"A good writer should be able to write the same song over and over 6 times from different perspective".I just love that quote. It is one that has served me well, and also a reason why I never throw lyrics out; even if I don't like them at the time.I have often made four songs, from one song that I wrote,and also stole a line from someone else's song, and made it my title to a completely new song.
I listened to one of ODs songs, and one line really hit me.I thought "that is one fantastic title" and as you know, a title is probably the first thing anyone knows about a song, and often becomes the hook.It was that good, I couldn't understand why, he hadn't gone ahead and written another song with it.Out of courtesy of course, I contacted him and asked him if he minded me using it. He was delighted to help out, and I am delighted with my song.
I think sometimes we can undervalue what we write ourselves, and that is where co writing is great.Peggy Burnham sent me a great idea, some good lyrics, that just needed some fine tuning, and music...and we have ourselves a song.
Had she thrown her lyrics out, when she got stuck... neither of us would have a song.So maybe there is a lesson in that.Keep what you write.There well may come a time when you could use some of those lines that didn't quite fit what you had in mind a while ago,or a co writer might see them through a whole new perspective.
Mary O'Brien
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