What I Learnt from Writing 100 Songs in 100 Days
After completing my challenge of writing, recording, and producing 100 songs in 100 consecutive days, I've had time to reflect on the experience. This article covers what I learnt in all aspects, as well as the numbers, and my approach to AI.
Hundred Songs in 100 Days – Day 84: "Good Gracious Miss Polly"
A Song from Terry Pratchett's Soul Music
Song 100/100 - Waste
This is waste - the hundredth song in my 100 songs in 100 days challenge. What a journey this has been, thank you to all of those who have supported me throughout the challenge. I didn't miss a single day, and I think you can see the evolution yourself. I wrote this song on day 82 - and as usual it cam out of nowhere, it uses a combination of DADGAD and Drop D tuning, and I filmed a proper music video (filmed by, my friend, my sister and my mum)
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What I Learnt from Writing 100 Songs in 100 Days
After completing my challenge of writing, recording, and producing 100 songs in 100 consecutive days, I've had time to reflect on the experience. This article covers what I learnt in all aspects, as well as the numbers, and my approach to AI.
Hundred Songs in 100 Days – Day 84: "Good Gracious Miss Polly"
A Song from Terry Pratchett's Soul Music
Song 100/100 - Waste
This is waste - the hundredth song in my 100 songs in 100 days challenge. What a journey this has been, thank you to all of those who have supported me throughout the challenge. I didn't miss a single day, and I think you can see the evolution yourself. I wrote this song on day 82 - and as usual it cam out of nowhere, it uses a combination of DADGAD and Drop D tuning, and I filmed a proper music video (filmed by, my friend, my sister and my mum)
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This song came out of nowhere, and I put sunglasses on for the lols. I really enjoyed my use of keyboard in this song, it really gave me that 70's feeling. I was inspired by deep purple for the instrumentation, Mark Knopfler for the vocals, and I tried to make the guitar solo's tone sound like "Owner of a lonely heart" by yes. You tell me if I achieved that.
The lyrics are about a guy who falls in love with a certain film star after watching something about boats (hint, Jack Sparrow). I just thought it was funny.
This was a really fun song to write
This song really exemplifies how for I've come. When i started this challenge, I had to do multiple takes of my acoustic songs to pick the best. This song was recorded on first attempt while an a call with my sister. I just told her (kindly) to shut up for 3 minutes, and after I finished, she clapped(I think).
I enjoyed the process of writing lyrics - I did my first doodle. I like how I wrote about how people are like clay, they are moulded, but then they harden and crack.
As you can tell from the title of this article. I claimed on day 95 that I would be web3's first rockstar. I don't have that in the bag yet, but this song is proof that I am the king of rock and roll. Need I say more?
I love this song, I think I produced it well, I think it's catchy, and it does something that's rare for me - there's and actual bridge! The only issue I had was lighting, I talked about lighting in another article, and I've found since then, that It's not bright enough. I also discovered that the white balance and exposure were not locked on my camera.
This song really spoke to me, I think I really wrote from my heart with the lyrics. I enjoyed using the phrase "darkest timeline" - references my favourite show Community. I think vocal performance could be improved , and well as production, but I was going for a kind of modern rock sound, and I think I achieved that well.
The chorus of the song, I've had in my mind for I don't even know how long, I remember thinking about it on a school bus, when I lived in India - which was over 8 years ago.
I still have no idea why the lyrics "show me what you're made of" are remotely linked to love, I'm just assuming they are.
Moreover, I do not know how to write a love song - my past love songs have been meme songs about science. This one has a bit more to it, but essentially it is what I learnt about love from my cat - that it's unconditional. I was inspired by a line from the book I just read(Daisy Jones and the Six), but I changed it slightly. I don't want to go into details, because spoilers, but the lyrics I used were "Love should not be fire, it should be water that flows through you."
Finally on lighting. I record at sunset in the uk, which is a big issue as the sunset changes every day right now basically. So I closed my blinds, and added and extra light. I like how it has turned out.
This song came out of nowhere, and I put sunglasses on for the lols. I really enjoyed my use of keyboard in this song, it really gave me that 70's feeling. I was inspired by deep purple for the instrumentation, Mark Knopfler for the vocals, and I tried to make the guitar solo's tone sound like "Owner of a lonely heart" by yes. You tell me if I achieved that.
The lyrics are about a guy who falls in love with a certain film star after watching something about boats (hint, Jack Sparrow). I just thought it was funny.
This was a really fun song to write
This song really exemplifies how for I've come. When i started this challenge, I had to do multiple takes of my acoustic songs to pick the best. This song was recorded on first attempt while an a call with my sister. I just told her (kindly) to shut up for 3 minutes, and after I finished, she clapped(I think).
I enjoyed the process of writing lyrics - I did my first doodle. I like how I wrote about how people are like clay, they are moulded, but then they harden and crack.
As you can tell from the title of this article. I claimed on day 95 that I would be web3's first rockstar. I don't have that in the bag yet, but this song is proof that I am the king of rock and roll. Need I say more?
I love this song, I think I produced it well, I think it's catchy, and it does something that's rare for me - there's and actual bridge! The only issue I had was lighting, I talked about lighting in another article, and I've found since then, that It's not bright enough. I also discovered that the white balance and exposure were not locked on my camera.
This song really spoke to me, I think I really wrote from my heart with the lyrics. I enjoyed using the phrase "darkest timeline" - references my favourite show Community. I think vocal performance could be improved , and well as production, but I was going for a kind of modern rock sound, and I think I achieved that well.
The chorus of the song, I've had in my mind for I don't even know how long, I remember thinking about it on a school bus, when I lived in India - which was over 8 years ago.
I still have no idea why the lyrics "show me what you're made of" are remotely linked to love, I'm just assuming they are.
Moreover, I do not know how to write a love song - my past love songs have been meme songs about science. This one has a bit more to it, but essentially it is what I learnt about love from my cat - that it's unconditional. I was inspired by a line from the book I just read(Daisy Jones and the Six), but I changed it slightly. I don't want to go into details, because spoilers, but the lyrics I used were "Love should not be fire, it should be water that flows through you."
Finally on lighting. I record at sunset in the uk, which is a big issue as the sunset changes every day right now basically. So I closed my blinds, and added and extra light. I like how it has turned out.
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