Singing and Songwriting

Thank you everyone who wrote regarding Z's song.

That is pretty typical of the kind of songs she makes up everyday. That is a pretty good one. She also makes up less good ones. *grin*

Usually though she just sings them out to the ether (and whomever happens to be listening) and then they disapper forever.

I try to write them down when I can but a large portion of them come while I am driving or otherwise doing something that doesn't really lend it self to writing. But I do have the voice recorder and when we are in the car I sometimes give it to her to sing into.

The interesting thing is that, so far, Z has always made up better songs when she is doing it completely spontaneously. But when she tries to sing into the recorder or tries to make up a song for an audience her songs... well I guess I would describe those songs as less inspired.

Also Z hasn't previously wanted to write down any of her songs. She doesn't mind if I do but she feels, rightly, that stopping to write down a song while she is "in the moment of creation" causes her to lose that moment.

So that song yesteday was interesting to me because it was a very good song she made up "on purpose" and then wrote down by herself. I think this is an important and logical next step in her musical life.

Forte, I did ask her later what she was thinking about when she made it up. She said she didn't know. I am not worried about the dark tone though, that is really typical for her.