jacobdetoth
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I'm not sure if anyone here is familar with Brian Eno, but he has supported a technique in lyric writing he has called 'Sound Over Sense' As in emphasizing the sound of the words together, and point blank effect, over trying to portray a bigger theme, or subject.
Also coming into play with this, and this is my interprative theory so it may be shotty, is perhaps sub-conscious meaning when you use a technique like stream of consciousness (I guess that's what it is; eg writing without planned attack and without rethinking anything)
What are you guys thoughts on this? Anyone use this? Does anyone know a lot about it, and would like to share it with us?
I was in an avant garde band, mostly serving as vocalist/lyricist and some of the music. I used this technique frequently. But i usually had a theme in mind, but only a very vague emotive sort of one. And I would simply freewrite with a melody, trying to make musical words within the feeling I had for the song. It just occurs to me, that it was basically just improv. But I can look back at the words and find a thematic meaning. Pehaps it's just pretension. I don't know. I wrote words that sounded best as a priority.
Back to Eno. He was in a progressive pop sort of band, that spawned 70's glam, Roxy Music. He released a few solo pop records (very good ones) then became the 'father of ambient' music. But he has won several Grammys for production with acts like U2, Bowie, Talking Heads. Another cool inovation he prodcued was his "Oblique Strategies" cards, here is a link http://www.rtqe.net/ObliqueStrategies/ ... i wont go into that now...
Also coming into play with this, and this is my interprative theory so it may be shotty, is perhaps sub-conscious meaning when you use a technique like stream of consciousness (I guess that's what it is; eg writing without planned attack and without rethinking anything)
What are you guys thoughts on this? Anyone use this? Does anyone know a lot about it, and would like to share it with us?
I was in an avant garde band, mostly serving as vocalist/lyricist and some of the music. I used this technique frequently. But i usually had a theme in mind, but only a very vague emotive sort of one. And I would simply freewrite with a melody, trying to make musical words within the feeling I had for the song. It just occurs to me, that it was basically just improv. But I can look back at the words and find a thematic meaning. Pehaps it's just pretension. I don't know. I wrote words that sounded best as a priority.
Back to Eno. He was in a progressive pop sort of band, that spawned 70's glam, Roxy Music. He released a few solo pop records (very good ones) then became the 'father of ambient' music. But he has won several Grammys for production with acts like U2, Bowie, Talking Heads. Another cool inovation he prodcued was his "Oblique Strategies" cards, here is a link http://www.rtqe.net/ObliqueStrategies/ ... i wont go into that now...