After a week of writing, writing, and more writing, I've generated enough text to choke a horse. Now that I have the puzzle pieces, my task is to put the puzzle together.
At first, I struggled to find a subject to write about, but after the events from this week I found it. This year has been filled with acts of violence and death, so I figured it would be something worth writing about. After writing short reflections on each of this year's tragedies I realized I couldn't just write a song about death and destruction, so I thought back on my earlier idea of contrasting happy sounds with dark words. The resulting idea is a love song told through the tragedies of this past year. I'm thinking the song follows a relationship over the course of a year, and it evolves as each tragedy occurs. It's a love story as well as a story of death.
My mid-term presentation is first thing on monday. My goal is to come into class with a first draft of a song. I don't plan on having a melody, but I would like to have something people can read.
In other news, the mother folkers have a new song that I'll be posting soon, so keep a lookout!
Great job Joe! I'm so happy that things are working out for you. Just keep having fun with what you are doing and I'm sure that the task you have at hand will come easy to you. I'm really enjoying how you are using your past experiences to help guide you through this project. Your song will definitely turn out awesome!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Summer. The writing part has been tough, but it has resulted in a great feeling of accomplishment. I love listening to music, and I constantly find myself inventing harmonies and playing around with song ideas every day. I'm really pumped to start adding music to the words, I'm also kind of nervous to see how it turns out. Wish me luck! :)
DeleteInterested to see how this song will read on the page without a contrasting melody to lighten it up.
ReplyDeleteBe mindful of the difference and the reaction of your peers. That may certainly help you figure out what you may want to change lyrically, but also help figure out a fitting melody.
Thanks, Mr. Bashir. I'll make sure to keep that in mind. I think it will be interesting as well. So many people listen to music for the music and pay no attention to the words. As a result songs like Pumped up Kicks (which is about a school shooting) get listened to all the time on the radio because they sound poppy.
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