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tj-crochets · 5 years ago

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I wrote my mom a song because my mom loves cheesy homemade things and especially music, and who better than her to write my first song for? She loves it and wants me to share it with y’all, so here is the very simple song I wrote for her that made me cry the whole time writing it and made her cry listening to it

#tj makes some music #this is the first song I ever wrote #I wrote it this morning #after the first line (both lyrics and tune) came to me while I was in the shower #so I sat down at the piano and found the notes #and then started writing each line and finding the notes for it #and then I started finding the chords #and finding the chords ended up changing some of the notes a bit #and I used a piano chord chart to find the chords that contained the note I was singing #and then used a ukulele chord chart to play them and find what sounded best #which worked waaaay better than my initial strategy of 'play chords at random until you find one that works'#and I really did cry like the ENTIRE time writing it (except when struggling with chords because at that point it was a puzzle)#but I'd just gotten out of the shower and my shampoo has lemon juice and salt in it #and so crying made me get lemon juice and salt in my eyes and that made me cry more #it was a very unfortunate cycle lol #this song is dedicated to my mom who I love very much and to all the people missing someone while social distancing right now #my mom doesn't live very far away but she's an essential worker and I am high risk so we can only see each other from a distance #please feel free to add more verses for the people you're missing #I can post the chords and the sheet music if anyone wants them #I know the lyrics are super cheesy but I wrote this in less than an hour and it's my first song so please go easy on me #my vocals are not up to my usual standards because I was trying really hard not to cry the entire time

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