STORY BEHIND THE SONG: "PLAY'EM AGAIN"
I never worry about "IT'S ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN." Truthfully, it's all been written before...and I DO NOT care!
If I want to write a song about how the "old Songs" can take you back, and someone says to me, "They've already written that song!" I will say to them, "Well of course it's already been written...but it hasn't been written by ME!"
When I want to write a song about something, I am NOT CONCERNED in the least about who else has written on that topic. I am going to write MY VERSION, from MY Prospective, the way I write, and with MY proclivities. In MY words, the way I rhyme and in MY rhythm, the way I form a story! I will write a version of how I SEE THAT TOPIC.
I will write my version for me. If you like my version, I am very happy. If you like someone else's take on the topic, take that version home with you...I am happy.
I am not competing with anyone. I am cataloging my life experiences for me and for me first and foremost...for my own personal library. If somebody likes or loves my version, I am honored AND humbled.
The greatest endeavors in life are the endeavors of your passion. The endeavors that come naturally. The endeavors you cannot stop yourself from. The endeavors that you work at endlessly, yet it still feels like play.
I will write about what interests me, what intrigues me, what pulls on me...
And I really, REALLY!, do not care who wrote what before!
Just to be clear.
"PLAY'EM AGAIN" is my take on a familiar topic
--Mitch--
I never worry about "IT'S ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN." Truthfully, it's all been written before...and I DO NOT care!
If I want to write a song about how the "old Songs" can take you back, and someone says to me, "They've already written that song!" I will say to them, "Well of course it's already been written...but it hasn't been written by ME!"
When I want to write a song about something, I am NOT CONCERNED in the least about who else has written on that topic. I am going to write MY VERSION, from MY Prospective, the way I write, and with MY proclivities. In MY words, the way I rhyme and in MY rhythm, the way I form a story! I will write a version of how I SEE THAT TOPIC.
I will write my version for me. If you like my version, I am very happy. If you like someone else's take on the topic, take that version home with you...I am happy.
I am not competing with anyone. I am cataloging my life experiences for me and for me first and foremost...for my own personal library. If somebody likes or loves my version, I am honored AND humbled.
The greatest endeavors in life are the endeavors of your passion. The endeavors that come naturally. The endeavors you cannot stop yourself from. The endeavors that you work at endlessly, yet it still feels like play.
I will write about what interests me, what intrigues me, what pulls on me...
And I really, REALLY!, do not care who wrote what before!
Just to be clear.
"PLAY'EM AGAIN" is my take on a familiar topic
--Mitch--
0
6
Be the first to comment.