Better Late Than Never Song and a Chat

Episode #207: Better Late Than Never    (Song starts at 4:30)

This song (#659), came about back in 2017.  I was on my way to work and there was a bit of difficulty getting there, due to the public transport not exactly running smoothly.

I was off to teach piano for the day ( I’ve been a piano teacher now for probably about 15 years. I teach as a contractor in a primary school. I teach 24 private lessons in 2 fairly intense days (I’m working steadily on video courses. More on this later).

Anyway, on this particular cold winters morning, the bus had been late and then the train was really late.

When it did finally arrive, a lady turned to me and said “Better late than never”. Indeed, I thought: Aha that’ll be a good phrase to write a song around.

So that’s what I did at the school. As luck would have it, my first student was absent. I wrote this one ‘backwards’, from the main phrase

It’s funny, I remember a teacher passing by my door…”What are you doing there Peter?” “Writing a song,.”     “Hmm,” she said a little doubtfully. And said “Oh well, fortune favours those with determination”, …haha thanks very much..

And Aha .. another line was given to me:  “fortunes favours those as determined as can be”.

I find once I’ve written one section of lyrics, it naturally flows on to the next. When the flow stops momentarily, I’ll often cast my mind over what I’ve already written and this often inspires the next angle.

It’s fascinating to me how much I can remember about how a song like this was written. I think it’s because I’m so passionate about it.

You know, how you remember getting up in the middle of the night to watch say World Cup soccer… the anticipation, the alarm going off, putting the heater on, all the details around the actual event remain in your mind.

Having lead a creative for so long, I now have the pleasure of being able to be cast my mind back and recall so many happy memories. And I wonder what lies ahead. Who knows.. all you’ve got is now - and right now, I’m listening back to this episode, reviewing it as I write this. It’s such good fun.

And I’m finding I’m loving recording these episodes. It’s an weekly online gig for me. Thanks so much for those of you who are tuning in regularly, if that’s what you’re doing. If you’re new here, I hope these show      notes have piqued your curiosity and you go on to have a listen.

If you  like what you hear, we’ll there’s another previous 200 odd episodes waiting for you, It’s a relaxed listen, because it’s recorded and produced that way.  it’s all just ‘winged’ -  there is no script. I let the song lead the way. II’ve discovered approaching each episode like this is a good idea, as it’s a fun way to explore what is an extremely complicated process. Apparently.

For me, I write and compose quickly an instinctively. It’s just the way I roll. And I paint and draw the same way,,,

If you’d like to hear and see more, here’s my blog www.petepascoe.Wordpress.com . Lots of links to art and music here.

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Ok, on with the show. Picture me, sitting at my piano in my studio, with the mic in font of me. And away we go “ Welcome to another episode of Song and A Chat…”