July: On and On and On It Goes
I've written another song with the same title! That was a very different song, however. Squeaking in under the wire again. Thank goodness for my little black book of lyrics I write at odd moments. This song is based on the interesting sound of a major/minor 7th chord. The notes, in this case are (from left to right) LH: C Bb RH: C Eb G B. It's a very distinctive sounding chord, and when I was working through "Jazzology" I played it, and thought it was a strange, but very captivating and atmospheric sound. So, today when I knew I had to write a song TODAY, cause it's the end of July already, I found some lyrics in my trusty notebook, written when I was walking along the Avon River in Stratford. I was watching couples walking along, holding hands, and the lyrics started coming. The song is based on these original thoughts, but has morphed and changed, as these things do. In fact, as of this writing, they're still morphing and changing, I started noodling a...