My very first thought for this week was "Natural", so I decided to write to that theme instead.  I also figure that after 12 terms in I Heart Songwriting Club, I consider myself a natural at writing songs every week and refining those skills.  This song is essentially about writing songs.  I originally wrote this in 2004, and the instrumental here is from that initial recording.  I revisted the song recently, and updated the lyrics to reflect the various changes that had happened in my life.  Only the third and fourth verses needed changing, but I chose to re-record all of the vocals.  I must say that I am rather proud of this song, and I especially was when I initially recorded it 20 years ago!  I used a program called FruityLoops (now FL Studio), and at that time it was basically a software sampler and drum machine with no recording features whatsoever!  I ended up using another program to record the vocals, then I imported them into FruityLoops and triggered them as samples.  For this new recording of the song, I used the latest version of FL Studio which does let you record straight into the program!  This is so much easier, in my opinion.


VERSE 1
Let's write about the weather
Let's write about the heat
Let's write about the blisters
And the sores on my feet

Let's write about relationships
Let's write about booze
Let's write about how everybody
Wants to date Tom Cruise

Man, is he really that short? I had no idea.


CHORUS
Let's write about it
Go get some ideas
Don't let all these thoughts
Slip into arrears.

Just write about it
Cos you know you can
So go and ask yourself
If you can lend a hand


VERSE 2 
Because all a person really needs is an idea

Songwriting can be such a chore
It can be such a pain
You've got to have your wits about
You've got to rack your brain

Ideas are very hard to come by
Think of what you've done
That can by turned into a song
And not sound really dumb

You're not wrong; I've written some utter crap in my time!


CHORUS
Let's write about it
Go get some ideas
Don't let all these thoughts
Slip into arrears.

Just write about it
Cos you know you can
So go and ask yourself
If you can lend a hand


Go get some ideas
Go get some ideas


VERSE 3
Things in life that you've achieved
Just anything will do
Make sure it's a substantial thing
And not too good to be true

Things like getting drunk as such
For just the very first time
Or having a baby and getting hitched
Though those two memories aren't mine

But what am I gonna do? Am I gonna cry about it?


CHORUS
Let's write about it
Go get some ideas
Don't let all these thoughts
Slip into arrears.

Just write about it
Cos you know you can
So go and ask yourself
If you can lend a hand


Go get some ideas
Go get some ideas
Go get some ideas


VERSE 4
Buying a car and finding love
Man I am so far behind
I don't have a girlfriend
So I can't even have Georgia on my mind

I have to get by with just friendship
But that's unreliable too
Not knowing when you can see your buds
You can end up getting the blues

Which can lead to depression, among other things.


CHORUS
Let's write about it
Go get some ideas
Don't let all these thoughts
Slip into arrears.

Just write about it
Cos you know you can
So go and ask yourself
If you can lend a hand


CHORUS
Let's write about it
Go get some ideas
Don't let all these thoughts
Slip into arrears.

Just write about it
Cos you know you can
So go and ask yourself
If you can lend a hand


ENDING
Go get some ideas
Go get some ideas
You'd better go get some ideas
Don't let them slip into arrears

Come on, you know you can
Go and ask yourself if you can lend a hand
So writing a song isn't all that hard 
You just need some good ideas.

Let's Write About It (Revised 2024)

Protis has been writing music since 1998, when he was still in high school. The name Protis came about from watching the TV show Pokemon; his original name was Piggy, and just how Pikachu evolves into Raichu, well he decided that Piggy would evolve into Protis. The name has stuck ever since then.

Protis is a big fan of computer-based music.  The first computer program he used for music purposes was Cubase Lite on good ol' Windows 3.1 operating system.  Over the years he moved on to Cubast VST, where he further developed his skills as a songwriter.  Most of his early recordings were instrumental works, as at the time he was unable to compose decent lyrics.

After a while, Protis decided to leave the realm of General MIDI and progress into the world of loops and samples.  He accomplished this by using the ACID range of products.  Countless hours were spent with this brilliant piece of software, coming up with lots of cool beats.

Protis has also dabbled in the FruityLoops software, now called FL Studio.  He utilised FL Studio to write songs which contained his first self-penned lyrics.  He was surprised at just how well his lyrics came across in each song, fitting in well with the music.  And all this from someone who could never write words to his songs!