Wow, long time no see. Sorry for the delay in posts, as you can tell by the title the song writing process has not been kind. I've done a lot of writing before, mostly script work for film and theatre. As a result I've experienced a lot of writer's block, yet for some reason it's different this time. My process so far has been sporadically write lines of poetry with a common topic/theme. I started by trying to create very dark imagery, but the results were far too cliche in my opinion. I then started focusing on more specific ideas like recent tragedies like the Boston bombing and Newtown shooting.
With this new topic it was still very difficult to get my ideas on the page. As a last resort, I consulted with my good friend Jimmy (check out his blog at http://deusexvirtus.blogspot.com). His advice to me was to avoid boring/cliche text by focusing on interesting things around you. His example was "A man, with mouth agape stares at lightbulbs," which was influenced by seeing a guy at home depot who was just staring at lightbulbs. I took this concept and thought about what it was like to first hear about the news of the Boston bombing. That idea sparked new ideas, and by the end of the block I had almost two pages worth of text.
My goal now is to finish brainstorming text and to put it together in a coherent manner to form verses of lyrics. Once that's finished I can start putting music to words. I'm not sure which process will be harder; writing out the lyrics or arranging the music. I guess you'll have to tune in to find out!
To be continued...
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