Volume 14 Music Composed

 As of today I have completed composing ten original songs along with the lyrics that will be Volume 14 of my music catalog. I have yet to name the album. I have two songs with titles that could work in a title. Longshot and Lockdown. As in Rockin' the Longshot, or Rockin' the Lockdown. Seeing as how this country is just emerging from a government mandated "lockdown" I might go with that. But I like the Longshot title too. It could depend on what kind of a cover design those titles can be matched to. That is a very important element, and I have yet to research any possible cover designs, as I have only just now finished with the lyrics. I had meant to make this a third album in a row that is a concept album. Like my last two albums, Volumes 12 and 13, which are both concept albums. And it is. So it could be I'll go with the Longshot. But that is not definite yet. At this point, the song list is as follows:

1 - Born in a Maze

2 - You Were Losin'

3 - Bad Boy

4 - Longshot

5 - Why Can't We

6 - Woman of Straw

7 - Penalty

8 - It's Money

9 - Lockdown

10 - Who's Laughing Now

I don't think you can discern the storyline from the titles. Maybe you can. Whereas Volume 12 was about a man in space, whereas Volume 13 is about the end of life. Volume 14 is about a man who starts from nothing, makes it big, falls back to nothing, makes it big again, and falls again to nothing. So it's not a rags-to-riches story, its more like a rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches-to-rags kind of story. And there is a love interest included with the song Woman of Straw. I went back to the love ballad genre for that one. I thought I had a good talent for those kind of songs as my Volume 1 displayed. Anyway, I'm pleased I was able to get the music written, arranged, and recorded during my summer break. I hope I can get the vocals added by next week. And once the vocals are done, I'll send the SD card to San Diego so all ten songs can be made into my fourteenth CD.