Janeva

What if.............The long and winding road had taken The Beatles right past her door......? What if............She had been just what The Cars didn't need........? carry this on..........

My favourite Bowie interview was this one he did with Chris Evans on TFI Friday (Channel 4, UK) I remember watching it on TV and it was hilarious, I was crying laughing at the time. He definitely wasn't taking himself too seriously at all at that time and was totally enjoying it.

Gry has such a beautiful voice and soul. It's always a pleasure to have her music featured here on the site. Well done, Gry

Well deserved for Dave the Songwriting Scientist - genuinely one of Songstuff's most talented and all round good guys

Hi Welcome to the Songstuff forums. I hope you enjoy being a member here. Jan

I've shared this on my own fb page, Soundcloud profile and also tweeted the link from my Twitter page Last time I looked the video had over 44K views - that's just in the past few days - well done, Mahesh !! Jan

This is a truly beautiful song - love this video!! Many congratulations Mahesh !! The last time I looked this had almost 40,000 views All the best with this one Jan

Best wishes to you, John, all the Site Staff and all other Songstuff members in 2016. I hope to be more creative this year and wish the same for all the writers, musicians and artists here. Jan

Only 1 out of 3 amigos made it to midnight The crowd went wild when someone put jumping beans in the chilli

Sounds like a great idea, Cassie. I'll look forward to the pics Jan

Great subject. I'm not a musician so I purely write lyrics which I've done by different methods over the years. I write lyrics to existing melodies in most cases. This has been done online via emailing mp3s because I have mostly worked with musicians from other countries. I do know a local musician, however, who has taken my lyrics and then written music which has resulted in several songs I have had the pleasure of hearing him perform at my local bar Mostly, though, I enjoy writing to existing melodies and I find it more of a challenge to write words without the music already there. Jan

All the best and good luck!

Hey, Cassie That's a great idea! Actually, I'm thinking of having a Songstuff tattoo - I'll post a photo........ if I have it done No, really, I do think this is a great idea and I'll look forward seeing the photos Jan

Hi I agree with Mike that you should do whatever suits you best. I know musicians who always start with the music and others who prefer to have the lyrics first to work with. Everyone has their own way of working and there is no right or wrong - just do what works for you Jan

Hi Maria Great subject - it's always interesting to see how others work The methods I have employed over the 3 years I have been writing have been quite varied. I sometimes write lyrics 'from scratch' without music if I have sudden inspiration for a theme but usually I will listen to the music I have been sent and 'hear' words which will fit. I often have no set ideas beforehand when I write from scratch otherwise I find this restrictive. I always tend to chat with the musician first and ask what he wants to sing about - usually I ask for an overall theme and work from that. Occasionally I have worked with translations into English but have been required to change phrases because direct translations rarely work in a lyrical form. I have been very lucky in that most of the lyrics I have written over the past 3 years have been turned into songs. It's an incredible thing to receive an mp3 with a completed song. One of my favourite lyricists, Chris Difford (also a musician, although I am not) describes receiving finished songs from his bandmate, Glenn Tilbrook, as like receiving his Christmas presents - and I can definitely relate to that Jan