The latest song I just put up, called from Your Angel, is an exercise in frustration. I don't want to get into the meaning behind it, as the lyrics are very direct and obvious, however, the process of writing this took place over months. Let me explain.
This song started life in 2002. I still have the rough demo of it which is even longer than the 7 minutes and 23 seconds it is now. It did not have a bridge section that you hear after the second chorus in its demo stage. It only had one guitar track as opposed to two and it was much lighter of astyle, mainly because I didn't like my guitar sounds. And of course, I wasn't playing to a click, so the rhythm is off badly.
I took this song and thought of lyrics. The lyrics alone took a long time, as I don't fancy myself a real lyricist. I went through a few tens of drafts before settling on the ones you hear and even then, a few modifications were in order, adding a line shifting words, etc.
Christmas day, I began laying the tracks. It is [...]
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This song started life in 2002. I still have the rough demo of it which is even longer than the 7 minutes and 23 seconds it is now. It did not have a bridge section that you hear after the second chorus in its demo stage. It only had one guitar track as opposed to two and it was much lighter of astyle, mainly because I didn't like my guitar sounds. And of course, I wasn't playing to a click, so the rhythm is off badly.
I took this song and thought of lyrics. The lyrics alone took a long time, as I don't fancy myself a real lyricist. I went through a few tens of drafts before settling on the ones you hear and even then, a few modifications were in order, adding a line shifting words, etc.
Christmas day, I began laying the tracks. It is [...]