> >Victor> It is very difficult to write good lyrics > > Franklin> I'll assume this is a personal confession... difficult for > who? That's an unmerited assumption. I've read scads of articles > involving songs I've found to be lyrically sophisticated, tasteful > and wonderful where the writer says, "it just all flowed right off > the pen." >
Yes, and the football just flowed out of John Elway's hand. Just because something looks easy does not mean that it is. That's the whole magic and beauty of the artistic process. Being an artist involves a lot more than just sitting down with a pen and can be very challenging and draining. Jonatha Brooke has often talked about fighting her anit-muse, the part of her that tells her she is no good and cannot write. All artists deal with this, not just me. I'm not confessing anything-I'm talking about something I know about. There are plenty of songs out there with terrible lyrics or mediocre ones, as you said, on the radio. These people either just don't care, are not really very good, or a combination. Some songs do just flow off the page, yes. But more often than not, they are a product of lots of work and personal searching, struggle, turmoil, life experiences... Victor --- Victor Johnson --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.cdbaby.com/victorjohnson Look for the new album "Parsonage Lane" in March 2003 Produced by Chris Rosser at Hollow Reed Studios
