"Earth Without The Moon"

[progdirjim(Admin)]

Originally posted by kirk
i'm not sure if i posted this, but i meant to.
jim- good lyrics!
for communication sake, what singer influences you
as you're writing ?
the more all involved can get a picture of your thought
processes, the easier it is.

thanks. I don't think of one specific singer, usually. It depends on the lyric. I often start with one key line that usually just pops into my head. I use that as a starting rhythmic/cadence point. Sometimes, the cadence reminds me of a specific song, when that happens, I'll basically write the lyrics to fit that melody. (Happened once with Gabriel's "Come Talk to Me")

Lyric writing for me runs hot and cold - when it flows, I can crank out a fair amount of decent lyric pretty fast. When it's off, it's hard to force it.

from experience, it's very difficult to start w/ a lyric,
unless it's an accapela section that establishes
the melody.
otherwise, you're going to need a click track, or a basic
beat w/o fills and cyms to establish tempo.
after finding the tempo, maybe roger can do a
single note piano line to establish placement & melody
of the lyric as he hears it....?
the tune builds around it, then it's replaced at the end
w/ the vocal.

k

I agree that it's hard to start with lyrics, though that's how Rush does it! It's actually easier to write lyrics if I have a melody or basic rhythm, as it constrains the "space" I have to write in. But sometimes, the words seem to flow of their own accord (those Earth w/o Moon verses were like that) before the music is there - and I enjoy the process too much to turn it off and wait for the music right now, I'm not hanging out with a lot of musicians, so most of my writing takes place in a vacuum...

click tracks or piano lines welcome for either project...