The rally and collab WORKS!
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 5:52 pm
At the last road rally, as I've done at other ones, I paid close attention to Robin Frederick's presentation and made note of the songs she referenced. I went through a bunch of them and chose one to "ghost write" lyrics to. What that it is writing new lyrics to an existing melody. That got me to write a chorus that worked well with the "known" melody. I sent the lyrics with no music or mention of what song I based it on, to Steven Guiles. Interestingly, the original song was singer-songwriter style. Steven took the words and sent me a melody idea, surprisingly, in an R&B style. It sounded awesome.
As soon as we knew it would be an R&B song, we knew we had to bring the great CaiNo (Marcus Cohen) on board. Marcus wrote music for verses and a bridge that were perfect with the chorus. He sang mainly filler sounds so we could hear the melody. Then I wrote the verse and bridge lyrics with Marcus and Steven polishing that up in some places.
Marcus went on to do an awesome production and performance. Damn! That guy could sing the phone book and it would sound great!
As soon as the mix was done, we sent it off to one of our favorite Taxi friendly publishers who signed it instantly. It's already being pitched to a daytime soap.
So, my friends... Go to the rally. Absorb everything you can. Collaborate with other Taxi members. IT WORKS!!
Oh, the song... https://soundcloud.com/caseyh/kiss-me-b ... no/s-yxMdY
Warmest,
Casey
As soon as we knew it would be an R&B song, we knew we had to bring the great CaiNo (Marcus Cohen) on board. Marcus wrote music for verses and a bridge that were perfect with the chorus. He sang mainly filler sounds so we could hear the melody. Then I wrote the verse and bridge lyrics with Marcus and Steven polishing that up in some places.
Marcus went on to do an awesome production and performance. Damn! That guy could sing the phone book and it would sound great!
As soon as the mix was done, we sent it off to one of our favorite Taxi friendly publishers who signed it instantly. It's already being pitched to a daytime soap.
So, my friends... Go to the rally. Absorb everything you can. Collaborate with other Taxi members. IT WORKS!!
Oh, the song... https://soundcloud.com/caseyh/kiss-me-b ... no/s-yxMdY
Warmest,
Casey