Songs for 2018

Well, once again, down to the wire. I won't get this one finished tonight, but at least the idea is there, and some of the melody is there. I was watching a YouTube video yesterday featuring Rachel Wooding singing "You Took My Days With You" and I was inspired by the beauty of the song, and the emotions that it brought up. How can a beautiful song do that? Reveal such powerful emotions, and bring them up from somewhere so deep inside? So, I started writing down some lyrics, in wonder at how a song can take you away from reality and transport you to such an altered state of mind. Everyday cares are gone, and it's just a feeling of beauty and absorption into that timeless beauty. Really, there are no words to describe what a song can do. It's the magical and transformative power of music. So technically, I'm cheating a bit, cause really the song is only about 50% done right now. But I know that I never give up on a song, and that I'll finish it over the ...

Yes, squeaking in at the last minute for this month, but better late than never, so they say. I was watching a video of a dancer, dancing to a song called "Mercy" by Sean Mendez, the young Canadian pop star. Not that I'm into his music. Somehow, this inspired me to sit down at the piano and start noodling around, and I came up with the chorus - never give up - and the theme of this song. It's another in my "advice to self" songs cause so many times I just want to quit playing music, and I feel like I'm stalled with my bass playing and though I know a way to get out of this slump I'm in, I haven't actually started following through with my plan. So, the song chorus: never give, gonna rise up, no never give up, gonna rise up. This song is for piano, in B minor. Never Give Up Sometimes you're falling, then you're crawling, And you don't really know where you're going to. Then you're smiling, hands high-fiving And the...