Theme For 50/90 (These Songs Aren't Gonna Write Themselves)

11 weeks ago by @kiffa

Liner Notes

I wanted to kick 50/90 off with something quick and fun-- kind of in the vein of my first-ever FAWM song from 2008, "Fortnight" ( https://tinyurl.com/yc3b7jks )-- so here's a short little 'songlet' to get the ball rolling (instead of waiting days or even weeks to post something, as I am oft wont to do).

This is my contribution to the #casiocore challenge. The bulk of the backing track was done with a CTK-330 (using the 'Trance' pre-set rhythm at 160 BPM), and I couldn't resist throwing in the 'human voice' sound from the SK-1. I had planned on using the SK-1 in the song a little bit more, but it's a very old keyboard, and the sampling function wasn't cooperating with me.

So, in my original liner notes that accompanied the lyrics-only post, I alluded to a plan to make a #metareference to 50/90 within the song. In order to figure out what it might have been, you would have had to notice that there are exactly 50 words in the lyrics. So, this song is #50wordsin90seconds (necessitating the brutally abrupt ending). Hey, if I did that with all my songs, maybe I'd actually have a hope of hitting 50 songs!

Lyrics

Fire your inner critic
'Cause these songs aren't gonna write themselves
Don't be too analytical
God knows these songs aren't gonna write themselves

You've waited for this moment to arrive
So make like Peter Frampton and come alive

These songs aren't gonna write themselves
These songs aren't gonna write themselves

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