A lot of reporters ask us, “What is the hardest part of creating songs?” I never know how to answer that until today. I am in the middle of a song about my Aunt Stephanie who stole the secret sausage recipe and took off.
I must have written the middle verse a dozen times and it didn’t sound right. I had several lines that the WORDS didn’t gel. It’s the words. A little statement could be made into nothing by using mild words or changed into an entire story with ONE key word. See for yourself as the song lies out:
“As the police came she left for Albuquerque”
‘As the police came she took off to Albuquerque”
“As the police came she departed to Albuquerque”
“As the police came she fled to Albuquerque”
See what I mean????? Just the word “fled” tells a whole story by itself. It implies desperation, intrigue, danger, missing meals, and a host of other James Bond like story lines. Wow, I am amazed I even got through that one.
So when you say something, choose your words wisely as one word could say the whole meaning in one moment, or make you a boring slug….Oh man, I just noticed that Albuquerque has two “q’s” in it, how many words can claim that??
It’s endless!
Piece…Cazek
