Songwriting Part 1 (of 4)

Hey everyone.  So I had a cool idea about a year ago…  I want to show those of you who are interested, how I write songs.  Obviously it is different every time, but there is definitely a method to it that works for me!  So I am going to do a 4 part blog on my songwriting process.  

I am recording a new record this March/April.  It is going to be a mainly acoustic LP.  It will have about 10 tracks.  I really want to bring it back and make it sound super raw and basic.  Very limited production.  Lots of acoustics, violin, piano, mandolin, harmonica, and some hand percussion.  I may throw in some other things here and there, but it’ll be a very basic record.  

Anyways, I am going to do this series of blogs on a new song I just started writing called “Keep Moving On”.  It will start with the initial idea for the song (lyrics/main riffs etc etc) with an acoustic rough demo, followed by a full production demo, the unmixed session from the studio, then finally, the finished mix!

So here is a rough idea of “Keep Movin’ On” with the first draft of lyrics I have written for it…

Keep Movin’ On (Songwriting Blog) by kierensmith

Lyrics

i know you’re the one for me

by the way that you love and the rhythm of your heartbeat

i know by the way you stall

one by one, were headed for a great big fall

oh yea

cause i don’t want to see

my only love slip away from me, but i gotta

keep moving on

this was the last time

you took too long

im not waiting all my life

to see im strong

i have to tell me

to keep moving on

you say i like to pretend

but im pretty damn sure i can love you better than them

if you give me a chance

ill be the best thing you have ever had

i can make all the pain

open up and go,  washed away

there will be no more rainy days

everything will be alright with me baby

i know you’re the one for me

by the way that you love and the rhythm of your heartbeat