Tag: original song

I had a strong reaction to the 2012 gang rape case in India, which made international headlines in December. Revolted as I was from the crime, equally unsettling was the call from the Indian public for violent retribution upon the accused (not yet tried or convicted) men. I read several articles from different sources, and found [...]

I've been working for a few weeks now with a local singer-songwriter named Hayley.  This work is quite unique in that Hayley has written lyrics and melodies, but no music, even though she plays ukulele and cello.  So as she repeatedly sings her melodies, I hammer out some piano parts, with the help of a [...]

It's been more than 25 years since I started writing music, and over 10 that I've been writing songs with my own lyrics. This is my very first published song for which I did my own singing (thank goodness for pitch correction). I Am started out as the lyrics to accompany the music I had [...]

This is my latest original song, although it has been a long time coming. This song started as a piano part over 5 years ago, for which I fully intended to add lyrics, so I wrote it with a verse/chorus structure. I then wrote lyrics and a melody, but didn't have anyone perform the vocal [...]

I fooled around with a dance-rock groove with spoken word song several years ago, but never really liked the production I did or the way I performed the spoken word. I presented my updated song at the Songwriter's Cafe meetup group and it was very well received.  One comment from the group stood out for [...]