![]() ![]() Joe and I have already weathered the most uncomfortable moment in co-writing: the take-back. I had to give up the pride of thinking myself only a journalistic songwriter, in order to become a better writer overall. My songwriting style is a synthesis of my strengths and my limitations, and occasionally it behooves me to borrow from someone else’s strength, and offer a key to the locked door of someoneĮlse’s limitations. ![]() But I have pushed myself to be a co-writer more often in recent years and to force myself to forgo both the arrogance and the insecurity of ![]() The solitude and the simple satisfaction of having my own phrases laid out likeīeads on a necklace, while fine-tuning my melodies, suits me entirely. The last one standing is the first one homeĪ note: It is not in my nature to co-write I would rather go deep into the underworld alone, like Persephone looking for the pomegranate. ![]() One died by the hand of God, one by his own This is SO rough and even a little juvenile, but there’s something here to pull out I think. I am hesitating with the disclaimer I want to issue here, about how I never let anyone see my lyrics this early in the game, and how I haven’t written for a long while, so maybe it’s a little awkward and ![]()
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