Israel Trip

I'm putting my travel diaries onto my personal blog if anyone's interested in our adventures check out:
http://hannahs-philosophies.blogspot.com
Han

Swedish Songwriter wants to cowrite

There's this Swedish songwriter who wants to cowrite...has some finished texts...ideas...let me know if you guys are looking for some good inspiration and I can give you his email address.
I've been writing a lot lately...have three new songs in the works...one is finished "Hero" for my grandfather who just passed away. This is him...see news video http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/5487523/detail.html
Then one for a friend with cancer...my favorite line from that song is "He helps me see the world through different eyes"
Then I just got a promise of approx. 12 gigs in 2006 for a nonprofit org. that is called Diaconia...and am writing a song for them called "Villiage of Hope"...having a blast at it. I also realized that starting a new instrument often inspires new ideas. Billy lent me his mandoline and I just got my own on Thursday (30th B-day...yooohooo!)...it has been giving me some new ideas although I must say I don't know exactly what I'm playing just that it sounds good ;-)
Greets, Han

New Song

Just wrote a new song about a friend who was just diagnosed with cancer...it pretty much flowed out...been also teaching a student how to write... I call it magic or revelation...you know that point where the melody comes to fit the chords or to fit the lyrics you've written..that's something nobody can teach, you just gotta have the guts to try it. I bet a lot more people could write songs if they believed they could. What have you guys been writing about lately? Billy, you're going through an aweful time right now...I'm hoping and praying you'll get a song to express all that's going on in you.

Temperments

Just had an interesting realization (or more like a refreshed realization) about myself and probably a lot of musicians out there... Lots of us are what psychology calls melancholic temperments...which means emotional...my best songs come when I am in major mood swings. duhhh!! But the better best songs are when I've learned a valuable lesson through my mood swing and can share it with the world...my personal success story. People like those kinda songs...anyways...a thought not too deep with not too many major revelations, but true, don't ya think? BTW, welcome Billy and Olli to the blog contributors list, can't wait to hear your "revelations" big or small. ;-)

Han

Rhyming and a Book Recommendation

Do you guys all work with rhyming dictionaries? It's a great way to get some inspiration sometimes... You start with a word, look it up and use the rhymes to build a funny story. There's even a rhyming dictionary online: www.rhymer.com I haven't worked with it as much as my rhyming dictionary here at home (hard copy)...but if you try it out, let us know what you think. In the states they also have these books similar to "....for Dummies" called The Everything...Book. There's one called The Everything Songwriting Book by C.J. Watson. It's really great...he puts all the basics and beyond into one book.

Share Your Songwriting Ideas and Insights

Hi Guys,
Here's the place to share you songwriting insights.
Han