How to Write Melodies You Love & New Video
Hi Lionheart,
I've got a VIDEO for you! Watch my studio performance recorded for NPR's Tiny Desk Contest at Danbro Studios, Brooklyn, New York City.
With:
Justin Mathews - guitar
Jay Sanford - bass
Cinque Kemp - drums
Story:
I wrote this song while staying in a Romani Gypsy caravan at the Festival de Django Reinhardt in Samois sur Seine, France, and with artists in Paris and London. The music combines crunchy, wistful, and hopeful Gypsy jazz chord voicings and progressions inspired by the music at Samois sur Seine.
The lyrics are about seeing things in new perspectives. As a musician, I'm hyper aware of what I hear. I asked my hosts how they perceive the world around them.
A mathematician said he sees geometry throughout all the rooms he enters, from the doorways to the furniture. A painter said she sees different shades of colors in blades of grass.
How do you take in the world around you, Lionheart?
PULSES
Lyrics:
VERSE 1
Looking out through lashes
And marks of their veils
Seeing only crashes
Of color so pale
PRECHORUS
Shatter horizon
Observe the sight
Come to awaken
Vision so bright
VERSE 2
Bending now through pulses
Beams play in shape
Conquering truth
But only the life they create
PRECHORUS
I cried, "I love you"
Into this light
My words burst into
Stars in the night
CHORUS
I taught my eyes to love
I gave my heart
I carried what I saw
In my arms
Watch the video by clicking here or on the image below.
NEW FREE TRAINING: HOW TO WRITE MELODIES YOU LOVE
LEARN HOW TO SING AND PLAY ANY MELODY THAT YOU HEAR.
ACCESS THIS FREE 5-MINUTE AUDIO TRAINING AND PDF TO LEARN HOW TO:
- Use numbers to break down melodies so that you have a concrete tool and systematic approach to songwriting
- Uncover patterns throughout a song so that you can see melodic motifs
- Study Lady Gaga’s ‘Million Reasons’ as an example for writing your own catchy hooks
FIND YOUR ELECTRIC VOICE. Interested in taking your singing and songwriting from the shower to the stage? Please visit setyourlifetomusic.com.
Know a female musician who'd like lessons? Find out more about referring a friend for $100 here.
As always, you can stream or buy my music on Bandcamp or listen on Spotify.