Summer Songwriting Challenge

Rules

• The song may include a maximum of 3 riffs (other sections are allowed).
• Runtime may be up to a maximum of 3:30.
• The lyrics of the song must be derived from Words Unsaid (find below) – although you are free to change words, rhythms and melodies as necessary to fit your track.

Tips

1) Get to a full vocal demo as fast as possible. It’s easier to see how your changes affect the track as a whole.

2) Steal from other tracks, especially drums if you’re not confident on them yet. Obviously don’t steal distinct melodies or riffs but use what you can to help inform your own parts.

3) Be unique. You don’t need to do anything crazy, just think of maybe one or two things which will make your track sound fresh.

Notes

Feel free to work collaboratively on this, especially if you need a vocalist or someone who’s really good with production.

I want to show these tracks on YouTube so please make sure you’re happy for your song to be put in a video.

I’ll have to work out deadlines and a good prize for the winner, but it will probably be one or two months which will go by faster than you think, so don’t wait around!

If you have any questions or you get stuck, please send me an email at arranbans@gmail.com. Chances are if you’ve got a problem, someone else has thought the same thing so I can make a video about it. Good luck!

Words Unsaid

Lyrics

Verse 1:
I’m so fucking paralysed.
How many plastic smiles,
can I give,
until this concrete mask,
shatters.

Chorus:
Maybe it’s all in my head.
Perhaps I’m not quite ready to come to terms yet.
But if I wake up all alone in my bed,
maybe I’ll face all the words unsaid.

Verse 2:
Cos I miss myself.
Addicted to the distance,
but I’m right by my side.
But I miss when I could take it.

Verse 3:
What happens when good enough ain’t good enough at all.
But you expect everything to change as time goes on.
These lines on the road won’t take me home.
But I hope they take me somewhere.

Breakdown:
Maybe it’s all in my head.
Shoulda just left me for dead.
These lines on the road better take me somewhere.

Ending (screams):
Maybe it’s all in my head.
Perhaps I’m not quite ready to come to terms yet.
So if I wake up all alone in my bed,
maybe I’ll face all the words unsaid.

But if I wake up all alone in my bed,
maybe I’ll face all the words unsaid.

Ending (singing):
Maybe I’ll face all the words unsaid. x2