The Red Tack

Songwriting series Part #5 Once I have flushed the song out, I play it a bunch until I find the dynamics. Then I record it, either on my phone, or in Logic Pro to hear it better with better production. This is the fun part!

28.01.2025 21:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Songwriting series Part #4.
I like to confine my lyrical output to two small pages in my writing book. It forces me to get things finished because I run out of space, so the song has to be over. I can, of course refine the song as it evolves, but this is a good way to help in completing the work.

27.01.2025 21:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Songwriting session #3. I find what I call an 'anchor' lyric by kind of messing around with the melody and different words, and I play around with it until something pops out at me. I try to stay Zen about it and don't fuss about meaning or lyrical depth. I just try to let it flow at first.

25.01.2025 18:37 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Second part, writing a song in the key of G( I had to edit this down to one minute for Bluesky, kind of a drag). Here's a little refresher on the key of G on the guitar: www.theguitarlesson.com/guitar-theor...

24.01.2025 19:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yeah, this is just one way I do it, but likely my favorite. I'm going to finish this song writing this way in 6 sessions and do three more songs this way before moving on to other standard methods, including using loops and starting with lyrics first. Thanks for listening! You're my first follower!

24.01.2025 01:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Second in the songwriter series.

24.01.2025 00:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

First Bluesky post. Songwriter series#1

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