I'm in for rewriting. I have a great song about cockroaches from song-a-day
last fall that is begging to be finished. See you all next week.


--- On Tue, 6/10/08, Timothy Riordan <Timothyriordan01@...> wrote:

> From: Timothy Riordan <Timothyriordan01@...>
> Subject: [SongADay2007] Rewrite, rewrite, rewrite!!! Starting June 15th
> To: SongADay2007@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 12:54 PM
> Hey all,
>
> Next month will be the one year anniversary of my getting
> this
> little group together. It's been fun and we've
> written a whole slew
> of songs. This next week however, instead of doing a
> 'traditional'
> song a day, I'd love to invite people to work on
> rewriting or
> finishing any of those songs that are nagging at you for
> your
> attention. I'm not quite sure how to pace this one
> but I'm going
> to aim for a rewrite a day. That's an ideal. I know
> the rewriting
> often takes a lot longer than the writing so this rewrite a
> day thing
> is pretty experimental and possibly volatile so I'll be
> approaching
> the whole thing with care.
> Here's what i think might make it work. It seems
> usually as a kind
> of drudgery that requires long hours staring at the paper
> and
> wondering what might make the whole thing better.
> Meanwhile I
> usually approach song writing with energy and
> playfulness.... or at
> least I like to. I'm going to experiment and see if I
> can't bring
> some of the same creative energy that I approach the
> initial writing
> process with to the rewriting process. Instead of seeing
> the song
> as a solid rock that can't be changed without a chisel
> and might be
> marred permanently if I make the wrong cut... I'm going
> to approach
> the song more like a castle made of toy blocks. If I mess
> something
> up... I can just put it back the way it was. Who's
> gonna play
> along? How else could the rewriting process be made more
> fun?
>
> All the best,
>
> -Tim
>
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