Progress

As I mentioned in my previous post, I am participating in FAWM this year in an effort to do some musical stretching and get the creative gears moving.  Disciplined songwriting has not been habitual for me for many years, so now is the time to develop that habit.  For me, the musical component comes with little effort; that’s not to say that everything that rolls through my head is great–or even good, but I don’t have to strain to find it.  In fact, it’s usually the other way around, with it chasing me, not letting me be in peace, demanding my attention, which is a major driver behind this effort.

So, I acquiese.

The part that does not come as easily is lyrics, which tend to come after the structure of the song.  As I post new tunes to FAWM, most of them will only have titles for the time being as I develop the lyrics around the song that has rolled off the conveyer belt.  For each song, I have charted and structured on paper, and even laid down scratch tracks to hear with my ears what I have been hearing in my head. 

Once all of these parts come together–song, lyric and demo–I will post them and let you all know.  As week 2 of FAWM begins, I have song #5 that will be posted shortly.  Overall, things have started out nicely, but there is a lot of work left to be done.  In addition to creating music, building and maintaining the internet outlets is coming along as well.  All of this is both old and familiar, and at the same time new and somewhat unfamiliar, presenting opportunity to learn and share.  This is what it’s all about–if not, it’s not worth doing.