Week #1 Songwriters Association of Canada songwriting/blogging challenge

Hey Everyone! I am taking part in a 6 songs in 6 weeks songwriting/blogging challenge which is run by the Songwriters Association of Canada S.A.C. and led by Christopher Ward who written big hits like Black Velvet. 

Week 1: is all about song starters, different things you can do to get a new song on it’s feet: 1) Song Title 2) First Line 3) Themes. We had to pick song starters that inspired us from existing songs and then write some of our own. The second part of this challenge of course is writing a brand new spanking song from one of the original song starters, I will post that song soon. Check out my homework below ;) Emily Mac

Top 3 Titles:

#1. Hurt So Good by John Mellencamp , George Green

#2. Crossyed and Painless by The Talking Heads, Brian Eno

#3. Live and Let Die by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney

Top 3 First Lines:

#1. Your love is like a chunk of gold hard to get harder to hold - The Same Love That Made Me Laugh by Bill Withers

#2.  Isn’t it amazing what a lonely heart will have you do just when you think your getting wiser - Fighting Suspicions by Rebecca Ferguson, Eg White

#3. Procrastination is the thief of time so all the wise owls say - The Hesitating Blues by Big Maybelle (Blues Traditional)

Top 3 Themes:

#1. Theme: All our good intent doesn’t make us good - Good Intent - Francois Tetaz, Kimbra Johnson

#2. Theme: Revenge - The Payback - James Brown, Fred Wesley, John Starks

#3.  Theme: Loss of Innocence - Logical Song by Rick Davies, Roger Hodgson (Supertramp)

Emily Mac's Top 5 Song Starters:

#1. Title: Vicious Tongues

First Line: An avalanche of words poured from her mouth

Theme: Gossip

#2. Title: Lullaby of Thunder

First Line: She could only sleep in the middle of a storm

Theme: Restless Soul

#3. Title: Shades of Envy

First Line: She meditates for hours trying to find the centre of nowhere

Theme: Envy

#4. Title: Better in Boots

First Line: She had enough of people stomping on her soul

Theme: Empowerment

#5. Title: Slippery Compliment

First Line: You always leave me feeling down

Theme: Peoples Hidden Agendas