Behind the Song
Songs are mysterious. Even though I have spent decades learning about the craft of songwriting, I still can’t tell you how a song comes to life. I know the basics — the form, the rhyming schemes, the patterns, and the progressions. However, there is something else I can’t define. A song has the power to touch the innermost emotions of a human being. A song is alive. A song is timeless. A song lives on forever.
“Songs are a faint whisper from the future that pull from the past and seep into the present. ”
First Flights.
It all begins with an idea, then lyrics, a few chords and a melody. A new song is raw and at most times awkward as it learns to fly. Join me at home as a new song sees the light of day for the first time.