Songwriting...

by Christopher Jackson
(Frampton Cotterell, England)

Hey, I just started songwriting for my band, we need to have a few songs to practice before April so i've been writing a lot. A few days ago, my first girlfriend, who i've been going out with for only a month and a half dumped me, when in my opinion our relationship was just blossoming. Obviously this made me completly heartbroken and the last few days have been hell, but in terms of songwriting it's fantastic! It's a great source of relief, when im angry or upset to just write. I completly agree with letting the words come from within. I remember something Bono said on the Unforgettable Fire documentary (1984), something along the lines of "I let the song write itself, if i stood in the way of a song and thought too much about what I was writing the song would probably end up rubbish" It's the sort of thing that comes when you don't expect it, and sometimes when you dont have paper handy!