You\u2019re probably asking yourself, what\u2019s up with John\u2019s recording project? It\u2019s been a while since we\u2019ve heard anything about it. Well, rest assured it\u2019s still going on. In fact, I completed a demo of my new song, To Be a Rock, back around Thanksgiving. It\u2019s not even that new; I\u2019ve been working on this song off-and-on since the springtime. I started it around the same time as Your Dancing Shoes. In contrast to that one, which is light and upbeat, this one is heavy and anthemic.<\/p>\n
The intro is a bass solo which took me a while to be able to play cleanly. Now I have all the basic parts tracked, the piano, bass drums and vocals. But it\u2019s missing something. I\u2019m not quite sure what. Maybe guitars, or synthesizers, or horns, I dunno. But rather than just start slathering on layers I\u2019m gonna let it simmer on the back burner for a while. Looking at my list, I have four or five more half-written songs — enough to complete an album. So I\u2019ll work on fleshing out some of those for a while, and circle back once I have them up to a comparable level of completion. Next up: Plague of Frogs.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, here are the chords and lyrics.<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
To Be a Rock<\/strong> (bass intro) Dm Man of steel man of stone Dark night of gloom Every day another trial Red sun of doom You\u2019re probably asking yourself, what\u2019s up with John\u2019s recording project? It\u2019s been a while since we\u2019ve heard anything about it. Well, rest assured it\u2019s still going on. In fact, I completed a demo of my new song, To Be a Rock, back around Thanksgiving. It\u2019s not even that new; I\u2019ve been working on this song … Continue reading “New Song: To Be a Rock”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-2904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-buz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zingman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zingman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zingman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zingman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zingman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zingman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zingman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zingman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zingman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nby John Szinger<\/p>\n
\n(chorus) Am (G\/B) C Dm (C\/E) F Am (G\/B) C Dm (C\/E) F Gm (F\/A) Bb
\n(verse) AMaj7 FMaj7 EbMaj7 Bm D7#9 AMaj7 FMaj7 EbMaj7 Bm D7#9 E (D\/F#) Gm<\/p>\n
\nBut what man can stand alone?
\nAnd even as you love them too
\nThe ones you love will one day look to you —
\nMan of motion holding fast
\nBut what man is built to last?
\nLike water be, take on the form
\nTo find inside you’re solid to the core —<\/p>\n
\nRed sun of doom
\nGotham metropolis
\nYou know I never asked for this
\nCan you stand the day you stumble?
\nCan you bend or will you crumble?
\nOh, to be a rock!<\/p>\n
\nHow many steps to climb a mile?
\nPush that stone back up that hill
\nA thousand labors only to stand still —
\nMen of stone men of steel
\nBut what kind of man is real?
\nMan of motion never rests
\nEach day put your mettle to the test —<\/p>\n
\nDark night of gloom
\nI never asked for this
\nGotham or metropolis
\nWill you crack the day you stumble?
\nCan you stand or will you crumble?
\nOh, to be a rock!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"