Somehow, War-N and I managed to get two songs into a solid, lovely structure on Saturday from the hours of 5 to 11 PM! They were both such magickal, complete songs and I feel very emotional when we listen to them. I truly feel we had a magick going on Saturday that we took full advantage of, in a nice way. We wrote totally together. It was so wonderful! I can’t even begin to describe it, really.
Then, tonight, Sunday evening, we tried to work on another song. We were both not at our best, as War-N hadn’t slept well the night prior, nor had I. But, we pressed on to see what sparked. I wrote lyrics as I listened to what War-N wanted to play for me. He had written music to a short story I had written based on a bit of poetry I wrote. I know… a tiny bit confusing, but this is how we’re working right now. It goes something like this:
- I write a story based on nothing in particular. We then continue writing music to said story.
- or, I write a story based on older lyrics that I want to try and revive. War-N tries to write music to that story.
- or, we just sit down and write together in the moment.
- Finally, we have the option of listening to a little bit of music War-N has written, I write a story on the fly, then we proceed with everything from there.
So far, the latter seems to work quite well. I like the purity of the energy that forms when we just sit and write together. No pre-conceived ideas or distractions. However, tonight we chose option 2 and it failed rather miserably, in my eyes (and ears!). War-N’s music was so good and my lyrics were just so stupid and “sing-songy”. YUCK! We both decided a while back “If it ain’t awesome, toss ‘em!”, so that’s what we did. Those lyrics are toast, baby! They just couldn’t stand up to what we had done on Saturday at all. They were like a sad little wet noodle trying to stand up in a high wind. Not gonna happen!
So, we’ll spend some time away from that song and go on to other things that need to be written and recorded. I guess it was a bit greedy of me to want three great songs in two days… less than 48 hours, no less!
A bit of rest and then back to work!
Much Love
cb
It’s quite interesting. On certain days I’ll think “Well, I miss Indigo today, so I’ll write something to do with her.” and the story just comes so naturally. I’m really loving it! I often get so busy with tons of projects (as a LOT of you out there know!), and while I do have more than the novel/story going on right now, I feel I’m so involved, yet separated, with this idea. It comes back to me whenever I need it and doesn’t go away if I can’t get to it at the time. Not much else like that happens to me. Sure, I get ideas for pictures, videos, short films and music, but it often goes away as quickly as it came. Not with Indigo. There’s something magick in this new world for me. I can’t wait to see how it unfolds!