Here are ideas for songs, however most of them have no or very few lyrics. “Full” songs (i.e. there are least verse and chorus sections with a melody idea) are at the top. Scroll down for random snippets of other ideas.
Full song ideas
Bluesy Rock
Lyrics (below) started based on the October 2021 ‘Psalms’ challenge, but I’m not sure it’s going in the right direction.
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Verse 1
God of the homeless
God of the needy and oppressed
God of the ones who find no rest _ _ _
Why are You distant?
Why do you hide Your mighty hand?
Do you not see or understand _ _ _
Pre-chorus 1
Hear their cries
See how the evil multiples
Darkness surrounds on every side
Where is the saving God?
Chorus
God, we pray that Your kingdom come
We pray that Your will be done
O God bring justice for us now
Verse 2
God of the stranger
God of the lonely refugee
(that’s as far as I’ve got)
Folky
Not sure about this one, it’s lovely to play on a guitar but the melody idea isn’t great.
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Gospel
Elements of this I’m pretty pleased with, but there are aspects of the melody where I’m struggling for the right notes.
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Groove
It doesn’t groove as much as I would like because this recording is a little slow!
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Pop Rock
Maybe one for a youth service.
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Pop Soul
I wrote this after listening to Corinne Bailey Rae.
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Gentle Groove
Laid-back groove with electric piano. Gets quite big at the end.
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Incomplete ideas and experiments with no melody
Funk
A quick funky groove inspired by Tower of Power.
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Poolside
Laid back, chilled, soulful, a bit funky.
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Sting
My attempt at trying to write something Sting would write.
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Pedal Piano
An experiment. This has the same pedal bass notes all the way through.
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Moody Keys
Chilled, kinda lo-fi.
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