The challenge runs from July 4 for 90 days, and the aim is to write 50 songs in that time. Originally a Yahoo! group, the challenge group moved over to FAWM a year or so ago, although it still has a presence at Yahoo!
I’ve attempted the challenge several times in the past, and have never achieved 50 songs. However, I have always come away with a bundle of songs that I wouldn’t have otherwise written, so I don’t see it as a failure.
Of course, the secret to success is to suspend any critical filters you might have. It doesn’t matter whether what you write is good or not, as long as you write. I find that in doing this, I end up with a decent proportion of songs that are good, a number of which I now include in my repertoire. If any of you have heard Lodestone (“Magnetic poetry, it is your friend”), I Hear The Rain, Dark Moon Rising, or The Lives of Others, then you have heard one of my 50/90 songs.
I was wondering if The Lives of Others was based on the film of the same name?
Yes it is. An excellent film.
For those who haven’t heard the song:
The Lives of Others
Words and Music: Chris Malme
I had never thought this ever could be
After all this time
Being on my own
Happy with myself
Glad to be alone
I had never thought this could happen to me
Then you came along
Showed me what I’d missed
Longing for your touch
Yearning for a kiss
CHORUS:
And through it all, you’ll never know I’m here
Hidden in my room
You’ll catch a glimpse and then I disappear
Safe within the gloom
Just another day, like so many before
Just another job
Just another case
Didn’t mean a thing
‘Til I saw your face
CHORUS
I had never thought this could happen to me
Acting in this way
Protect you and your lover
For now my life exists
Just through the lives of others
CHORUS x 2
I agree it is an excellent film. I’d like to hear the song sometime. Are you coming down for the Unicon?
I’m afraid not. There is a possibility of my being at Lissa/Phils thing in a few weeks time, depending on how my mum is doing.
For reasons that will be obvious to anyone reading my blog, my participation in this didn’t happen this year.
Never mind, there will be another one in 2010.