songwriting

the second one is called Believe in you:

My project is completed now and I want to thank you for your feedback, your comments and the attention you paid to my music! You inspired me a lot and it was great for me to see that you enjoyed my music!
I'll definitely continue song writing and I'll let you know about any future work and releases.

love,
Lara

Hello,

finally, I've finished all recordings after a 5 hour session with my friend Elinor who recorded my songs at her home studio.
I hope you like the songs and let me know what you think.

Hi everyone,

I feel a lot better and I've had some very creative moments the other day! I've written the last 2 songs for my project! yay! I just need to record them this week.
The first of the 2 songs is called "London". I'm planning to move back to Germany after my studies so I thought it was time to dedicate a song to this crazy city which has become my second home over the past 3 years:

London

I take a deep breath
And smell the world around me
All the places that I’ve seen

I take a deep breath
And smell the world around me
All the places where I’ve been

I’m taking you with me
Although you will stay
I hope you’ll forgive me
I need to take another way

How can I ever know you
A city full of memories
How can I ever know you
A city full of histories

Thanks for all the joy you brought me
For the people that I’ve met
For some funny situations
For many times that I got wet

You’ve given me good times
I know I’ll come back
To see how you are
To see how you’ve changed

You’ve given me hard times
I know I’ll come back
To see how you are
To see how you’ve changed

Musically "London" has not the common Verse-Chorus-Verse structure, although certain melody lines are repeated. I like the song cause it's different from all the others that I've written so far, but you will know what I mean as soon as I've uploaded the song.

The second of the 2 songs is called "Believe in you". I remembered the amount of songs that were released during the football world cup in 2006 and I thought it would be nice to write a new encouraging song. The next football event is just around the corner, but this is not the right platform to discuss the European championship I guess *g*.

Believe in you

Stand up - you can win
Don’t give up – it’s not too late
You are strong and keen
Be sure that we believe in you

Don’t be afraid to loose
It happens many times
But it’s up to you to choose
The right mountain for you to climb

Stand up - you can win
Don’t give up – it’s not too late
You are strong and keen
Be sure that we believe in you

Remember what you’ve learned
Be confident and smart
Like a bird that wants to fly
Spread your wings and make a start

This song seems to be much more simple than the first but in fact it's just different, the melody is catchy and easier to sing along with compared to the first.
Hopefully I will have the recordings ready to upload until friday.

have a great week,

Lara

Hello and a happy New Year to everyone,

I know it's been a while since my last post. I've finished the tour as a backing singer, finished my bachelor thesis and I'm currently staying in bed with a cold. I started some new song ideas and been practicing piano. I hope I will have something new to post on here by the end of this weekend. My project needs to be handed in in 2 weeks which means that I feel a little time pressure already :-(.

ok, I need to go to bed now - my headache is getting worse. I hope I'm feeling feel better tomorrow to do some creative work. I will let you know!

love,
lara

Hi,

Today is my second day off from the tour that I'm currently attending in Germany. It went well so far. After touring south Germany for the past week we will do a north Germany tour starting tomorrow. Next Sunday I will then have done 15 gigs and although I really enjoy being on tour I can't wait for some days off when I can actually do some uni work as this is hard to do while on tour. I still need to write 2 songs and I can already feel the time pressure, because my portfolio needs to be finished on January 17th.
Oh yes, I did my project presentation last week before I left to Germany. It went well and I'm so happy that it's over.

AAaaaaahhhh, I need song ideas!!!!

more about this from next monday...

best,
Lara

Hi,

it's already saturday and time seems to go by so fast. I'm still working on my presentation for Monday and I'm planning to play my four songs live. Then I will leave again on Tuesday to do another tour around Germany until the 16th of December. Then I've got another 4 weeks to complete my project which means that I have to write another 2 songs and record them. Oh, yes, and did I mention the 7000 word thesis I have to write as well?!?....lol, you see, I don't have any time to get bored, not even over Christmas.

Today I want to introduce you to my fourth song "Always by your side". I sometimes think about angels and whether they exist or not, at least I like the idea of their existence.

have a lovely weekend,

lara

Hello!

Finally - here is "stand still for a moment" as a demo recording.
I love piano ballads that's why I find it always hard to write a more up-tempo song. Well, ballads are just wonderful, there is no discussion about that, and with "do you remember me" I managed to write a song with a more up-tempo feeling. Altogether I'm happy with my progress - 2/3 of my work is done, 2 more songs need to be written, and on Monday I will have to present my project in a 15min presentation to some lecturers - that's 40% of the final mark. Wish me luck and let me know how you like the new song:-)

here are the lyrics of my 4th song "Always by your side", the demo recording will follow within the next days:

Always by your side

Sometimes you wonder
What life is holding for you
And then you see a little wonder
And ask yourself if all this happens by chance

I am your angel
I’m always by your side
My wings are your shelter
My light is your guide
And I’m always by your side

You can cast all burden on me
All the weight that is pushing you down
I want to let you breath again
And forget all your sorrows and pain

Ref

Although you don’t see me
I’m the one that protects you
And whenever you fall
I’m the one that will catch you

(© lara herrmann nov07)

Hello,

I'm currently on tour as a backing singer in Germany and it is a lot of fun and hard work at the same time. We did 5 concerts and today I've got a day off which is nice but I have to pack my bags as I need to fly back to London for a couple of days to do my project presentation for Uni.
It's great to be on tour with so many great musicians. Of course I used the opportunity to get professional feedback on my songs. I played one of my songs to the crew during sound check. I was soooo nervous, but it went great and someone took a video recording of the performance. I received very positive feedback.
Last sunday the artist I am doing backing vocals for lost his voice and I did the show instead. It went really well and luckily I've got a video of the show.

On my day off today I went to a studio and recorded another 2 songs, "stand still for a moment" and a brand new song "always by your side" which somehow developed (still in my christmas mood) from the first of the 2 songs. One verse of the angel song was originally meant to be part of "stand still for a moment" but it would have been too long so I decided to start a new song with this verse.

Due to limited upload space I'll have to remove the 2 current songs from this blog in order to put the 2 new ones on here. I hope you have all listened to the songs and liked what you heard.

I need some sleep now and you'll find some new songs on here tomorrow night when I'm back in London,

good night,
lara

thank you all for the nice feedback and kind words. You have given me some good inspiration for my future work and of how I could develop and possibly improve my songs.

Now I would like to introduce you to my new song "stand still for a moment" which I have been writing during the last week. Initially I was thinking of a typical kitschy Christmas song but then I thought it would be nice to give the song a more general feeling so that it can be sung and performed independently of Christmas time. Does that make sense? For me, it is still a christmas song as I have written it in a christmasy mood
Hopefully I'll be able to record the song next week.

Stand still for a moment

There is a kind of magic in the air
A warm nice feeling everywhere
the smell and the sparkling lights
let me dream and see the world with different eyes

We should all stand still for a moment
Being calm and taking a rest
Let the music fill our minds and souls
And think of those that we want to be blessed

I’m looking back on this year
And see so much that I had to fear
But now I got through which gave me strength
For new challenges to appear

Ref

It’s time to reach out
Our hands to those who need us
To comfort and to cheer them
When they can’t help themselves

2x Ref

(© Lara Herrmann, November 2007)

Oh, I might not be able to post anything during the next week as I'll be touring Germany as a backing singer. How exciting! For those of you in Germany, check the tour dates on my website www.lara-herrmann.de and come along.
For all others...hmm, well, I'd love to perform in the UK someday, that would be fun. Maybe after I've got enough songs ready.

have a nice week!

lots of love,
Lara

Hello,
it's Saturday, 17th of November, and I have uploaded my second song "do you remember me". I hope you like it as much as I do, and I really do:-). Please let me know what you think of it, even if you don't like it, tell me why; and again the song is recorded on a demo stage and is not a finished mastered production.

I hopefully will be able to blog the lyrics of my third song "stand still for a moment" (if that's the final titel!?!?!?) tonight.
Hope you have a lovely weekend and I hope to hear from you,

Lara