Class in the Morning

Coursera - Berkelee College of Music Songwriting Class under Pat Pattison
Lesson 3 Assignment
Stable Verse and Unstable Chorus using Rhyme Schemes and Rhyme Types

Verse:

Raindrops are falling outside the window.
The soup in my bowl is perfectly warm.
The wind is blowing in a crescendo.
I don't need a blanket; I'm in your arms.
Tonight is the best night to fall asleep
just for a few hours-- the perfect retreat.

Chorus:

I don't wanna go to my class in the morning
The rain is still pouring and it won't stop
Eight hours of sleep is just not enough
To feel your breath on my skin.
I wanna stay. 

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Notes:

Rhyme Schemes

Verse: ababcc
Chorus: abbax 

Rhyme Types

Verse:

window - crescendo (perfect rhyme)
warm - arms (additive)
asleep - retreat [family (both unvoiced plosives)]

Chorus:

morning - skin [family (both nasals) / subtractive]
stop - enough (assonance)

Class in the Morning

John Mark Arcilla, from the Philippines, making indie folk music that you could take home and introduce to your parents, all from his bedroom. 

He makes music that would come out from She & Him if it was fronted by Jens Lekman and if they recruited Belle and Sebastian as their backing band. He is also law student and a licensed geologist 

His "Bedroom Sounds" EPs have been featured on the now-defunct Philippine rock station nU107 in 2010. He also contributed two songs, "Nasaan" and "Takbo" to the soundtrack of the CinemaOne Originals 2010 film "Tsardyer". His album "Bedroom Sounds, Vols. 1 and 2" is available on iTunes and in major digital retailers.

At the age of eight years old, using a guitar and four chords his father taught him, he started to write and record silly one-minute songs on his tape recorder. At the age of 12, he pieced together short sound files and read passages from his parents' law books.

He re-learned the guitar at age 14 and wrote his first decent song at age 15 when he put a melody to one of his poems. He formed bands with his high school friends, and ended up writing their high school graduation song.

Since 2003, he has been recording his songs in his bedroom, playing all the instruments and doing all the mixing. His recording setup eventually evolved from from a single computer mic to a "full-fledged bedroom recording setup." Today he continues to hone his songwriting skills, record more songs, and improve his recording setup, all in the comfort of his bedroom

Class in the Morning

JM Arcilla