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RiKD

United States. Mar 05 2022 16:02. Posts 8856

Everything I say has been said before.

I am wrestling with how to write a song. The first song I wrote I wrote the guitar part first and then just mostly improvised the melody. It was a fun little song but I set it aside in the archives. I learned that the "correct" way to write a song is to lay down the beat first, then chords (guitars, piano, whatever), and then the vocals. This makes sense to me but it can't be the only way. Townes Van Zandt many times wrote the vocals before laying down the guitar. SIA doesn't write anything. She just improvises the melodies that eventually become a song accompanied by a piano. I wrote a song the other day that was basically poetry but I don't really know how to then go back and make it musical with a guitar or add a beat with a MIDI controller. It's still very much early stages and I just turned 38. It's fun though. Something to do. Better than waiting to die (Van Zandt). See, I told you everything I say has been said already.

I think if I study Van Zandt and Bob Dylan that is all the education I need for writing songs. The funny thing is I think my voice is suited for country better than any other genre but I feel like an outsider and I fight it. It's not as sexy as singing a falsetto or yelling. I can appreciate the production of a deadmau5 or NIN but I am not a classically trained pianist... So, I love the production of some of these people in Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) but there is something to writing a song and playing an acoustic guitar. I get intimidated by some of the Texas drawl and sensibilities. Basically, I have to find my voice. Although, Jason Molina did just fine and is from the same place I am from. I don't want to copy Trent Reznor, or Thome Yorke, or Leadbelly, or Robert Johnson, or Townes Van Zandt. I just want to create what is in my heart and archive it as basically journal entries.

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captainhook Canada. Mar 06 2022 01:06. Posts 466

This song you wrote. Can we hear it?

RiKD

United States. Mar 06 2022 05:03. Posts 8856

[No. The songs stay in the archives.]

Birthdays are interesting. I always try to keep it low profile. They wrote my birthday on the wall at work. I suppose it is nice to receive genuine happy birthday wishes. It's a bit strange though because I would prefer to have never been born. I don't actually tell anyone this but it's the truth. This does not mean I want to kill myself. In this moment I have no desire to kill myself but I would prefer to have never been born. So, it's tough getting excited for my birthday. In the past, I would get blasted with drugs and alcohol and that could be a fun time until it's not. I ran into a friend the other day that relapsed and he was telling me about it. The story was actually hilarious even though he probably should have ended up in prison or even dead. I'm at a point today where a part of me says why not get blasted like the old times. Although, I've come this far why would I want to revert back to that insanity?

It just seems to make more sense to not get blasted. My abusing substances was equivalent to being a sad clown until it got worse and became tragic.

This is not where I saw myself at 38 but I don't really think I ever thought about being 38 in my 20s or even my early 30s. I'm a rollin' stone. I'm a ramblin' man. Thrown towards death as fast as He can. Is it nothing? Is it something? When I thought I was in hell I didn't see myself here. Things can move much faster. Much, much faster or much, much slower in hell. 10 days could seem like an eternity or my life could flash before my eyes in a matter of seconds. I thought I had died and maybe I did. It's good to be out of there. Much better here than there. I am here now.

hiems United States. Mar 07 2022 21:16. Posts 2979

Very profound stuff

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RiKD

United States. Mar 09 2022 06:30. Posts 8856

If you want profound go read Aristotle or something.

I'm just an addict frantically trying to find things to do so I don't hear the clocks dreadful tick tocks and I get a glimpse of the grim reaper outside my door.