Actually, it is the program (or the version I have) in that it only allows for one line of lyrics as opposed to multiple lines (so if your "repeating" a verse you can use the lyrics editor for the first one only. You have to faff about with the "text" option to create further lines and matching those up is a royal pain in the jacksie!).
Speaking of which, I've been looking on-and-off at one of your songs. It's the only one that really jumped out at me as a lyricist (as in I heard it and immediately some lyrics sprang to mind). It's bloody frustrating though! Every time I come to take another crack I find my mind wants to take the tune elsewhere than it is (I'm not writing the lyrics with the song playing because that was too annoying keep stopping and starting again). So I find myself writing lyrics to that and when I come to sing them back to the actual tune it's like I've gone all schizo and am listening to two songs at the same time!
It's the Jessica one, by the way.
Sorry to take so long to respond.
YOU WROTE: Actually, it
is the program (or the version I have) in that it only allows for one line of lyrics as opposed to multiple lines (so if your "repeating" a verse you can use the lyrics editor for the first one only. You have to faff about with the "text" option to create further lines and matching those up is a royal pain in the jacksie!).
Okay: I recommend a better notation software then. A free one (might be the one you are using) is "Anvil." Mine is called "Notation Composer." It isn't the best, or worst available, but it IS the one that I can help you to learn. That is a big advantage. It costs about $75.00.
YOU WROTE: Speaking of which, I've been looking on-and-off at one of your songs. It's the only one that really jumped out at me as a lyricist (as in I heard it and immediately some lyrics sprang to mind). It's bloody frustrating though! Every time I come to take another crack I find my mind wants to take the tune elsewhere than it is (I'm not writing the lyrics with the song playing because that was too annoying keep stopping and starting again). So I find myself writing lyrics to that and when I come to sing them back to the actual tune it's like I've gone all schizo and am listening to two songs at the same time!
It's the Jessica one, by the way.
MY RESPONSE: That is a bit of music I wrote for Jessica Bachand. You can look her up on Reverbnation. Nice, talented girl. She can use the listens.
As for you mind "wanting to take the tune elsewhere than it is," BOY DO I UNDERSTAND THAT. Let's see if I can pin down why that is.
For you (as for most of us) writing songs is an "itch that demands to be scratched." You could no more "not write songs" than you could quit breathing. AND. . . the "itch that demands to be scratched is not "satisfyingly scratched" by just writing lyrics.
I could tell by reading your lyrics that you have at least parts of tunes in mind when you write. Multiple people (here and elsewhere) have told me that all writing of songs/music begins with "snippets" of songs/music. That is usually true of lyrics AND music. Building upon those "snippets" IS "songwriting."
Because you have pre-conceived notions of where the music can/should go (not a bad thing btw) it's hard for you to take it another direction. You have musical directions for your lyrics inside you, and will not be satisfied following a direction other than those. (again, that's a GOOD thing.) You might (or might not) be aware that you have these musical directions inside you. But I will all-but-guarantee you that they are there.
Because you DO have these pre-conceived notions of where the music can/should go, that direction(s) become(s) a part of the "itch that demands to be scratched."
I do not recommend ignoring that itch. I recommend finding a way to express your musical ideas for your lyrics. I can help with suggested software solutions to being able to do this. One of them is the "better notation software" that would allow you to literally "take the music the direction YOU want it to go."
Another is a now defunct software called "M.S. Songsmith." If you can get a working copy, it functions as a chord generator providing compatible chords for vocal melodies that you provide. It is hard to find, and might not work on anything newer than Windows 7. If you find a viable copy, let me know. I'm looking for one too. I have one on my old computer, but don't still have the load codes, and need it for my newer computer. When it was available from Microsoft, it was $30.00. If you can even find a place to get a "load code" we can find a way to get you that software.
There are other free online sources to write piano music. I could search my old messages here and find out the name of some of them if you'd like.
Anyway, best of luck, and let me know if there is any way I can help.