SAC song writing challenge #3
In this challenge we had to collaborate with another person who is part of this song writing group. I responded to the call of Jennifer Noble who lives in my city.
We spoke by phone and she indicated that she had the word "rattle snake" rolling around in her brain and thought it might be nice to work with it.
I went down to her home. We started with a cup of tea and a nice chat. Then we got to work. We determined that we wanted our character to refer to him or her self as "rattle snake" because of a tatoo they had gotten.
We discussed stories of people who seemed touch on the outside but inside were softies.
At first we thought our character would be an 18 year old male motor cycle rider who is trying to persuade a new girl of his approximate age to come for a ride with him.
To get our thoughts out we did a letter writing exercise. Each of us separately wrote a letter from the boy to the girl. Then Jennifer and I read the letter to each other and extracted the interesting phrases. Eventually we decided to turn it around and make it the girl who is the biker trying to persuade a new boy in town to ride with her.
I normally would have sung on the recording with Jennifer, but I had to go out of town on the Saturday that the recording studio was booked, so Jennifer is doing it solo. I know she will do a good job.
Thursday 21 July 2016
Saturday 16 July 2016
SAC Song Writing Challenge #2
WRITE
A STORY IN A SONG
This
song I recorded while camping using only the build-in microphone of my lap
top. I apologize if there are background
noises.
I
have only ever written one story song before so I found this to be a challenge
I enjoyed. I think most of our
songwriting is egocentric, viewing life through our own eyes, so to write a
story song is to see life through someone else’s eyes.
First
I came up with the story. They are
fictional characters based on various couples I have known during my life
time. After I had the main themes for
the first verse, second verse and bridge in my mind, I set to work getting the
first verse done. Then I mapped out the
syllables and circled the syllables which rhymed so that I could repeat the
process in verse 2. I had already
written the chorus before I even started verse 1.
Then
I made chord charts for each bar of music and began writing the lyrics below
and the chords above the proper beats.
Lastly
I started recording. I had to do it a
few times as there were some really loud noises in this camp ground.
Hope
you enjoy.
Do you Miss Me?
Copyright 2016 Words and Music by Patricia Loranger
They
met on the fourth of July,
He
with his muscles and her big blue eyes,
Love
at first sight, talked into the night,
Shared
dreams and values and hopes for their lives.
He
said, “Maybe we shouldn’t get involved,
I
leave in the morning with my platoon squad”.
She
said, “I feel this thing has already evolved,
I’ve
found a friend in you.”
He
said, “Write me”. She said, “Nightly.”
And
every letter they ended like this,
Chorus:
“Do
you miss me?
Do
you miss me?
Do
you miss me, like I miss you?”
His
tour complete he came home,
Snatched
up that woman and made her his own.
They
both got jobs, a cat and two dogs,
A
mortgage, three kids and two cars in garage.
There
was house work and home work and meals,
Pressures
at work, a real balance wheel.
Building
their kingdom, building their kids,
Something
got left behind,
She
said, “It’s gone.” He said, “What’s
wrong?”
“I
don’t feel, we’re friends anymore,”
Chorus:
Bridge:
He
put down his paper, looked into her eyes,
Said
I’ve been feeling this way for a while,
Tell
me your pet peeves and I’ll tell you mine,
Let’s
rebuild our friendship, while there’s still time.
Chorus:
https://soundcloud.com/user-329357000/do-you-miss-me-sac-challenge-2
Saturday 9 July 2016
Song Challenge #1
Song Challenge #1 Blog
When I opened the email containing the challenge, it wasn't anything like I imagined. We all start out learning 3 chords, so to be limited to only 2 chords was something I had never done before.
Many years ago when I was trying to learn bar chords, I would try and give up, try again and give up. I made excuses that I couldn't do it because my fingers were too short etc. Then one day, I began to say to myself, "If anyone can do this, I can do this". From that time on, I began to be successful.
When I read the song writing challenge, The words, "I can do this" came to my mind and I just spontaneously began singing chorus.
When I sat down with my guitar, I was surprised that I was actually singing in A minor and the E minor chord just happened to fit with it.
The inspiration for the verses came from my helping my son with his math homework.
Here is the link.
https://soundcloud.com/user-329357000/i-can-do-this-sac-challenge-1
When I opened the email containing the challenge, it wasn't anything like I imagined. We all start out learning 3 chords, so to be limited to only 2 chords was something I had never done before.
Many years ago when I was trying to learn bar chords, I would try and give up, try again and give up. I made excuses that I couldn't do it because my fingers were too short etc. Then one day, I began to say to myself, "If anyone can do this, I can do this". From that time on, I began to be successful.
When I read the song writing challenge, The words, "I can do this" came to my mind and I just spontaneously began singing chorus.
When I sat down with my guitar, I was surprised that I was actually singing in A minor and the E minor chord just happened to fit with it.
The inspiration for the verses came from my helping my son with his math homework.
Here is the link.
https://soundcloud.com/user-329357000/i-can-do-this-sac-challenge-1
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