When I’m not rockin’ with the band, I’m a corporate wordslinger and freelance writer. I wish that meant I could whip out lyrics all day. But something about using rhyme and meter eludes me – I’ve only written the lyrics to two of our songs. Prose? I can do it all day.
This drives me crazy, because I churn out riffs, licks and chord progressions like crazy. And Todd can only produce lyrics so fast.
I think part of it is that I’m undisciplined. It’s way easier to pick up the guitar, fire up an amp and come up with some new riffs. Also, since I make a living with words, it’s often hard for me to try something that sounds cheesy. Which lyrics -even good ones- often do to my ear.
Today, it’s gonna be different. I’m not touching the guitar until I at least have a working verse for this one tune I’ve wanted to write for a long time.
