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Sounds good John.

I use Roget 's Thesaurus to find things to write about. For example, I wrote, I'm Infinite. The Art of Dispute, Road to Ruin, etc. I wrote complete songs just by picking interesting titles from Mr. Roget's Thesaurus. Try it.😊

Well put. I like to watch busking videos. You should try it. Just point your phone.

I very much agree with what youre saying here in regards to needing space for ideas to eventually form . Recently ive been on both sides of having to force myself to come up with something pretty much from scratch and just letting an idea happen organically . I know which method i prefer but there is value and useful lessons in both.

Hi John, I too haven’t written in a while, Hard to focus at times,im sure theres a good song or two on its way. Best wishes x

I feel this! I struggle with the pressure to promote on social media when all I want to do is write and perform. It can take away from the art for me personally. We have just recorded a live EP in a beautiful barn in Cornwall. It was bliss. Happy New Year to you. Hopefully get to see you play soon as you are awesome x

Melancholy and grief motivates me to write haikus too

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I am a black American, 59. I have always been deeply drawn to Irish music. When I see pictures of Ireland it feels like I need to go home. I did my DNA and found out I'm 21 percent Irish. This song has been a favoirite Christmas song since I first heard it. Mr. McGowan's death hit me hard. It's a hard candy Christmas for me this year. I will take this time to bathe in my melancholy, then I'll pick myself up, dust myself off, pack up my melancholy for another year and try and muddle through.

And another good irish singer how went Christy Dignam and benjamin zephaniah English poet

Apparently when they made the video the NYPD choir had to sing Humpty Dumpty because they didn’t know any songs. So the video has to keep cutting away from them so it’s not too obvious! I’m impressedthatthey’ve started a choir since.

Love this,his death has actually affected me deeply, I've been dedicating peace in the valley in my own shows without really knowing why.RIP Shane🇮🇪🎵xx

Great stuff , we lost a true poet and musician . He left just in time as evrything collapses .thanks shane for evrything

My favourite The alluring lights of O’Mallys Screamed another last one for the road For there’s no time quite like a good time And there’s no place more sober than home Great analysis my friend

you have great taste and interesting things to say, thanks for sharing

Im sorry, but why is everyone lauding someone who was an absolute train wreck? Why is it when someone dies there instantly the best thing since sliced bread, im amazed this guy lived to 65, that is his best achievement after caning his life to the max!

And to all who have had a Fucker of a Year, I give you all a great big hug x RIP Shane

My 81 yr Irish Mum is arriving from abroad in 1.5 hrs. I am tidying and prepping dinner. I dare say we will be watching the recording of Shane’s funeral tonight. My Mum really touched my heart when last time she was here we watched Sinéad’s funeral together + said it was more important than the Queen’s 💚🍀🕊️ Love to All + Slainte + Be Kind xxx (I know Gaelic spelling wrong my uncle who teaches it at 85 would tell me off!)

Did you keep a watch for a dead mans wind, did you see the woman with a comb in her hand.

Hey John, Met him a few times , good soul! There are still genius songwriters out here, undiscovered. check dave tommo here on this platform! RIP me old Mucka, party a go go , great day's! X

True genius. Don't book a judge by it's cover, writers don't need to do covers.

There was never an NYPD choir until this year and they did just record Galway Bay. RIP Shane❤❤❤

To get on the lucky "one" is gambling parlance

Your explanation is wonderful to listen to. Thank you!

A great tribute 👏

Interesting take, he is utterly brilliant. I'm floored by Misty Morning Albert Bridge, again a sense of place anchoring some distant memory that explodes into a euphoric yearning dream of something past. You're right, the time is all over the place, is it memory or dream or now? It all blends. And why it knocks you over sideways. In so few words. I did my time in London as a drinker and lover and all of it like so many and he is the poet laureate of London for sure.

Great break down of the song writing and poetry of shane . Hope you are havings good morning

Thanks john . Great tribute and film .

Big love to you John. If you'll take some advice from an old pal - I don't know anything about the revenue-earning aspect of UA-cam so not sure how one earns from that, I assume it requires a fairly large following. I don't think comparing yourself to other UA-camrs is any more helpful than comparing yourself to other songwriters, I always found that would kill any idea dead. As a content idea though, I'm very fond of those videos that follow an idea from conception to production. Maybe a video blog style thing where you record little snippets through the process from initial idea, lyrics, instrumentation, recording, to the finished product. What could give more insight into the process than watching it blossom? Whatever you decide, I hope things pick up for you soon dude and you know where to find me if you need to.

Hey John, the videos you create are valuable because they are your opinions, perspective and interests... there is a swamp full of videos out there but in the same way that your music is unique to you, so is your video content... if its of interest to you primarily that's most important .. also speaking openly and honestly about the reality of being a musician when it doesn't alway pay the bills is so important, there's so much artificial and misleading stuff out there.. passion and belief in what you is what keeps you going but it can be a real struggle... I've always admired your commitment to music as well as your skill and beautiful creations... wishing you the best of luck in moving forwards ❤ we're moving into autumn, changing times 😊x just be you that's enough 🤗

You know, having some time between episodes is great. Gives me for one some time to really think and feel about what is said in your excellent work. I hope your own musical career can adapt, John. I have had to do this also - started by cutting every cost and dropping those that I could not cut. Life is simpler but more easy to cope with for me.

You take care John,sending you my best wishes for your future .

hey john i hear what your saying... i dont think theres ever been a songwriter who didnt feel that way at least once on his journey.... hence the term 'starving artist'. you read my post and my conclusion that the only way to survive is regular constant gigging... its work ....we show up and do a job and get paid. of couse depending on where you live gigs may or may not be available. ive lots more to say but my pc is f'd up so imma end and tell ya to come to usa nashville we start a group and go to work.

Good stuff John! There's so many different ways to make a song. Nice to share some of those ideas. Keep on keepin on✌️

Thank you! 🤗

Great topic, not talked about often enough. Music is not supposed to be "boiled rice", it's supposed to have human touch, or why bother? When I hear most current pop I feel less human. To compare this to singer/songwriter pieces of previous times makes me shudder. Some of the greatest songs spring from tiny insights and insights into feelings that are sheer luck. The writer is ready though. Prepared. I could go on about this, but that's enough. I find a spark from so many things - stories I hear among crowds, old maps, weather forecasts, something Ma said, folktales or urban myths, often it's sheer chance that any of this gets to the song stage. I keep all the fragments for later as well. Best of health, Mr G.

A bridge has a lyrical thematic meaning but, even more, a harmonic structural musical meaning. Harmony has subsided to beat or "beats" as the musically untutored call it. Some current "Songs" have a chord. No key change. No coda. American go on about the "pre-chorus" taking the place of the middle 8. But that's too fleeting a device. All the great ballad songs of the 1950s and 60s and the singer-songwriter art of the 1970s use a bridge to a purpose. The middle 8 in these pieces adds more life to the range of emotion when you have a lyric that is grown up and complex - as life is. Today's pop "lyrics" which are really more like advert writing. "Look at me, look at me". Immature twaddle only half as important as the video images. To me, the Artist names these days are in themselves like begging bowls to a public which sees no reason why it should pay for music. It's now a hard road for music that has human, as opposed to machine, values. I love your song, that's solitude captured. You keep surprises in your writing - to me that's the essential element that makes music and words worth hearing. The bridge is a huge part of that surprise.

It is very true that bridges are becoming less common. Middle 8s also, and they've been rare for some time now. Seems to be that songs are generally 2 section things now. I blame djs. Their approach seems to be: hook, chorus, breakdown. Skip the other stuff. Although the artist in me screams objection at this carnage, I do see the logic as their way of working feeds probably far more directly from audience reaction than most songwriters, who (I think - and me included) tend to create material and hope audiences don't switch off midway, and then later drop from live sets the songs that see people's attention drift.

Your piece is amazing. Would love to hear it complete.

Great to see you again! Profound stuff. It's such a mysterious craft.

Always looking forward to your thinking, Mr Gallagher. I think about my favourite lyric to story songs, and you are so right - the intro needs to be creating curiosity. The best have telling details, even one thing that makes a picture in the listener's mind. It's taken me years to appreciate how to let a lyric or a melody write itself, let it go where it wants, and not to copy anyone however great a writer they are. Best wishes. You have a great gift for essentials.

Yep, I try to think like a movie camera to tell a story in a song, with brief telling details. "He gave her a dime store watch and a ring made from a spoon, Everyone's looking for someone to blame, when you share my bed, you share my name." (Tom's lyric from memory "Hold On"). "That's why she left Monte Rio, son, just like a bullet leaves a gun". - You are a breath of spring, Mr Gallagher. Great.

It's useful to move a song from one style into another, because sometimes that gives it more life. I really enjoy your ideas and examples, Mr Gallagher.

I don't have one, but another book that was popular decades back is called a Rhyming Dictionary. Like the Thesaurus, it broadens your possibilities to get a word or phrase that sings (exactly, sings). Best wishes, Mr Gallagher, great thinking.

Your melody is exquisite, Mr Gallagher. Interesting way to get there, very direct and adaptable. Rhythm anchors emotion every bit as much as harmony chords do. I really enjoy your suggestions.

Just to throw in a great fact: Cole Porter didn't get rolling until age 38. I wonder what year you were born Mr Gallagher? I am 1961, and happily so. On career: location is the thing, where music is recorded, and there are collaborators and performers seeking songs. No song, no business - and the industry knows that this maxim remains true. - Ev, Blue Bee Theme Music.

Brilliant. The state of mind is hardly ever the topic for those prepared to speak about songwriting. Excellent thinking.

Bravo

I like the different styles you played…

Thanks John for your valuable advice.😊