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all things song skip to main skip to sidebar all things song this blog is about everything that goes into and comes out of your song this is about the song the writer the lifestyle the technique the inspiration the success the failure the melody the lyrics the harmony the rhythm the history the society the community the love the hate you get it thursday march 26 2009 two gigs in two days the shoulder feels great have to practice more more to come but have to say the blues band with the horns is unbelvieable jim and kyle are the crack section and hearing them is a great honor and pleasure nice work if you can get yeah baby posted by song style at 11 10 pm no comments friday february 13 2009 the best and worst the lack of intent i wrote a song called had a dream i really do not like this song but many people i know many of whom i respect and who have credentials tell me it is the best song i have ever written and i have written a lot of songs but this song has had a very powerful effect on some people i ve never met it brought a feuding couple who had been separated and were going through a bitter custody battle back together again it kept a family from falling apart that is crazy i admit somewhat reluctantly that i get little personal satisfaction from knowing that it s not that i am callous but the song certainly didn t work for me in that regard of course if it had i might be miserable i do not know to what level of misery this couple returned but there are some kids alive today who would not be had i not written the song that is truly mind boggling it is interesting to note that i had no intentions toward anything at all when i wrote this song it was an assignment for the closing credits of a film i had no and still have no emotional attachment to the song though undoubtedly is extremely important on an emotional level to one family yet i struggle to make a living from songwriting so what kind of value should we place on songs and how do you know what songs might have such an impact i never would have guessed that this song could do that if other people were not independently telling me it was a great song i would certainly toss it posted by song style at 7 22 pm 2 comments sunday february 1 2009 deadlines i have been trying to figure out what to do with this blog for the last few days what do i have to say that is unique and interesting i decided not to think about that and just write songs using this blog to ask myself questions about the song like i always do usually i send myself an email with sometimes ridiculous questions like what does it mean who are you you to say that sometimes i make demands you d better change that it doesn t make sense it s too revealing and the melody is stagnant in my answers i find i can step away possibly deluding myself into thinking i am being impartial and have the capacity to advise either that or bounce ideas off my cat so i am going to use this blog to post these things as well as updates on songs in progress with links to scratch sheets notes videos and recordings of me writing maybe you won t find it interesting but i bet i will write and finish more songs posted by song style at 6 58 am no comments thursday january 29 2009 purchase college blues band the pc blues band is looking likely to be a big success i ve got to thank jim mcelwaine for my reception of his conception inception and he plays tenor too monday meetings and then we are off posted by song style at 4 26 pm 2 comments this is my first blog hooray one thing important when writing songs is clearing the decks i mean taking care of unfinished business i know this from personal experience this latest cd lovesick james having been in the can for three years was from within that can blocking songs i ll get deeper into it in further posts but the thing to know is that now that it is out i am barely able to contain the melodies posted by song style at 9 30 am 1 comment home subscribe to posts atom followers about me song style tarrytown new york i am a professor at purchase college i teach songwriting and american history and society through music the music of protest and teach guitar and voice privately view my complete profile blog archive 2009 5 march 1 two gigs in two days the shoulder feels great h february 2 january 2 thanks for listening hear me live mailing list for my band subscribe to posts atom posts all comments atom all comments other interesting blogs lyrics in songwriting blog woman walk the line lyrics in songwriting example woman walk the line music and lyrics by emmylou harris and paul kennerley i first bought the album the ballad of sally ro 16 years ago measure for measure untamed melody with words and homemade audio the songwriter documents the birth of a few melodies and hopefully a song 12 years ago links reverbnation