Change and Grow

It's nearly the end of the week and we have another song to share with you from the new collection we are working on. In the process of songwriting, we have always found that what works best for us is to start with the melody. We have this in common with Roger Radcliffe - fictional composer of 'Cruella De Ville' from Disney's '101 Dalmatians'. ("Melody first. Always the melody first!"). We tend to find that creating the tune, chords and structure is the relatively quick bit! The next part of the process is to interpret what the tune itself is saying - the melody has to be given time to tell us who he, or she, is. Then follows the sometimes mind-numbingly difficult task of crafting the lyrics to suit the shape and emotion of the tune.

We were pleasantly surprised how effortlessly the lyrics fell into place for this new song 'Change and Grow'. We wanted it to be useful for a number of different occasions in the school year - including moving onto a new year, or leaving in years 2 or 6. We're aware that sadly there are many unwelcome changes in our lives as well as the more positive ones, so perhaps this song will be resonate on many levels.

With the help of our well-thumbed 'Rhyming Dictionary', and the obligatory cups of coffee, we were able to write and demo this song in a day. In writing this song, we had a bit of a smile when we inadvertently found ourselves giving a 'nod' to some other lyrics from old favourites in the 'EVERY' series. (So, to those faithful users of our songs, if you liked 'Time for Everything', 'Leavers' Song' and 'Memories', we think you'll like this new one).