In an effort to celebrate the official launch of djphillips.com, challenge my songwriting/ recording abilities and to take my own swipe at a 30 Day Project I will now post a new song idea every day for the next 30 days. These are not necessarily finished products. They are not necessarily fantastic pop nuggets. But they will be new ideas (written at least within the last few weeks). They will be (pretty much) on time. And they will be original.

Along with each posted song, I’ll include a little story of the writing and recording process. If you’re the kind of person who doesn’t like to know what’s behind a song, feel free to skip all the content below the track.

I’m putting these out there-- warts and all-- so let me know what you think! The songs that get a good response will be the most likely to be included on a future release.

Love You Something Good

Woo! One more left after this! I have to tell you I have really enjoyed this whole process and I'm excited about going back and revisiting (some of) these songs and tweaking them. Next step is getting a band together, rehearsing and bringing these nuggets to life.

I first created the drum loop for "Love You Something Good" and then I realized that it fit nicely with this semi chicken-pickin' lick that I've had for a while but I have never done anything with. I could never find a satisfactory chorus. I really like the one I finally came up with actually.

The lyrical phrasing is a little weird but I was thinking along the lines of "that sure stings something fierce" when I sang the phrase "love you something good". I'm not sure if it actually makes sense but I like the ring of it.

The idea behind it is that desire to be the knight in shining armor for someone who's had crappy romantic experiences in the past. It's simplistic and probably naive but I would wager that there are many of you out there who can relate.

Download the song at Bandcamp and help the Nashville Red Cross flood recovery efforts which are still very much going on. There is a long road ahead before things are back to "normal" but with your help we can get there!

I'll have all 30 demos available for purchase and download probably this weekend. Woot.

Love You Something Good

Was it something I said
Or maybe something I did
I just don't know anymore anyway

Was it something you read
That made you take the lowest bid
I just don't care anymore anyway

How about I just love you something good
I'll just love you like I know I should
I'll just love you something good
I'll just love you like you want to be loved

You've been pushed all around
You've been told to quiet down
Well, it's time you met a real man real soon

I'll help you up off the ground
And keep you safe and sound
Yeah, I can be a real man to you

How about I just love you something good
I'll just love you like I know I should
I'll just love you something good
I'll just love you like you want to be loved

How about I just love you something good
I'll just love you like I know I should
I'll just love you something good
I'll just love you like you want to

I'll just love you something good
I'll just love you like I know I should
I'll just love you something good
I'll just love you like you want to be loved

Comments

There are currently no comments.