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LOL @@FosukeLordOfError

Great hookline

I really like the last line. Impressive!

yeah, its like finding the title of the book while your reading

I like title tracks, but they definitely give it more power and make the other songs sound inferior. This is why on my first two albums, the title tracks are both one-minute instrumentals that open the album and set up motifs that come later in the album, which makes them a bit redundant. They still add to the album, but this reduces their power and draws your attention more to the other tracks.

@@TheRealJoeNathan That's a great use of track/album title, too. I was gonna correct myself that it CAN make one song too important and hurt the others but I guess I was thinking of a case where that song is already the most famous/catchy one. One of my favorite albums is The Soul Cages by Sting and that's also the title of a song on it. But it's one of the less catchy songs, I kinda had to work a little and give it a few tries before I liked it. In that case it was cool that the album title was pushing me to give it another listen. It's also repeated in at least one other song on the same album and two more on a later one.

I love when that happens! Reminds me of Ceremonials by Florence and the Machine. It feels so special when the title drops during the opening track.

Selfish Machines and The Sky Under The Sea by Pierce the Veil (very close at least)

Or place familiar rhythmic figures in varied ways, starting on different beats to keep things fresh while familiar.

It's pretty much the formula for making art that is interesting but accessible. It can be applied to pretty much any aspect of creating music, stories, etc. But yeah, using it to spice up the rhythm is certainly one of my favorite applications. I tend to have a hard time getting into music that doesn't do that. It also doesn't necessarily have to be a "basic beat" vs "syncopation" thing. It's just as effective to play a syncopated rhythm by default (even if it's unusual, repitition will make it familiar), and then suddenly hit on the beat. Or even just changing the dynamics, playing a different parts of the kit, etc. Again, it's *really* general in its potential applications.

I have to agree. Wonderful timbre!

That’s the graft of lyric-writing, Charles. Yes…counting syllables is important. But not near as important as prosody. Sheila Davis has some excellent books on crafting lyrics where she explains word and syllable stress. Well worth checking out if you haven’t already!

@@mdmorris6193 I have not checked them out. Thank you for the recommendation. I hope on the first pages she tells me what prosody means

Sorry, mate. Prosody is what you alluded to in your post. It’s the pattern of stressed-unstressed syllables in the way we speak. Volcano goes “da-DUM-da” stress on middle syllable. The way Disney did it is a bit off, but not nearly the Katy Perry howler. My gold standard for prosody is how Freddie Mercury sang “Another one bites the dust”…it’s exactly as you would speak it!

@@mdmorris6193 Nice. I will strive to pay more attention to lyrics. They’re always an afterthought to me. I think actually the Disney one is VOL-ca-NO so it actually stresses both the unstressed syllables and vice versa

Yes, a Louie here, he is an excellent songwriter,and lyricist. That would be great review!🤘

Needing validation really kills your art. Don't go that way

@andrewmc147 Validation is also a tool to stay sane and on track in the world so unless I want to just float in the tranquility of detachment it is a need I have not yet found substitute for. Or maybe the inner peace is all the validation necessary and the external stimuli is just noise to be filtered out. But why then endeavour in artistic expression at all? Any suggestions?

I'll speak from my experience of this so far. But I'll start with your last question. "Why make music at all if not for validation?" Well first let's see if that's true for you. If everyone in the world died and you were the last person to exist, would you still make music? If the answer is no, then that means you are most probably just doing it for validation. If the answer is yes, then that means the motivation to make music is coming from a genuine self interest. I answered "yes", i would still make music if I was the last person on earth. I enjoy the process of it. Validation ofcourse is a vital part of human evolution and existence, but that doesn't mean it needs to be a driving factor, we have evolved past that point and can now choose wether we want to observe our need for validation and where it comes from or not. I used to have validation as my main driving factor too, and when I think back to those times I can remember how heavy it was. Wanting appreciation from other people instead of giving myself that appreciation, what a difficult place to be. We can't control wether someone appreciates our art or ever will appreciate it, but I can definitely get to the point where I value more my opinion on my art than others. This might take some questioning at first, to see why it is you need validation of others. Sit with the question and be honest with yourself. You'll soon know why and then when you know why, allow yourself to let it go and begin to give yourself that validation. Then use this approach in all other areas in your life, and your self compassion will flourish like never before :) Ofcourse, appreciation from others is always nice, but when you value your own opinion of yourself more than others, then their appreciation just becomes a nice cherry on top and not something that you need at all or find necessary for your own well-being. There is nothing dissociative about any of this, infact, this is pure objective observation and having respect for yourself by being honest with yourself:)

In the end we're all just a bundle of beliefs, and these are beliefs that we didn't even realise we took on. So yeah, if you just try to feel inner peace in order to "feel good", I'd say there's detachment there. But if inner peace comes as a by-product of being honest with your self and uncovering beliefs which drive negative emotions/behaviours then I'd say that's the opposite of detachment/disassociation

@andrewmc147 Thank you for sharing your beliefs and perspectives and with such eloquent language at that. Whilst I do believe in being something beyond the bundle of beliefs, I have not figured out how to communicate that outside of the realm of beliefs, maybe it cannot be shown but merely perceived by experience. Either way its definitely in the realm of beliefs for me at this moment ,as I write this from the perspective of within my beliefs. What did you mean by pure objective observation?

He is probably in my top 3 faves of all time.

I mean, I feel like there's not much to say about it. Once you target a strong vowel sound, you write good lyrics with that vowel sound on the end rhyme. It's not like this can possibly be a technique for writing good lyrics from the start, otherwise this would be a full songwriting course. It's just a flourish that you can keep in mind.

Do it for yourself, that’s the only way to be truly happy with your art ❤ don’t worry so much if you don’t “blow up”, this world is full of artists and not everyone gets so lucky. Just focus on why you like it and what it does for you as a person!

@@that.neurodivergent Yeah, I know, and thanks, it's just a little discouraging sometimes. It was never meant to be mainstream anyway, it's much too dark.

@@RachaelGrey totally, completely understandable! Just know that this internet stranger is rooting for your happiness 🥰

@@that.neurodivergent Aww, thank you. ❤️

@@that.neurodivergent I enjoyed your videos, why did you stop making them?

Nevermind. Was thinking literally.

Good lyric idea you have there... "Is it still dark when are fires burn?"