Comments on: Will They Hear Me Bark From Here? http://johngalloway.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/will-they-hear-me-bark-from-here/ Putting the world behind me one step at a time Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:59:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Alan Parkinson http://johngalloway.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/will-they-hear-me-bark-from-here/#comment-108 Alan Parkinson Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:49:14 +0000 http://johngalloway.wordpress.com/?p=246#comment-108 Songwriting is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration, as someone once said. As far as trying not to sound like anyone else goes, I don’t think that sounding like our influences can really be avoided. If you spend hours listening to and absorbing music that you love, it becomes part of who you are. And, in turn, who you are always comes out in the music you create. Lyrics are what I find hard to write. To come up with something meaningful without sounding trite or clichéd really is difficult! To listen someone like JC, it sounds like it all comes very easy to him, but I guess we’ll never know if that’s really the case or whether he is just disciplined enough to work at an idea for long enough for it to be moulded into a song. Looking forward to seeing him in October! Songwriting is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration, as someone once said. As far as trying not to sound like anyone else goes, I don’t think that sounding like our influences can really be avoided. If you spend hours listening to and absorbing music that you love, it becomes part of who you are. And, in turn, who you are always comes out in the music you create.

Lyrics are what I find hard to write. To come up with something meaningful without sounding trite or clichéd really is difficult! To listen someone like JC, it sounds like it all comes very easy to him, but I guess we’ll never know if that’s really the case or whether he is just disciplined enough to work at an idea for long enough for it to be moulded into a song. Looking forward to seeing him in October!

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