rather leave a song sit on the harddrive, than just say its good enough and release it.
What I am moving toward of late is to incorporate some elements in my music that I haven't used in some time: the guitar (thanks to Air for making me realize that electronic music and guitars are not mutually exclusive) and my voice.
Really, this could have been a finsihed piece of music but it was missing ... something... and finally I recalled a bit of melody for it from a long time past. Like many times when the muse hits, you get it all at once. I suddenly had a whole set of verse lyrics pour out, complete with a melody.
I remembered then another idea, from a song never written, and I recalled a section of that song. I started a new file, just to save this before I forget it, because it was really good. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized this new section I recorded was a perfect fit for what I had been working on. Even the lyrics made sense with the rest of the song!
Perspiration:
Fast forward a week (yeah, this isn't in real time yet). Ok, so now I have a melody and lyrics for the verse, but man, do I need a beat for the refrain.