2 posts tagged “story”

Hey Voxers, how are you doing?

You've been growing in numbers and we are receiving more comments than we could have hoped for, so this is our usual THANK YOU!!!

On rehearsals day, formerly known as tuesday, we had a lot of fun rehearsing our complete setlist, working on our three new tracks and I even got to play some drums! (I did pretty good considering no one was in the room at the moment) I am so excited by our new songs that I will share some details with you...

1. Working title "Shoot the teenagers"

As usual, I am talking about something by singing and describing something else. It's a sad short story, sung a là Morrissey, about a shooting that happened or could happen. I love the dramatic twist in both the music and the rhytm near the end, but I'm still working on the lyrics to that part. Boy, this will sting!

2. Working title "Your second lovesong"

This was once a classic lovesong but everything changed when we started working on our new sound. Stealing a steady beat from bands like The Strokes and Queens of the stone age, it has evolved to a great rock song that will have you dancing. Obviously I have to write fresh new lyrics, since now the chorus has the exact lenght for "I want to f**k you in the **s" and that's not so nice.

3. Working title "Do something / The moon song"

I believe this is going to be a great song, an emotional journey through hope, despair and disillusion. I don't want to spoil the story just yet, I'll just tell you that it's based on the thoughts of a homeless lady I met in a bar on my way back home from work. It's also going to sound very different from what we've done so far. At this stage you could probably link this song to Sigur Ros / Nine Inch Nails / Mogway. Go figure!

And there's more coming...!

If you like our music then spread the word! We feed on your feedback... :)

Where do lyrics come from? Do you need a particular place/situation to be able to write good lyrics?

Usually my words and music come together as I write things on my guitar. I start by picking some good chords either on the guitar or the piano and then I immediately think about a fitting melody. Then I start to sing gibberish trying to get a feeling of what it could all sound together. I slowly transform the gibberish into words that have the same lenght or "resonate" with what I'm singing.

If you start writing a song, you probably already have something on your mind that needs to get out so you just have to translate this buzz you are hearing. That's why I almost always start by choosing a theme, then a title and what the story/feeling of it will be.

Bad things happen when this doesn't work...! Like right now, but I'll get through it :)