[Alice Knows]
I thought it high time to put my gurus to the test. Can Doug Marks, Ken Tamplin, Rick Beato, and Ralph Murphy help me write a great song? And can Savvy Musician Academy and IndiePro marketing methods help me create an audience while I do it?
I think it's fair. If you pay thousands of dollars to learn from these folks, you might as well test them out and see if they work in real life. Right? After all, demonstration is supposed to be the only way to teach. (See, Ken Tamplin? I can learn!)
Here's the video.
Let's start with our song's inspiration. The song is called Alice Knows. I heard this Fmaj7 chord and thought it sounded cool. Reminded me of a David Bowie song. So, that's where I started. I then, started thinking of writing a story about Alice In Wonderland, and what stories she'd tell based on her experience. And perhaps that experience was a psychedelic trip based on her eating a mushroom. And then, I thought perhaps she was an addict. A lovely addict. A very nice person, who was intuitive and gentle, just needy and who knows loneliness. And so I started writing.
Using Rick Beato's musical teaching, I wanted to write a song that was musically interesting and used lots of 7th's, +9th's, minors and borrowed minors. He says people don't write songs like that anymore and so music is (more or less) getting boring.
So I wrote this sequence, and started on lyrics. And knowing I was going to write this song with my friend, Chloe Bowie, I wrote the following words:
She'll use your love
Like a silver spoon
What she's dreaming' of
Can't come too soon
If you think you got problems now
Just wait til she shows you how
Far Down
She goes
Alice knows
If you need somebody
Alice knows
If you want a friend
Alice knows
The Highs
And Lows
That's how it goes
Alice knows
Alice knows
Alice knows
Don't take her hand
Unless you take her in
Don't give her your heart
And dream of what could've been
If you think you love her now
Just wait til she shows you how
How deep
Her love grows
Alice knows
If you got nobody
Alice knows
If you're fair weather friends
Alice knows
The Highs
And Lows
That's how it goes
Alice knows
Alice knows
Alice knows
How do you suppose
Alice knows?
So, at this stage, I haven't used Doug Marks, Ken Tamplin, Leah McHenry, or Kris Bradley. Those will be next. Enjoy the video!
And IF you want to learn any of these lessons for yourself, go right ahead. While I do endorse my gurus because I believe their lessons are well worth the money, they're not paying me to advertise for them. That's right, folks! No kickbacks!
Love & Rockets,
Russ