Songwriting

Debbie Poyser, writing for SoundonSound says “Always carry a notebook when you're out, so that you can jot down any song ideas that occur while you're going about your daily business.” One of the main things that I struggle with when writing is inspiration. I took this advice on board and began writing about every day life and my daily routine. Certain things began to stick in my memory, things that I did regularly or things that annoyed me. The first piece I wrote was after a late night trip to McDonalds which had occurred because I wanted chicken nuggets and we had non in the freezer. The song was entitled “20 McNugget Sharebox please” and is about the lengthes one (I) will go to to acquire nuggets. The song is bluesy as it is about my personal problems transposed into music.
The bridge of the song is spoken word as this is a musical technique of vaudeville, as well as simple, catchy lyrics and a simplistic melody to sing along too.

Having completed one song the inspiration for a second came much easier. I wanted the songs to be humorous and to relate to my audience, which is essential of a successful vaudeville piece.
I decided to write about a journey on the metro, for those who don’t know The Tyne and Wear metro is owned by Nexus and provides public transport across the North East. A journey on the metro is normally relatively comical on it’s own but at the time of writing the metro’s were constantly breaking down or being delayed, which inspired my rant.
The lyrics are simple and easy to pick up and sing along too as well as the song having a simplistic melody. The song also features spoken word, all musical technique of vaudeville.