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Thread #66319   Message #1101518
Posted By: George Papavgeris
26-Jan-04 - 04:54 AM
Thread Name: Naked Songwriting - Listen to the proces
Subject: RE: Naked Songwriting - Listen to the proces
Sir Paul Mc C wrote "Yesterday" in a similar fashion, reggie - I wish you the same success with "Dream".
I am fascinated by the songwriting process, and I swear I know less about it than anyone else. Other songwriters agree with me - the songs just "happen", very often, and trying to make a conscious process of it just buggers things up for me.
That is why I am deeply in awe of those great songwriters of the 20th century (Bernstein, Berlin etc) who could give themselves the task of writing a particular song to fit certain circumstances (for example in a musical), and get up a few hours later having written a masterpiece. Now, such songwriters are truly professional. I just meddle.