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SONGWRITING BLOG

SORRY AGAIN!
As of now (14th March 2020), I’m writing and recording an album, also moving house (with next abode not firmed up yet), so the blog is on hiatus for the next couple of months or so.

I’m also thinking of framing the next section of the blog as a practical songwriting demonstration in which I take an idea and turn it into a song, showing all steps in the process.

So, I’m looking for ideas for traditional-style songs – folk-tales, legends, fairy-tales, history, politics, humour, and, of course, love-stories that go right, and love-stories that go wrong!

If any songs end up good enough to put on an album, whoever came up with the suggestions will be credited on the cover. If the idea is reasonably detailed, all your own, and those details end up in a song that gets recorded, you’ll get a co-writer credit.

I’ve created this email address just for song ideas: bobleslie50@yahoo.com
If I’m snowed under with hundreds of ideas, I’ll only be able to acknowledge the ones I intend to try to develop. Please don’t think me rude if I don’t reply, life is too short!

I shall return! Bob.

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Bob Leslie is a Scottish Traditional Songwriter & Singer

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Songwriting Basics Section II – Analysis 16: Ah Wid Dance wi Ye, Darlin

by Bob Leslie on July 11, 2019July 11, 2019

The dangers that dancing can lead to!

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Bob Leslie, Celtic music, Orkney, Scottish, songwriter, songwriting, Traditional

Songwriting Basics Section II – Analysis 15: Both Sides the Tweed

by Bob Leslie on July 4, 2019July 9, 2019

If the Lion respects the Unicorn, then we’ll all get on just fine …

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Bob Leslie, Celtic music, Orkney, Scottish, songwriter, songwriting, Traditional

Songwriting Basics Section II – Analysis 14: Siúil A Rún

by Bob Leslie on June 27, 2019July 4, 2019

Siúil A Rún – a rare historic example of Anglo-Irish agreement! Mellow musical macaroni! 🙂

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Bob Leslie, Celtic music, Orkney, Scottish, songwriter, songwriting, Traditional

Songwriting Basics Section II – Analysis 13: Hauf the Brains o Me

by Bob Leslie on June 20, 2019July 4, 2019

A ditty about the forelock-tugging tendency …

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Bob Leslie, Celtic music, Orkney, Scottish, songwriter, songwriting, Traditional

Songwriting Basics Section II – Analysis 12: Sally, Free and Easy

by Bob Leslie on June 13, 2019July 4, 2019

Hello, sailor! … But, alas, Sally departs, leaving behind a majorly morose matelot.

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Bob Leslie, Celtic music, Orkney, Scottish, songwriter, songwriting, Traditional

Songwriting Basics Section II – Analysis 11: Let No Man Steal Your Thyme

by Bob Leslie on May 30, 2019July 4, 2019

Herb-robber, or horny heel? Is this really about gardening?

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Bob Leslie, Celtic music, Orkney, Scottish, songwriter, songwriting, Traditional

Songwriting Basics Section II – Analysis 10: Oh, My Foolish Heart

by Bob Leslie on May 23, 2019July 4, 2019

Cupid’s caprices confound us all! A song for amorous fools …

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Bob Leslie, Celtic music, Orkney, Scottish, songwriter, songwriting, Traditional

Songwriting Basics Section II – Analysis 9: Follow the Heron

by Bob Leslie on May 16, 2019May 23, 2019

A song for birdwatchers everywhere …

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Songwriting Basics Section II – Analysis 8: Sir Patrick Spens

by Bob Leslie on May 9, 2019May 23, 2019

The King sat in Dunfermline toun, making some very bad decisions!

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