Gergely Kalapis Music

So I have explored the first steps leading up to a first demo of a song being recorded, ready to be filled with actual "meaning". And then "wooords... don't come eeeasyyyyy to meee", well in some cases, anyway. I have had times when I saw or encountered something that was "meant to" become lyrics for a song; if I manage to capture them, they become what I call "honest" lyrics, that just come flooding out of you almost word after word, sometimes even rhyming, but sadly, this is only the minority of cases. I guess certain events in your life or strong impulses you occur are commonly what trigger this inspiration on the back of your emotional response to them, but again, this is not exact science. Some events in your life may be so overpowering, good or bad, that you are just too busy processing them and and your emotional mechanisms dictate discipline limiting your creative self. And that is ultimately what you need; unleashing your creativity,...

So in a previous post I - sort of - answered the question on whether it is the lyrics or the chords that comes first to me, but I thought I share my songwriting experiences in a bit more detail, as I haven't previously given much of a thought to what is undeniably a complex process. So there I am, walking in a park, taking a shower, or typing away on my laptop at work after lunch...and the magic happens. It mostly comes in the form of a melody of only a few notes. From where, that is a true mystery. As much as I would love to call it talent or something inside me that I could take credit for, it certainly feels more like as if someone just dropped these in my lap. One minute you are watching a dog catch a ball in the park, reaching for your shower gel or autofilling a column in Excel, and boom. Out of the blue, there is the seed. And it sounds so catchy in your head, resonates with your soul and makes you reach for your phone instantly (or, in the case of me in the shower, keep h...