Comments on: Write and then (cue Ominous Music)… REWRITE https://tonyconniff.com/write-and-then-cue-ominous-music-rewrite/ Songwriter, Producer, and Coach, based in New York City. Tue, 07 Aug 2018 18:49:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Tony Conniff https://tonyconniff.com/write-and-then-cue-ominous-music-rewrite/#comment-6661 Tue, 07 Aug 2018 18:49:44 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=2243#comment-6661 In reply to Ruth Greenwood.

Ruth,
Both sides of my brain are churning away at your interesting comments!
Best wishes,
Tony

]]> By: Ruth Greenwood https://tonyconniff.com/write-and-then-cue-ominous-music-rewrite/#comment-6660 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 22:40:17 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=2243#comment-6660 Funny thing about the left brain working on a rewrite…I think the inner editor is so busy being self-satisfied with its tidying up and being in charge that it doesn’t notice that the right brain is adding juicy new stuff that’s riskier and way more interesting than the first draft, which is usually full of our default chords, melodies, topics, and rhymes. This is when the shot through the heart lines come and when you play the melody through a cappella so that flat melody you didn’t notice because of the groove can be turned into something more shapely and expressive. Meanwhile, the left brain is adding commas and checking the meter and thinks it’s doing the harder work. But magic is always afoot, if you’re open to it, if you agree to the working premise that the first draft may just be a foundation and maybe all that will survive is a line or two.

]]> By: Tony Conniff https://tonyconniff.com/write-and-then-cue-ominous-music-rewrite/#comment-6659 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 03:31:40 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=2243#comment-6659 In reply to Joyce Rogers.

Joyce,
I agree. Staying in touch with the basic impulse, the original idea, is key.
Thanks,
Tony

]]> By: Joyce Rogers https://tonyconniff.com/write-and-then-cue-ominous-music-rewrite/#comment-6658 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 16:37:42 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=2243#comment-6658 Rewriting benefits when growth occurs; looking back and seeing how a good idea can be improved on or expanded with additional knowledge of music, word and structure techniques, however, you must be careful to not change the original feel or it is really just a new song. That is, if you portrayed the true feeling as it was in the first place.

]]> By: Tony Conniff https://tonyconniff.com/write-and-then-cue-ominous-music-rewrite/#comment-6657 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:42:48 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=2243#comment-6657 In reply to sarah.

Sarah,
Thanks for bring up the proverbial ‘other side of the coin’.
It’s all subjective, all feel… knowing when ‘enough’s enough’… and, conversely, knowing when I need to push through apathy or burn-out.
Best wishes,
Tony

]]> By: Tony Conniff https://tonyconniff.com/write-and-then-cue-ominous-music-rewrite/#comment-6656 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:40:02 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=2243#comment-6656 In reply to Rich Meitin.

You’re on it as usual, Rich (though I might make the percentages slightly different, at least in my case).
Thanks,
Tony

]]> By: sarah https://tonyconniff.com/write-and-then-cue-ominous-music-rewrite/#comment-6655 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:08:07 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=2243#comment-6655 because I tend to get stuck in perfectionism when what would help me improve is just writing MORE, I have to be careful about re-writing.

its a tricky balance between letting the work be, so I can move on to the next song, and staying with a song so i can put in the time to improve it.

But, you did inspire me to not give up on songs that I tend to think: “not worth working on or re-working”. Maybe they can be improved or made into worthwhile tunes!

]]> By: Rich Meitin https://tonyconniff.com/write-and-then-cue-ominous-music-rewrite/#comment-6654 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:04:04 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=2243#comment-6654 Writing and rewriting are such different processes and experiences despite their similar names. Writing is often instinctive and right-brain. Rewriting is 95% left brain and analytical.

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