Originally Posted By: BabuMusic
Man, those synthesized vocals sound so GOOD. I like the contrapuntal melodies. What an accomplished job of flailing aimlessly for the lyrics, David.

Hi, Marty.

Thanks! Writing software (my profession) has been described as "nailing jelly to a tree", and songwriting sometimes feels like that. Putting lyric writing at the end of the process has advantages, but that's typically how it's best done.

Jimmy Webb has a songwriting process where he starts out with the lyrics. He first writes a "letter" or a draft of what he wants the song to say. Then he writes the song, and sets it to music.

On the other hand, Billy Joel says that for him, the music always comes first, with the exception of "We Didn't Start The Fire".

So... different strokes for different folks.

But I think the lyrics first approach will generally yield a more cohesive and strong story.

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Very cool. Nice sales-pitch. Very good song!


I'm glad you liked it! laugh

-- David Cuny
My virtual singer development blog

Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?