Something you will not believe has happened. It has not been seen before and likely will not be seen again.
2 songs took shape this evening, in a little under 3 hours. Yes, that is productivity at its finest.
Song 1 is one that I am REALLY excited about. Its story is this:
A friend of mine (who will remain unnamed but you all who know who he is) has been lovingly nicknamed the "baby" (this being baby as in infant and not baby as in a pet name for a romantic interest) by two of my (also unnamed) roommates. This is a long story, and not relevant to the current story, so I will omit it. But as a joke one night when discussing songs, our "baby" friend suggested that I write a song about him in the form of a lullabye. I wasn't exactly ready to write about my actually-not-an-infant friend in terms that illustrated him as-an-actual infant, but I didn't hate the idea of writing a lullabye. So I went with it.
What it has turned to is more than I expected when I first sat down to attempt it. The lullabye is a lullabye in style towards the beginning and discusses sleep, but eventually it intensifies as the song goes on and towards the end you realize that the singer is likely singing this lullabye to a lover who has died. And even more so than that, the singer may or may not have killed said lover, and it may or may not have been an accident or on purpose.
WHOA. Yes. I went there. It's a haunting tune and I think it has a lot of dimensions and depth and I'm excited to see what people think about it. It's definitely different.
Song numero dos is the Peru Song I thought would likely materialize from Peruvian experiences. This song needs some slight revising but I think it paints a beautiful picture of our last evening in Peru and the culmination of what we were able to do throughout the week and what we were able to see the Lord working, so I'm excited to present this to people as well.
Things are coming along quite nicely! This is exciting.
KT
2010/03/21
2010/03/12
The Album Project, Episode Four
A new record was set this evening, as a new song took shape in just about 1.25 hours.
It's something that I didn't see coming, but nonetheless took shape pretty fluidly. This was exciting, and it is also exciting because I think it is a song that speaks truth and hope and those are the things that I want to be singing about.
It maybe could be interpreted as a war song, but it's not the war song as mentioned in Episode 3. That's not the main message, which I feel good about. We'll see what happens.
If you'd like an exclusive listen, a random drawing will be taken from the first 10 commenters, and the winner will have the opportunity to listen to the song live before the rest of the world. Trust me, this is an elite* privilege.
In other news, I leave the country for Peru in less than 12 hours. Thoughts and prayers are absolutely appreciated, and maybe even some well wishes that inspiration would be found? How awesome would it be to have a Peru song on the new album?
Oh yes, I get to see Amanda. I am lucky. Maybe there will be an Amanda song.
It's something that I didn't see coming, but nonetheless took shape pretty fluidly. This was exciting, and it is also exciting because I think it is a song that speaks truth and hope and those are the things that I want to be singing about.
It maybe could be interpreted as a war song, but it's not the war song as mentioned in Episode 3. That's not the main message, which I feel good about. We'll see what happens.
If you'd like an exclusive listen, a random drawing will be taken from the first 10 commenters, and the winner will have the opportunity to listen to the song live before the rest of the world. Trust me, this is an elite* privilege.
In other news, I leave the country for Peru in less than 12 hours. Thoughts and prayers are absolutely appreciated, and maybe even some well wishes that inspiration would be found? How awesome would it be to have a Peru song on the new album?
Oh yes, I get to see Amanda. I am lucky. Maybe there will be an Amanda song.
2010/03/01
The Album Project, Episode Three
This episode of The Album Project comes to you "on location."
I sit in piano practice room #3. My intention was to come to the practice rooms to practice the songs I need to prepare for my midterm in my piano class next week.
I was, however, distracted by the idea of piecing together a third song for the infamous (by this I actually mean "not famous" and not "extra famous") Album Project, which fell out of priority last week when several school projects, an illness, and fundraising stood in the way.
I have now, for you, a conundrum.
I am currently working on a piece concerning my sentiments on war. This is not a topic I particularly like to soapbox on, but will if invited, and since this is, after all, my album project, I felt that the invitation had been extended.
So "The War Song" (as it will be referred to hereafter) has been impeded in its progress by this (seemingly) simple question: A major or a minor key?
While this may seem a question that would easily be answered through the evolution of the song, it seems that the song has reached a crossroads at which I must ask your help in discerning the proper way to turn. A minor key would express the emotion I feel that most of my words are trying to convey. However, no one (really) likes to hear angry white girls sing about injustice (go figure) so for this reason, I hesitated in making the final decision. There is a major key option, which would cause the audience to focus on the message of the lyrics and be less distracted by the medium through which it was being delivered. But would the message be cheapened altogether?
Thoughts, please. I stand befuddled.
I sit in piano practice room #3. My intention was to come to the practice rooms to practice the songs I need to prepare for my midterm in my piano class next week.
I was, however, distracted by the idea of piecing together a third song for the infamous (by this I actually mean "not famous" and not "extra famous") Album Project, which fell out of priority last week when several school projects, an illness, and fundraising stood in the way.
I have now, for you, a conundrum.
I am currently working on a piece concerning my sentiments on war. This is not a topic I particularly like to soapbox on, but will if invited, and since this is, after all, my album project, I felt that the invitation had been extended.
So "The War Song" (as it will be referred to hereafter) has been impeded in its progress by this (seemingly) simple question: A major or a minor key?
While this may seem a question that would easily be answered through the evolution of the song, it seems that the song has reached a crossroads at which I must ask your help in discerning the proper way to turn. A minor key would express the emotion I feel that most of my words are trying to convey. However, no one (really) likes to hear angry white girls sing about injustice (go figure) so for this reason, I hesitated in making the final decision. There is a major key option, which would cause the audience to focus on the message of the lyrics and be less distracted by the medium through which it was being delivered. But would the message be cheapened altogether?
Thoughts, please. I stand befuddled.
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