Every Love Song, Original Music

Every Love Song Is About You — Part IV

This article is part of a series about my songwriting process in writing a song called “Every Love Song.” Part I is here. 01/19/2015 Today, I worked about 5 hours on the lyrics. I threw out almost everything I’d had earlier except the chorus but kept many of the ideas. Having the song more arranged

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Every Love Song, Original Music

Every Love Song Is About You — Part III

This article is part of a series about my songwriting process in writing a song called “Every Love Song.” See Part I and Part II here, and Part IV, here. After relishing the Seahawk victory, having dinner with my son, working out, doing some work and other everyday stuff, I headed back over to the

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Every Love Song, Original Music

Every Love Song Is About You — Part II

This article is part of a series about my songwriting process in writing a song called “Every Love Song.” See Part I here and Part III here. Struggling with a line So, I’d been struggling with this line in the song. The idea is that I see different expressions of love and every time I

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Every Love Song, Original Music

Every Love Song Is About You — See The Songwriting Process

So, I had this idea. I would chronicle the process of writing a song. Lyrics, music, recording — everything. Every hour, I’ll stop and take notes, maybe some pics and fill you in on what’s going on. It will be an inside view of how it’s done (or how I do it, anyway). The Genesis

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Covers

Take On Me

How fun! Take On Me was a #1 hit for a-ha back in the mid ’80s. With a beyond-catchy synthesizer hook, drum machine background, peppy beat and incredible soaring vocals, it was a ear-worm of epic proportions. It’s got a 2 1/2 octave vocal range — much greater than that of most pop songs. So,

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