The Main Thing
Episode #10: The Main Thing - (Song at 7:35)\nThis song, number 515,\xa0 traces the trajectory of a (musician\u2019s) life and marks the points where he prioritises his goals as he goes through a series of transitions - which pretty much sums up a lifetime. Along the way, his definition of the main thing keeps changing.\nI\u2019m loving archiving these songs and I hope you\u2019re enjoying them too. \nAlfred, the Labrador, makes another appearance this week - the Labrador we were looking after kept me company as I wrote the song, 19 years ago. \nAs a lyricist, I generally write from an \u2018I\u2019 perspective. In this case, I wrote the song as a \u2018storyteller, this time in 3rd person.\xa0It started off with a true episode that happened when a girl was young and moves on through her life, then it becomes equally - or more so - about the man she eventually meets - and their relationship down through the years.\nThere\u2019s a saying \u2018being in the zone\u2019 \u2026not blowing my trumpet here, but there was something about the songs, the demos from this particular fortnight of house sitting.\nWriting lyrics really flows for me. I don\u2019t work on these lyrics for months. These generally come together in about 20mins - and the music generally happens in about the same amount of time.\xa0\nI\u2019m looking forward to recording an album of these \u2018demos\u2019. Recording these podcast episodes is proving to be a useful sorting process for me. Also, it\u2019s very much a time of discovery, as I discover things about the songwriting process as I talk about this. \nI welcome your feedback about what I\u2019m up to on this podcast. I\u2019m very much finding my way. \nI\u2019m enjoying analysing the lyrics and exploring the song from more of a composing point of view towards the end. \nI find these episodes entertaining and informative. I hope you do too. \nThere\u2019s nothing like some new music, too. I hope after listening to this episode, you feel a bit like you\u2019ve been to gig, heard the story of the song and maybe even picked up thing or two about songwriting and arranging\xa0- which is certainly an ongoing learning process.\nIf you\u2019re tuning in and finding you\u2019re enjoying these episodes, you might like to hear more at www.petepascoe.bandcamp.com. There are a selection of my albums here, including 2 piano/vocal singer/songwriter style, along the lines of the songs on this podcast. \nAlso you\u2019ll discover my other albums and styles there - which I\u2019ve touched on in previous episodes:\xa0 Piano solo, Rock, Folk rock, etc.\xa0\nOther links for you to explore:\nwww.petepascoe.com\nwww.petepascoe.wordpress.com\xa0 (blog \xa0- art and music with links to more)\nYoutube: Pete Pascoe Art and Music \n\xa0https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrHYCpWbGGaBQr8ukxASVnw \n Enjoy.