Song writing

[Triple-o]

I am beginning to think that writing song lyrics can help  one write melodic phrases. So, I started to read about song structure and song writing. One source said to start with a metaphor or idiom like   “ You’re the end of June” or “Money for Nothing ” and then build from there.They could serve as a title but as you gather steam that  title may change.It reminded me of Van Morrison’s  “Into the Mystic” which started out as “Into  the Misty”.

Then I wondered where other song ideas could come from and books seemed an obvious place.

I picked up Don Quixote and looked at the first page and found “A skinny old horse and a fast greyhound.

Then I tried Great Expectations and found” My first fancies regarding what they were like  were unreasonably derived from there tombstone.

Pride  and Prejudice I found “ A single man in possession of a fortune must be in need of a wife.

Now I realize I can’t borrow those lines but they are “food for thought”

Songs  that were written before 1923 and in the public domain can also provide material without copyright issues.  The early Blues have been “picked to the bone”.

Using slang words like   “speak easy”, “Dagmar bumper”

How about current events like “All roads lead to El Salvador”
 

Reading about song structure was pretty informative.I didn’t know the definition of a refrain  or the difference between a bridge and the chorus. I didn’t even know why AAB songs repeated the first verse. I didn’t know songs could start with the chorus. I am still confused about a  the pre- chorus. I didn’t know “Yesterday” was AABA  a common song structure nor did I know it was a classified as “pop/ rock ballad”.

edit …..A I  internet search engines afforded light mirth and laughter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 22 by Triple-o