Nine songs in and fully caught up. This last song, Lay Down Next To Me, is interesting — a very strange narrative. Feels like I will have to revisit this one a bit more later on. Maybe there needs to be a third verse.
I typically take a fair amount of time to let the story evolve and show itself. Working at a song a week pace does not allow for this organic development over time.
I also seem to have become fairly drawn to melody. To some degree this is due to starting with lyrics for many of these songs. I’ve more often started with a musical element, then built lyrics on top of that. This melodic approach is moving the style a bit from a genre perspective which is intriguing.
Ultimately, I recognize that the songs will evolve during rehearsals which is exciting to contemplate so no need to get too hung up at this point.
