Pride and Joy by Stevie Ray Vaughan. I am back to playing weekly tunes! This week is one of my favorite blues songs to play by the great SRV himself. Enjoy!
If there are any songs I should think about covering, let me know in the comments.
William Stonewall Monroe
This song, “I ain’t got time,” is the fulfillment of my attempt to use the Ken Davis #SCORRE framework for speech preparation to write a song. Enjoy!
The Outline
Subject: Love
Central Theme: The demonstration of love
Objective Sentence: Every wife (my wife in particular) can know her husband loves her by his making these 3 sacrifices
R&R:
The Lyrics
I ain’t got time, but I sure got time for you
I ain’t got time, but I sure got time for you
Time slips away but it’s you I’d hate to lose
When you see what you want, baby, that’s what you’ll get
When you see what you want, baby, that’s what you’ll get
Stay with me, darlin’, I’ll make sure you’re set
There ain’t another woman, no other woman I’d choose
There ain’t another woman, no other woman I’d choose
The way you walk so fine I’d love to be your walkin’ shoes
You know I love you sugar, you ain’t got a price
You know I love you sugar, you ain’t got a price
Lovin’ on you is worth any sacrifice
William Stonewall Monroe
I just recently finished reading the Ken Davis book, “Secrets of Dynamic Communication.” Great book, and I will post a review soonish. While reading the book, however, he mentions the book will be more helpful if you outline a short speech or talk while you read the book. As a songwriter, I tend to write more songs than speeches, so I decided to attempt using his logical framework for outlining presentations to write a song.
Framework by Talusbb, on Flickr
Assuming that the one of the primary goals of music is communication, the same preparation method should work for both. The song I decided to write is a blues song, about the sacrifices we make for love. I’m going to post the outline and the tentative lyrics today. On friday I will post a video of the performance.
The Outline
Subject: Love
Central Theme: The demonstration of love
Objective Sentence: Every wife (my wife in particular) can know her husband loves her by his making these 3 sacrifices
The Lyrics
I ain’t got time, but I sure got time for you
I ain’t got time, but I sure got time for you
Time slips away but it’s you I’d hate to lose
When you see what you want, baby, that’s what you’ll get
When you see what you want, baby, that’s what you’ll get
Stay with me, darlin’, I’ll make sure you’re set
There ain’t another woman, no other woman I’d choose
There ain’t another woman, no other woman I’d choose
The way you walk so fine I’d love to be your walkin’ shoes
You know I love you sugar, you ain’t got a price
You know I love you sugar, you ain’t got a price
Lovin’ on you is worth any sacrifice
Other thoughts
The concept of audience is strange in songs. You almost always are dealing with two audiences, the audience addressed in the lyrics of the song as well as the audience addressed in the performance of the song. I’m going to use this method for some other songs and see if I can come up with a systematic set of rules to help negotiate some of the differences between songs and talks.
Look for the final song performance this coming friday!
William Stonewall Monroe
Turn it into a blues song.
This song is a blues original by me, William Stonewall Monroe. Enjoy!
I decided to try some looping pedal action and incorporate both the piano and the guitar.
William Stonewall Monroe
William Stonewall Monroe 