Writing a song as a gift can be hard.
I've sat down in earnest to write this damn song I promised my brother I would give him for his wedding gift.
I'm trying to write something about the first walk that Abram (my brother) and Sarah (his wife) took where they both realized that even though they barely knew each other they were in love. Whenever Sarah tells the story, she always points out that, when they came out of the woods they were walking in, they were holding hands, although neither of them had really realized they were doing it. It's a really cute story and I think it would make them both really happy to have it be the subject of the song instead of some generic "I love you, you make me so happy" sort of thing.
However, everything I've come up with just seems awkward or too much or not enough. I'm not a gooshy person, so if I write a totally gooshy song it's going to sound fake. On the hand, I don't want it to be so devoid of romantic feeling that you don't even feel like it's a song about two people in love.
Then there's the problem of the sound of the song. I'm the kind of person who writes easiest when I have a tune first and then I kind of just go from there, but again, the problem seems to be "Oh, that's waaay too slow and bland." or "That's too light-hearted and upbeat." or simply "Well, that's fucking boring."
Obviously, since it's a gift, I want it to be really good, so maybe I'm stressing out over it too much and making it harder on myself. Guess I'll keep trying to write things down and strumming on the guitar and hope that something strikes me, but it's frustrating!
I'm trying to write something about the first walk that Abram (my brother) and Sarah (his wife) took where they both realized that even though they barely knew each other they were in love. Whenever Sarah tells the story, she always points out that, when they came out of the woods they were walking in, they were holding hands, although neither of them had really realized they were doing it. It's a really cute story and I think it would make them both really happy to have it be the subject of the song instead of some generic "I love you, you make me so happy" sort of thing.
However, everything I've come up with just seems awkward or too much or not enough. I'm not a gooshy person, so if I write a totally gooshy song it's going to sound fake. On the hand, I don't want it to be so devoid of romantic feeling that you don't even feel like it's a song about two people in love.
Then there's the problem of the sound of the song. I'm the kind of person who writes easiest when I have a tune first and then I kind of just go from there, but again, the problem seems to be "Oh, that's waaay too slow and bland." or "That's too light-hearted and upbeat." or simply "Well, that's fucking boring."
Obviously, since it's a gift, I want it to be really good, so maybe I'm stressing out over it too much and making it harder on myself. Guess I'll keep trying to write things down and strumming on the guitar and hope that something strikes me, but it's frustrating!