I think your problem is that you took this round too literally. That's the same thing I said to you when you asked about your original concept. You could easily write about love.
Peace could turn into a song about making up after a fight or finding inner peace thanks to your boyfriend or describing a moment between you too or saying that you think about him when life goes wrong and that gives you peace of mind.
War could be a song about fighting, breaking up, a song about conflicting emotions and dilemmas or even a song about sex.
This actually makes me feel a bit better about my song. Since my song is about a person who is strikingly beautiful, but has a "bad boy" reputation. I felt like maybe I reached a bit for that, but when you said "too literally", I was kind of relieved.
I think your problem is that you took this round too literally. That's the same thing I said to you when you asked about your original concept. You could easily write about love.
Peace could turn into a song about making up after a fight or finding inner peace thanks to your boyfriend or describing a moment between you too or saying that you think about him when life goes wrong and that gives you peace of mind.
War could be a song about fighting, breaking up, a song about conflicting emotions and dilemmas or even a song about sex.
I thought up so many different concepts for peace involving another person (i.e. family, love etc.) but it was very important for me to take a more personal route. I didn't want it to sound cliché.
I thought up so many different concepts for peace involving another person (i.e. family, love etc.) but it was very important for me to take a more personal route. I didn't want it to sound cliché.
I'll start reviewing and scoring the first batch in about an hour. But as I said at some point, I personally won't be too cut throat about how on topic the song was as long as it's somewhat relevant.
Is a bridge needed? I do want to make one, but if I struggle then there's less pressure.
How many hours left to submit btw?
A lot of songs don't have bridges. Some singers seem to not use them as much anymore and instead kick the chorus up an octave. I personally love bridges though - it can help make the story feel complete, in a way. But a lot of songs can work perfectly well without them.
Is a bridge needed? I do want to make one, but if I struggle then there's less pressure.
How many hours left to submit btw?
I mean, there are songs that just have instrumentals/random "oh" sounds for bridges. I wouldn't put a crappy bridge in your song that would possibly bring your whole song down if you don't think your song needs a bridge.
EDIT: That's not to say any bridge you could write would be crappy, it's all down to opinion obviously.
World peace is definitely something that ran through my mind and was rejected straight away. Inner peace was the most fitting angle for me. I wanted to make sure I could relate to my song, like Little Birds, and unlike Flowers, where I couldn't.
World peace is definitely something that ran through my mind and was rejected straight away. Inner peace was the most fitting angle for me. I wanted to make sure I could relate to my song, like Little Birds, and unlike Flowers, where I couldn't.
Hm, I hear that. I've connected with all my songs to some extent, even Fix. In fact, this one (Mother and Father) is probably the one I have the biggest connection with.
It felt like a hippie with a mega phone screaming @ police officers in song form.
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I literally do not connect a single bit to any of my songs. Well, I mean, I do have a submissive nature, which is a bit of a theme in my first song, and I guess I would enjoy a more intimate/romantic relationship than a completely physical one.
However, #OTF is one huge brag fest and I would never brag IRL, and B&D is about liking a bad boy, which I am physically repulsed by IRL. Writing a song about good boys isn't as interesting, though.
I didn't connect to the Round 1 song at all and I got eliminated . I was lucky with the mini comeback round. Round 3 was about me but could have been executed better. Round 4 is the bitch.
3 (the absolute struggle) > 2 = 4 > 1 (I came up with a concept a few minutes after the challenge was posted, and I think I had an entry ready to submit that day)
Since my song is about a person who is strikingly beautiful, but has a "bad boy" reputation. 
Inner peace was the most fitting angle for me. I wanted to make sure I could relate to my song, like Little Birds, and unlike Flowers, where I couldn't.
Let me give you extra points 