Posted in Music & Lyrics, Songwriting on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »
(This post is reproduced from Jeremy’s blog.)
Sometimes songwriting is about going with the “feel”.
You can’t really teach someone how to write a complete song. You can teach the principles to songwriting, such as tonality, chord progressions, harmony, lyrical accents and metres, etc…but you can’t exactly teach someone how to write a complete song.
There is no [...]
Posted in Session, Singapore, Songcraft, Songs, Songwriters, Songwriting on April 19, 2008 | 13 Comments »
When you hear that at least four Songcrafters took leave just because of the 1st Anniversary Songcraft session, you know expectations are high!
We took a huge risk for the first anniversary session.
It was my crazy idea to hold it in the great outdoors…or Fort Canning Park to be exact. At an idyllic little spot I’d [...]
Posted in Composers, Lyricists, Session, Singapore, Songcraft, Songwriters, Songwriting on April 10, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Photo (”campfire, folkerdey”) by wimdejonge
Date: Friday, 18th April ‘08
Event: Songcraft’s 1st Anniversary Session-cum-Celebration
Venue: Fort Canning Park (near to the Former Married Soldier’s Quarters)
Time: 7pm
Equipment Provided: Guitars, Synthesizer Keyboard, Laptop (for playing mp3s)
Ok, I guarantee that this upcoming Songcraft session will be a memorable one! (Whether it’s gonna be memorable in a positive or negative [...]
Posted in Composers, Lyricists, Songs, Songwriters, Songwriting on April 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
An unlikely collaboration which produced delightful results:
Jerron and Firdaus recently collaborated on a song entitled “The Girl Who Stole My Soul”.
Click on this link to listen to the song on Jerron’s blog.
Jerron wrote the music, and Firdaus wrote the lyrics. According to Jerron, Firdaus came up with the lyrics in less than half a day!
This [...]
Posted in Recording, Songcraft, Songs on April 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Things just seem to be getting more and more interesting at Songcraft!
I guess the whole “Songcraft” vibe seems to be rather conducive for musical creativity to flourish.
Firstly, take a listen to one of Ivan’s recent songs called “Walking On Air (Songcraft Mix)” here: Walking On Air 2008 - with Friends from Songcraft
(The term “Songcraft Mix” is just [...]
Posted in Composers, Lyricists, Music & Lyrics, Singapore, Songcraft, Songs, Songwriters, Songwriting on April 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
(This is Part I of an ongoing series describing the Songcraft journey, to commemorate Songcraft’s one year of existence.)
Photo (“cake”) by kpishdadi
There is no manual for starting a songwriting circle, and there certainly isn’t any formula for success (depending on how you actually quantify the term “success”).
It’s amazing how much can happen in one [...]
