by Alison Cromie | Feb 22, 2016 | Songs I've written
This was a set of lyrics, written by Kristi McKeever that jumped out at me right away. I immediately came up with a melody and sent it to her, asking if I could continue putting them to music. So far, comments have included comparisons to Brandi Carlile, the Indigo...
by Alison Cromie | Feb 21, 2016 | Songs I've written
Early on in FAWM I had found a set of lyrics I was hoping to put music to, but nothing ever really came to me. Finally, the writer asked if I’d still consider it, and so I sat down and came up with something. I hated it. I sent it over saying as much and he took...
by Alison Cromie | Feb 20, 2016 | Songs I've written
This was a fun song to write. I was tired of writing love songs, and my lament to my husband, who happened to be playing his ukulele, inspired this one. I don’t usually do silly songs, but this was fun and just what I needed to lighten my mood. Here are the...
by Alison Cromie | Feb 19, 2016 | Songs I've written
Each week, FAWM poses a challenge to its participants, which is how this song came to be. The challenge was to write about food and the first thing that popped into my mind was the eulogy my Mom had given for my Poppa’s funeral last December. The theme of the...
by Alison Cromie | Feb 6, 2016 | Songs I've written
My second song for FAWM is Stay With Me Tonight. I started off by trying to put music to someone else’s lyrics. But the music I created just didn’t work well together (I didn’t like the combination of chorus, verse and lead in). So I scrapped the...
