I have some good news for you, oh blog readers... I have finished my novel!
Yes - Tempus Fugit (Or, 'How many Time-Travellers does it take to break the Continuum?) is finished and I am waiting for my free Createspace proof copy (yet another advantage of doing NaNoWriMo). And before anyone asks, no I haven't decided if I'll make it available to the public to buy yet...
And so, my brain is naturally moving on to what my next project is going to be. (Because, while I like to think that I can multi-task, once I start properly working on a project everything tends to relate to that...)
And I'm not sure what to do. I've got a one-act play I'd quite like to write, which I may do next as I don't think it'll take me too long (certainly not for a first draft anyway), but I think what I'd really like to do next is go back to my roots a bit, and write an album - especially now I've discovered Routenote, with whom I'd be able to put the album on iTunes / Spotify / Other digital download services, so that everyone could enjoy it. (And just to be clear, I don't expect to make any money out of it at all, but imagine being able to say "My album is on iTunes". That's the sort of thing I've dreamed of since I was a kid (although iTunes didn't exist then, but you know what I mean)). However, while thinking about this, I've started to worry about genre.
This worry never occurs with anything else. Partly because scripts and novels don't have such rigid genres as music, but also because a novel or a script is a single entity, whereas an album is a selection of individual songs. And I like to write a wide selection of songs. Therefore, for my first full solo album, should I concentrate on one genre, or purposefully make a genre-transcending album ranging from Metal to piano instrumentals? Or should I just stop worrying about it and just write what I feel I want to write?
The other thing that puts me off about this is that I'm not a particularly good lyricist. Firstly, a lot of my lyrics are just jokes (which is fine, I'm not complaining about that), but also I have a paranoid fear that people assume whatever I'm writing is true. I never feel like that with script or stories, but with music people make the assumption that the singer/songwriter is talking about themselves and their own life, and that idea tends to crowd my brain and make me worry about what I'm writing.
So what do you, my adoring public (and I use the word adoring in the loosest possible sense) think? Should I just write whatever I feel like? Or should I consider the album as a whole and tailor the songs to one specific feel?
I'm genuinely interested in your answers, so please don't stay quiet! By all means if you want to be anonymous, then do, but post your answers if you have any. :)
Thanks.
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2 comments:
i think the general theory with lyrics or songs in general they do well if people can relate to them..alot of artists tend to write from their own personal life experiences so my answer if you write from the heart although it maybe putting your vulnerable side out there,you will be reaching out to someone who has/is feeling the same and helps them find strength.
Those that know you your comedy value and maybe its time to branch away from that and knock that wall down and see how you find it.Also you've seen enough situations within your friendship circles to be able to write about them in any artistic way whether it be script,novel or even song!Moral to this longest essay i've written in a long time..If what you do reaches out to one person to help them then that my old friend is a personal success,aslong as you do what feels right to you then you will find your answer yourself...btw this is probably no use at all to what you wanted!x
Oh and i have no idea about this kind of thing,but i find albums that have a healthy mix of different sounds to a degree sound alot better!x
I love P!nk x
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