Lack Of Practice Blues
Don’t let the lack of practice blues take you aback.
It will come a new day and the practice will start again.
Don’t let the lack of practice blues make you abdicate.
It will come a new day and you will be blues’ king again.
Don’t let the lack of practice blues make you sad.
It will come a new day and the practice will start again.
Don’t let the lack of practice blues nose you down.
It will come a new day and you will be scales’ king again.
Don’t stop, just pause, catch a breath, smile, play a song for change, sing a tune for joy (repeat once).
Don’t let, don’t let, don’t let, don’t let,
don’t let the lack of practice blues set the path.
It will come a new day and the practice will start again.
Don’t let the lack of practice blues impede your delight.
It will come a new day and you will be progressing chords again.
Don’t stop, just pause, catch a breath, smile, play a song for change, sing a tune for joy (repeat once).
Don’t let, don’t let, don’t let, don’t let,
don’t let the lack of practice blues set the mood.
(Spoken) It will come a new day and the practice will start again.
This song composition exercise was a COVID-19 hangover. I was at the dining table at home last year, having lunch by myself while recovering from the virus, and suddenly came to my mind the question if the lack of practice blues was a thing; then suddenly the whole song started to flow and rushed to write it down on the tablet before the inspiration faded. This creative sprout may have been fuelled by watching “Get Back”, the documentary about The Beatles, that in between sleeping and resting because of the virus, I finally had time for finishing watching it and having a chance to take a look at their creative processes. For my songwriting exercise, first of all, I applied the song structure explained by Justin in the Introduction To Dice Songwriting lesson: verse, verse, chorus, verse chorus. Second, inspired by the way the lyrics of “Blowin’ In The Wind” go, I kept my lyrics simple and unpretentious, making small variations over the initial idea. Third, as it was supposed to be a blues song, I initially tried to fit the lyrics over a standard blues progression; as It didn’t suit the lyrics I had, I ended mixing a 12 bar blues progression with two 8 bar variations I had read about somewhere in the Internet and some chord arrangements of my own. For the key of the song, my first attempt of playing it in C (C7) sounded good to me, so I left it that way. I’m definitely proud of finally having been able to write a full song and put music to it. Any suggestions on how to make it more bluesy are welcome. I still need to catch the Blues.
P.S. I thought that learning to play and sing a song composed by me was way easier than a song composed by someone else. I was wrong. It can be as hard.
