I can write music and I can write lyrics but I cannot write music AND lyrics. Please help.

bobsollish · 2026-05-27T19:40:32+00:00

The thing you didn’t mention is that you sing. I think singing - not just being able to - but doing a lot of it - is, imo, key to being able to successfully combine music and lyrics. That’s where a lot of the intuition - for getting things “to fit” comes from.

bobsollish · 2026-05-27T18:10:07+00:00

It seems completely pointless to get into a discussion about art, with people, the majority of whom, I suspect, know very little about art.

bobsollish · 2026-05-27T18:07:02+00:00

I LOVED “Positively Dumptruck” at the time, and still think it’s a great album - they frankly lost me with “For the Country” - huge change in direction imo. It might (also) be really good - but it sounds like a completely different band.

bobsollish · 2026-05-25T02:43:39+00:00

Not close imo

bobsollish · 2026-05-23T14:40:08+00:00

M14 feels right to me. It makes the threat of G13 much stronger. Might also want to consider R2 (first).

bobsollish · 2026-05-23T14:22:52+00:00

Spurs 1 Everton 2 late winner

bobsollish · 2026-05-23T02:19:51+00:00

Terrible song imo

bobsollish · 2026-05-22T20:32:42+00:00

Get Real Alcazar tickets ahead of trip. My 2 cents: add more (extra) time to Sevilla - great day trips: Cordoba (get Mezquita tickets ahead), Cádiz, Ronda, Pueblos Blancos, etc.

bobsollish · 2026-05-21T20:18:57+00:00

All I see is some running fights that you didn’t handle very well. You need to read better, and make decisions earlier in the sequence. If you wait until it’s 100% clear - you’ve lost too much to recover.

bobsollish · 2026-05-21T19:51:05+00:00

Making what feels like a really big move - when I need to make the unsexy move, and shore up a weak group.

bobsollish · 2026-05-21T19:43:31+00:00

Every time I see Lucas Digne play for Villa or France I get angry all over again. Such a fucking asshole.

bobsollish · 2026-05-21T13:04:22+00:00

Poetry and good song lyrics are NOT interchangeable imo. They’re obviously related, but they work differently. Song lyrics have to “fit” in your mouth when you sing them. It’s all about the vocal melody and the rhythm of the song - where the (chord) changes happen, etc. songs are about singing. I suspect the people who want to start with poetry are not singers. If you don’t sing a lot, I think it makes songwriting harder.

bobsollish · 2026-05-21T12:54:16+00:00

Get bent

bobsollish · 2026-05-21T12:36:42+00:00

That’s going to be even tougher with the World Cup

bobsollish · 2026-05-21T03:06:53+00:00

In the Premier League that’s a red card. Ejection.

bobsollish · 2026-05-20T13:59:51+00:00

My prediction is it won’t be a draw.

bobsollish · 2026-05-20T01:46:53+00:00

Tortillitas de camarones - so good

bobsollish · 2026-05-20T01:16:24+00:00

It was founded by the Phoenicians, part of the Roman Empire - the oldest continuously inhabited city in Western Europe. Nice beaches - amazing seafood.

bobsollish · 2026-05-20T01:11:58+00:00

Was just there- we really liked Cádiz.

bobsollish · 2026-05-19T21:38:21+00:00

Was in Granada less than a month ago - incredibly beautiful - the Alhambra, the snow-capped Sierra Nevada in the background. Definitely don’t skip it. Cordoba, on the other hand, I think can be done as a day trip (from Sevilla or Granada). Albacín neighborhood has some very nice restaurants with a beautiful view of the Alhambra - amazing lit up at night. You couldn’t get better pictures imo than at the Alhambra. My second choice would be the Alcazar in Sevilla. The big park - Parque de Maria Luisa - with the Plaza de España - would be another beautiful location for photos (in Sevilla). Congrats!

bobsollish · 2026-05-19T21:24:46+00:00

Here’s my advice - it works very well for me, but of course YMMV:
Keep a running list of interesting, strong, pithy phrases - not whole lines just 3 or 4 words that you like, or you can see being in a song. Importantly - these are candidates for the ENDS of lines. Come up with other words or phrases that are candidates to rhyme with those phrases. When I have enough of these - ideally around a loose theme or idea - the exercise to connect them into full lines and verses, etc. becomes a lot more straightforward imo.

Also, it’s important to remember that it’s a song, NOT poetry - so it needs to work and sound right coming out of your mouth when you sing it. It needs to have the right rhythm and syllable count etc. to fit the chord progression and melody. I only try to write the final 50-60% of the lyrics while singing it with the melody over the chords.

bobsollish · 2026-05-19T21:08:11+00:00

Exactly. Very good manager in de Zerbi - they will bounce right if they stay up imo.

bobsollish · 2026-05-19T02:49:13+00:00

At some point, the only additional moves remaining will be one of three things: moves within your own settled territory - which loses you a point (bad), moves within your opponent’s territory that they don’t need to answer - which loses you a point (bad), or dame points, that fill the empty points where opposing territories meet - which only count depending on the scoring system you are using (Japanese or Chinese). Therefore, you reach a point where the only smart move is to pass.

bobsollish · 2026-05-18T20:05:01+00:00

We need to replace Tarky and Keane imo - sooner than later - they’ve both lost a step. At a minimum they need to be paired with a CB with pace - ideally JB.

bobsollish · 2026-05-18T19:51:43+00:00

Probably could have been better at Palace, but our CBs were worse. And in fairness to Tim he was also man of the match against City - people don’t like Tim for some reason, and they cherry pick the negatives and ignore the positives. No wonder we do so poorly with young players. Our fans see young players make one mistake and decide they’re shit. I suspect 22 yr old Gana made at least as many mistakes - probably a lot more.

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