Sometimes I don’t know why I make things so complicated.
Right now I’m studying the songs of Rivers Cuomo which while inspiring in a composition sense, are also mind blowing on the back end. It’s written somewhere that he has written somewhere in the neighborhood of 800 songs. Most of them have never seen the light of day.
But to have the patience and perseverence to write that many songs is really humbling. He researched songs and composers and took the best from all. And he was already freaking good at writing songs!
Seriously, the guy can write a good song.
So, while I tend to write what I think sounds good [verse]-[verse]-[verse]-[chorus]-[verse]-[bridge]-[chorus], I actually probably need to keep it much simpler. It’s suggested:
[Verse1] -[ Chorus1] – [Verse2] – [Chorus2] – [Bridge] – [Chorus3]
And I’ve got a really great song that I think I’m going to try to fit into that pattern. If it doesn’t work, then I just add more verses before and after the choruses. Sometimes I just need to quit overthinking it all.
In other news, went and got a haircut today (a devil’s haircut) and again, do I even need to say it? Feel like a million bucks.
