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My apologies if that's what I said. I got what I bought and I don't need to pay anything now but they have since then released new models that are much better and if I want one of those, I'm fucked (so, it's not happening). Agreed though, what you describe should be illegal.
Ah, I misunderstood what you originally said. The original voice models are still paid for in full (that is if you paid for them before the subscription pricing), but the newer, more improved models are what's locked behind that paywall. It sucks, but that's a fair way to switch to subscription pricing. Lenberg did similar with Auxy Studio - allowed users who paid for original packs to keep said packs, but switched to subscription pricing for further packs and functionality.
Then again, I never was interested in Auxy Studio before it went subscription, but it's such a great app that I use regularly (albeit for marking down chords and demo ideas for song instrumentals these days rather than full on instrumental productions like I did throughout late last year). Now if only Lenberg would allow for easier sample import and file management within Auxy Studio so I can import my own drum samples and shit.
That said, I'm still a little irate about Flip-A-Clip flipping the pricing script. (Oh gosh that rhymed a little too well, lol.)
Youtube recommended me a "Alive" by Sia in my feed. I haven't listened to Sia in about 5 years (not since that awful movie she made that misrepresented Autism), and my jaw dropped. I listened to a couple other songs of hers, and while yes, Sia can't write an Autistic character to save her soul, her songwriting skills are fucking phenomenal! And her singing voice is from a different planet entirely. 🤯 I think before I try writing Prog songs, I'll keep it more simple and study Sia's lyrics first as I continue to read my books on songwriting. I'm about to mark down my first song ideas in my notebook.
Writing around your music helps lock the melody and cadence in a lot of times, which helps to direct lyrics. Sometimes I’ll write lyrics down and have them as a tune in my head, but as soon as I try to put the words in a 4/4 time (or 6/8 or whatever it is) it just sounds awkward. A beat, chords, and melody are what differentiate a song with lyrics from poetry.
What I usually do if I have some lines written out is pull out my instrument of choice (mine is guitar or ukulele), tap my foot to the tempo in my head, and strum some chords while playing with where the lyrics start. Sometimes it’s chords in a structure I’ve been playing around with, sometimes they’re pulled from whatever key fits the vibe, other times I’ll use chords from a song I like. Then it becomes a little minigame of humming a melody, strumming a few chords, finding a beat, and fitting the lyrics to it. It’s definitely iterative, and usually takes a few sessions. Sometimes though everything comes together really smoothly and that’s usually an indicator you’ve got something really good.
Typically that happens when I’ve had a few disparate ideas bouncing around my head and notebook. Going back to my favorite song I’ve written, the verse was scribbled down in a notebook next to a few equations while I was doing some homework, the chorus was a couple lines written on the back page of that notebook, and I was trying to write a song that used the same exact chords for the verse and the chorus. I was practicing the chords and putting them loosely to the rhythm of Everlong by Foo Fighters. I looked up a video where he talked about how he wrote Everlong (linked below), that he looks at the guitar as a drum set, and how the emotions come from a real place. Then all the pieces I’d been working on - the two sets of lyrics, the “same chord” challenge I’d been working on, the Everlong style beat - all kind of fell into place. It was a Eureka moment and I still remember procrastinating engineering homework to write it lol
“That’s what songs should be. They should be something that not only the tone, or the melody, or the dynamic of the instrumental but also the lyrics match in a way that it represents how you feel at that moment.” - Dave Grohl
@FizzyLizzy27 For me, I plan to mark down some song ideas first and foremost and perhaps "blueprint" them as suggested by the SongTown podcast.
This is different from the actual writing of lyrics. Then I'll probably create a song instrumental in Auxy Studio to fit the theme of the song (which will include chords, main vocal reference melody, beat, etc). Then I'll write the lyrics using the instrumental I'll produce as a guide, and then mute the melodic vocal line before importing the unmastered instrumental into Cubasis to record and process vocals.
(And yes, I do plan to return to Auxy Studio! I produced some of my best song instrumentals from last year in that app.)
Also, I watched a video by Evan Carmichael about writing songs like Sia. To say it was a colossal waste of time is a complete understatement. Pardon some of my language in this songwriting journal entry. 🫣
Edit - Avoid Evan Carmichael's channel. 😂
Okay, and finally I concocted my step-by-step songwriting method as of right now. This may change in the future, but I think I got a good order of how to go about things...
Love sia as a songwriter. When asked to name a song where I could identify the universal emotion of the song in the writing better lyrics workbook the first one that sprang to mind was chandelier (together with 'wonderfull world' by Louis armstrong, 'perfect day' by lou reed and 'the love your given' by jack garett).
I love those three songs too! So well crafted. Especially Susan Boyle's take on Lou Reed's "Perfect Day", good god that woman has the voice of an angel! 🤯
I'll definitely be reading through Pat Pattison's books first (despite them possibly being derivatives of Sheila Davis' tome on the topic of songwriting).
I came up with a song idea and blueprinted it out. The details of the song idea themselves are private for now (but I can always send a DM to you, just let me know), but the demo song instrumental is attached below. It's just a verse, prechorus, and chorus. The title is "Hurt Me No More".
She does have a lovely voice
I like the bbc's children in need version too even though it is campy. But in the end lou reed's version is the best in emotional storytelling and resonates the most with me. He lives and understands the words he sang and it shows. A great inversion of this Is Johnny Cash singing Trent Reznor's 'hurt'
Great analysis of perfect day:
there's something sweet here, that both of these examples involve "extreme" outsider issues (i.e. compulsively cutting yourself / being addicted to injecting heroin) and yet the emotional core in both cases is universally human and can be sung by wise old men or innocent children.
there's something to be said for approaching the universal through niche specifics.
I> @colonel_mustard said:
That is a beautifull dissection of both performances. I do want to note that Lou reed has on many occasions that the song is not about about his heroin addiction.
I think that feeling happy or realising your happy is something that does not come easy/naturally to (some) people although from personal experience I do have to say that this ever present discomfort does find its easiest escape in substance usage so it is no wonder that some with the experiences Lou Reed has had taps into those emotion so effectively when writing.
Lovely production! Has a certain early 2000's meets modern French pop sound. Would love to hear/read what you have got when you feel the time is ready. Feel free to dm anytime
ack. i've had that one wrong since trainspotting came out (30 years ago!) - it was so credible. my apologies. the word of the day is "specious".
yes, i've done my time too (although i wasn't a fan of pills and powders). fun while it lasted but i grew bored/tired. we all need to get out of our heads, is the thing. there are many ways to do that, from playing liszt at a concert grand, to riding a tube on the north shore, to making babies with a beautiful person.
some time ago, i heard a podcast (radiolab) argue that the human brain can only process so much information, so during certain activities, it no longer has the bandwidth to process "self" - which is when you lose yourself in something. it seems to be connected with hyperfocus and the flow state but i'm venturing off the garden path here.
lou writes a cracking song. i'm off to listen to the velvets' 1969 album
Great post. Long live human writing!
Thanks for sharing that beautiful post full of insights and experiences. That post is almost a song by itself. I hope you don't mind but it got my inspired for a quick writing session
Out of My Head
I've done my fair share
Just not pills and powder
It was fun while it lasted
But then I grew tired
We all want to get out of our heads
That's the thing
Went from playing Liszt
And going on tours
To riding the tube
To score on the North Shore
We all want to get out of our heads
That's the thing
Now I'm making a baby
With a beautiful lady
And it's better than before
X2
I've heard in a podcast
Not that long ago
That things happen fast
But our brains work too slow
Guess we all want to get out of our heads
That's the thing
'Cause the sense that we have
Of the self doesn't last
If we're losing ourselves
Or we're stuck in the past
God, I need to get out of my head
That's the thing
'Cause I'm making a baby
With a beautiful lady
And it's better than before
X2
Yeah I'm making a baby
With a beautiful lady
And i'm glad I got out of my head
Hear, hear!
haha, that's an aspirational habit that you have there @Butterfrog
lyrics >>> forum posts
the inspiration that's stuck in my craw is a half-remembered and possibly confabulated story about glen campbell's dementia - that his wife played him wichita lineman in his last days and he didn't recognise it (but he told her it was a nice song).
i'll let this one stew for a while, though (it's all tangled up with some other stuff).
Hehe, you gotta train if you want to develop something. Besides:
Every consciousness is the universe experiencing itself for the first time. So seeing, hearing or reading another's personal experiences of the shared universe makes my personal one a bit bigger and richer
yes.
satori!
@Butterfrog I'll definitely check out that video.
I love song breakdown videos as they help me understand my own songwriting craft better. 
I'm definitely going for some sort of Pop/HipHop here with this instrumental. I'll explain more in the DM I'll eventually send. ❤️ Also, nice writing sesh!
@colonel_mustard "From Play Liszt at a Concert Grand" you say? 😂
Anyways, fascinating take on things mate.
Beautiful insightful post as Butterfrog said. Satori.
Cheers mate. 🍻 While a small fraction of our group (outside of this thread that is) have fallen down the AI rabbit hole, nothing beats lyrics written from the collective human experience. Whether that's writing from one's own experience, or as Jeff Tweedy suggested, "don't be yourself". I'm sure sitting around on one's arse writing music all day wouldn't make for an entirely exciting and marketable song. 😂 (Then again, my aim for songwriting is to express myself creatively first and foremost. I'll probably search out a publishing deal a couple years down the line once I "get good" at it.)
is that documentary footage of one of your piano gigs @jwmmakerofmusic?
(this film creeped me out in the cinema)
honestly, daffy looks like he's thinking about his technical playing, so not quite flow state imo.
I wish! 😂 My piano gigs aren't nearly as exciting.
Judge Doom...enough said. 🫣😂
Nope, because Donald keeps distracting the poor bastard. 🤣
Funny you should mention him. I also used his 'interview exercise' as a base for writing the little song based on @colonel_mustard post. I actually use it a lot to help people getting started with their song. Very good one and for me that excercise was it's return of investment in the book.
Quite fascinating stuff indeed.
I'll have to reread Jeff's book at a later date. Of course I'm onto Pat Pattison's "Writing Better Lyrics" book.