The time has come to put it all together. With the instrumental that began the run of exercises starting on Day 4 of the Michelangelo Technique, we will craft an entire song. You already have the mood, theme, and primary image. You have a boneyard of words to pull from to help your lyrics, you have a story line, and you have sensory language, all derived from the instrumental!
It is probably best to post yours before listening to others so that you are not in comparison/judge mode and so you don’t have other’s influencing your creation
As you have been listening to the instrumental, it is likely that you have naturally began finding some hints at melodies floating in your head.
We will take our tool kits, develop lyrics, and set them to a melody. Then we will record our songs and post in the reply here (as mp3s, I think that is the format allowed to not crowd the server). It would be helpful if you also posted your lyrics.
The key thing here is to not be overly judgmental. We are not trying to create a “great” song. We are trying to use exercises to write and entire song from what our minds and senses found hidden within the instrumental. We are just wanting to see what we come up with by listening to the instrumental and utilizing the exercises. Don’t worry if you can’t sing in key or if you make some mistakes. That is not a problem. We are not going to judge on performance or production, we are all going to support each other in this endeavor and appreciate what we come up with.
You can always edit a bad song, you cannot edit a blank page. In order to make this enjoyable and not a time crunch, it may take longer than a one day, ten minute session. Feel free to work on it for a few sessions, but do not stress about it. Enjoy the learning and the process.
One way you can record it is to use Audacity, it is a free recording/editing software (I am not promoting it, it is just what I use and seems to be pretty simple). Another way could be to play the instrumental on your computer and sing to it, recording with your phone’s voice memo app while the phone is placed between you and the computer. I am sure there are countless other ways to record, use whatever you like.
Good luck and have fun!
You can download the instrumental track here:
Instrumental - Full Song
This instrumental is made by HoliznaCC0, it is a public domain dedication, and here is a link to HoliznaCC0: Free Music Archive - HoliznaCC0
I also found out more about the guy who made this instrumental, Here is his website link with more info.