TERM 1 - Having new ideas.

 Over the past week I looked into three of my favourite songs at the moment (You Only Live Once - The Strokes, Subterranean Homesick Alien - Radiohead, Brain Damage - Pink Floyd) and what chords they use. The similarity I found between the three songs was that they all used mostly sharp chords and 4th, 6th or 7th chords. So I wanted to try and write a song using more of these kind of chords.

On Monday (12th of October), I was having a rough day, however this song idea fell out of me.

Sitting in front of a keyboard in a little rehearsal room at BYC (Brighton Youth Club) I was playing the song You Only Live Once by The Strokes - I have been listening to this song a lot lately. I played a random chord (G#maj7) and it sounded really nice so I wrote it down and from there a whole chord progression started to come together. I wrote out what I thought the different sections might be and jammed them separately, whilst humming melodies over the top. I spent a whole hour playing through the idea and I really liked it. 

In the chorus of  'You Only Live Once' by The Strokes, the chords go up progressively, except for the last one, it goes down. So, in my song instead of the last chord going down, it carries on going up. I didn't even realise this similarity until later on when I was looking for what might have influenced my ideas. There are also two chords that both songs have in common, F# and D#minor.

I usually start with lyrics, but this song started completely differently. I had the melodies and the chords but I've found writing the lyrics to this one very difficult, however I wrote out ideas several times and have got basic lyric ideas for a verse, pre chorus and chorus (still subject to change). 

Yesterday, I also came up with the different instrumental parts I would like to have in my song. I am not sure if these will be included in my demo recording, however I am planning to bring this idea to the house band next Tuesday and if it goes well I will use a recording of my performance as my demo track.

I am including pictures of the scratch lyrics in my notebook. On the left is my first draft of me writing out the chords and sections, and on the right are my first attempt at lyrics.

      

Here is some more ideas for the lyrics: