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Originally Posted by hilch
What can I say
I wanted to write a love song for my wife for our anavirsary in November this year , something I have never done before and being only a beginner on the guitar really wanted to play it for her ...
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...and you've got an excellent start! Don't think about being a beginner. Think about how to take what you have written and transform it into the song of sincere appreciation and love you have for your partner. I think 23 years of love and relationship require nothing less than the utmost care in choosing exactly the right words and melodies.
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I am always being told I am not romantic and thought this would be nice for her as we will celebrate 23 years of married bliss then .So I guess it's back to the drawing board for me ..
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haha, No doubt! Yet another card carrying member of the INR club! Welcome aboard.
And no it's not back to the drawing board. Writing a lyric is a process. It's rare that a lyric is written in just one sitting. And those writers that do write a completed lyric at one sitting are those that have been writing lyrics for years and years and years.
What you've done so far is lay the foundation to a new song. The trick is to now massage that foundation into a home you can live in. And that is the re-write process.
Obviously you want to convey to your partner so many things that you love about her. But we have a limited amount time, i.e. 3 - 4 minutes. So you need to carefully hand pick exactly the words that not only tell her that but at the same time put those words in a frame of music to accentuate those words.
Writing a lyric is like hand crafting a fine piece of furniture. You pick exactly the right piece of lumber with the right grain and color. Then you mold that piece of wood into an object. And then by using finer and finer cut sandpaper, you work the wood to a wonderful smoothness, which is then ready to have stain or coloring layered on. It's painstaking work and requires patience. And thats why a good lyricist is called a "word crafter".
So don't feel like you have to start over. Take what you've started and build upon it!
Les
(and not that I'm an expert nor anything close to being one, but if you have any questions, don't hesitate to post or PM me. i'd be glad to try and answer them or point you to someone who may may have an answer)