This is officially my 1'st post, on the 1'st of spring/08 .
I never thought I had the knack of turning my thoughts into words.
Writing lyrics was something that only " truly magically blessed people"
had the ability to do. In a future post I'll tell you how I made the miraculous
shift from being a "composer of instrumentals" to becoming a "songwriter".
This blog is intended to share with you, the manner in which I create my songs.
Each song has its' own identity, its' own style , its' own purpose -just as
people of same family have their own identity.
Listen to a recording of the first song I ever wrote... "The Poet". It was written
many years ago.... pre-internet. At that time my compositions were entirely
instrumental.
The more I write, the more I realize that each of my songs is created/formed in its'
own unique way as well. Many writers use a formula that works for them,
in their quest to pen that ever elusive "hit", but ,fortunately,as yet I have
not found one, and that ,I think, helps me keep the "art" in the craft of songwriting.
"The Poet" was my first attempt to write a tune that would hopefully
have an appeal to the general public. It was written as a piano solo
originally and then fleshed it out with a bass player and drummer, then
adding a string orchestra in the middle section.
Speaking of a string orchestra... I could only afford to hire a string quartet
for this recording, but I had them play their parts several times while the engineer
recorded each take. At the end we combined all the recorded tracks together and the
result was a full scale symphonic orchestra...the magic over dubbing!
Anyways this song was released in the 90's and there is a radio station
in Tillsonburg, a little town S-W Ontario, Canada, that has been playing it for
about dozen years. (keep those royalty checks coming in )
If you're wondering about the inspiration for The Poet... there was none.
It is just pure music for musics' sake. The title? even better... I just made it up
...sounded catchy...seemed to fit.
Wait 'till you hear some of the titles I made
up for some of my other instrumentals... "fresh", "blue conXion"
(by the way,my doctor said I spelled conXion wrong).
I think we should return to the days when composers just dedicated their
compositions to someone and gave it a number.... done...finished...now let me
write another tune, instead of agonizing over what to call the baby.
Beethoven's Piano Sonata # 9,Opus 14, No. 1 in E major,
Dedicated to Baroness Von Broun
This way we also wouldn't have the confusion of songs that bear
the same name, but were written by different composers...just a side thought.
I plan to post once/twice a month.
I won't fool myself into thinking that I can put up posts
at a higher rate... I've got a lot of musical irons in the fire ,
so my posting will be economical and informative for all.
Please have a listen to "The Poet" on my PROFILE page,
and tell me what you think.
If you want the piano sheet music, or a copy of the recording,
you can e-mail me for details on how to get it.
Enjoy
Kory
I never thought I had the knack of turning my thoughts into words.
Writing lyrics was something that only " truly magically blessed people"
had the ability to do. In a future post I'll tell you how I made the miraculous
shift from being a "composer of instrumentals" to becoming a "songwriter".
This blog is intended to share with you, the manner in which I create my songs.
Each song has its' own identity, its' own style , its' own purpose -just as
people of same family have their own identity.
Listen to a recording of the first song I ever wrote... "The Poet". It was written
many years ago.... pre-internet. At that time my compositions were entirely
instrumental.
The more I write, the more I realize that each of my songs is created/formed in its'
own unique way as well. Many writers use a formula that works for them,
in their quest to pen that ever elusive "hit", but ,fortunately,as yet I have
not found one, and that ,I think, helps me keep the "art" in the craft of songwriting.
"The Poet" was my first attempt to write a tune that would hopefully
have an appeal to the general public. It was written as a piano solo
originally and then fleshed it out with a bass player and drummer, then
adding a string orchestra in the middle section.
Speaking of a string orchestra... I could only afford to hire a string quartet
for this recording, but I had them play their parts several times while the engineer
recorded each take. At the end we combined all the recorded tracks together and the
result was a full scale symphonic orchestra...the magic over dubbing!
Anyways this song was released in the 90's and there is a radio station
in Tillsonburg, a little town S-W Ontario, Canada, that has been playing it for
about dozen years. (keep those royalty checks coming in )
If you're wondering about the inspiration for The Poet... there was none.
It is just pure music for musics' sake. The title? even better... I just made it up
...sounded catchy...seemed to fit.
Wait 'till you hear some of the titles I made
up for some of my other instrumentals... "fresh", "blue conXion"
(by the way,my doctor said I spelled conXion wrong).
I think we should return to the days when composers just dedicated their
compositions to someone and gave it a number.... done...finished...now let me
write another tune, instead of agonizing over what to call the baby.
Beethoven's Piano Sonata # 9,Opus 14, No. 1 in E major,
Dedicated to Baroness Von Broun
This way we also wouldn't have the confusion of songs that bear
the same name, but were written by different composers...just a side thought.
I plan to post once/twice a month.
I won't fool myself into thinking that I can put up posts
at a higher rate... I've got a lot of musical irons in the fire ,
so my posting will be economical and informative for all.
Please have a listen to "The Poet" on my PROFILE page,
and tell me what you think.
If you want the piano sheet music, or a copy of the recording,
you can e-mail me for details on how to get it.
Enjoy
Kory
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cool Kory.
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