from poetry to music
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2:41 p.m.Jade wrote:
> Hey :) This is my first time on friendster, its actually
> pretty kewl, and definately unique.... anyway, your
> profile caught my eye bc like you im ecletic as well, i
> love ALL types on music. I was hoping you could share
> some knowledge ab songwriting with me. I'm a singer
> and im trying to turn my poetry into songs.... i have no
> clue how to do this! Any suggestions? -jade
hey jade!
it's definitely cool to hear from you. i'm loving this thing, too. it's pretty addicting. but my expertise isn't really all that great in songwriting. i do it, because i love it. and i do it because it's a great way to express emotions, and i can be pretty emotional sometimes. hehe. anyway, i just like to experiment.
i've written one song that was from a poem of mine. and i've used parts of some other poems that i've written in parts of other songs.
what i usually do is start out by writing the music. i'd mess around on the guitar until i come up with something i like. and sometimes, the lyrics will follow. (i'll roughly make something up so that i can sing something along with the tune.) and if one of my poems will fit, then i'll "borrow" from it to form lyrics. what i did with that one song was borrow the poem for the verses. but i had to re-write a lot of it. the rhythm of my original poem didn't match the song. but, it's basically the same. i also had to create a chorus for it. the end result became something completely different than the poem. so the two became their own entities.
i still like that song, because the form is different. it still has that prose quality, but adjusted to be sung with what i wrote on the guitar.
i hope that helps. no one ever really asks me about my music too much. i never realized how much i've learned or how much i love it until i actually talked about it. thank you so much for helping me realize that!
we should add each other as friends. i'd like to continue this conversation. my email address is [email protected], if you choose to add me! take care, and good luck!
anthony
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