There are at least 13 different kinds of love song. How many have you written? Writing love songs has been a staple of songwriters throughout history, dating back at least 1,000 years to the troubadours and trobairitz (female troubadours). So, if you think it is something new , then think twice and maybe do some…
http://lyricworkroom.com/wp-content/uploads/Fawm-2018_mixdown.mp3 Hiya, Nick here. It’s February, Album Writing Month (FAWM for short) once again. In this quick episode I’ll give a quick overview of FAWM. The goal of the FAWM challenge is to write 14 new songs in 28 days. That’s one new song about every two days. Are you up for it? If so…
http://lyricworkroom.com/wp-content/uploads/This-Ones-For-the-Slackers_02.mp3 Intro (Verse progression and melody, guitar only) Verse One Clutter in the closet and under the bed —this one’s for the slackers.Cheat day every day. I’ll start tomorrow.This one’s for the slackers. Chorus I’ve always founda way to skin my kneeson even groundwhere others seem to walk easily Verse Two Disappointed looks from the…
http://www.nicholastozier.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/One-More-Summer-Like-That.m4a Verse One Read all day in the shade of the weeping willow;skin your knees on the bark of the apple tree.Run to the swingwhere your bare feet wore the grass away I want to have just one more summer like that! Verse Two Lakeside: sunbeams squirming on thewater’s edge, the dock’s legs peeling red.Rush…
If you’ve never tried February Album Writing Month (FAWM), I encourage you to try it this year. FAWM is a free online songwriting workshop with a spirited, supportive community. The goal is to write 14 songs during the 28 days of February. Writing one song every two days is faster than most non-professional songwriters compose,…
This afternoon I thumped down a notebook and my dog-eared copy of Minot’s Three Genres: The Writing of Fiction/Literary Nonfiction, Poetry, and Drama on the kitchen table. My intention was to read a few poems three times each: Once for fun; a second time, to mark up the poem’s structure and the techniques used; then…
The Book of Forms: a Handbook of Poetics has been a constant in my life ever since its third edition, when I was a teenager in love for the first time. This new edition caught me by surprise – by the time I heard about The Book of Forms Fifth Edition, it was already on bookstore…
Nick @ LWW · Down of a Thistle I’ve always loved the snow, so here’s a cozy two-minute song about a snowstorm. The post Instrumental: Mulled Cider appeared first on The Lyric Writer's Workroom.
