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I’m an Aussie Lyricist and fur-baby mother with a love<br />
for fitness, fashion, food and fun! I spend most of my<br />
down time on the Sunshine Coast, lazing in the sand<br />
with my hubby and puppy dog and can usually be found<br />
with headphones in and music blaring. I listen to everything<br />
from folk to house, depending on my mood, but<br />
must admit my true weakness is 80s synth-pop and,<br />
boy, do I love a good 80s ballad!<br />
I started on my path as a music lyricist about three<br />
years ago after losing my Mum far too young and far too<br />
soon. She had been sick for a number of years and<br />
although I thought I’d be equipped to manage my emotions,<br />
nothing could have prepared me for her passing.<br />
I quickly realised I needed a constructive release to<br />
help me work through my pain and turned to poetry,<br />
which strangely and quite unintentionally<br />
morphed into lyric writing<br />
when I started hearing<br />
melodies in my head and<br />
my words started changing<br />
shape and feel as it hit<br />
the paper.<br />
In late 2016, I decided<br />
to post one of my<br />
pieces in a songwriters'<br />
forum to see what<br />
people thought of it<br />
and, to my absolute<br />
amazement, the<br />
response was<br />
overwhelmingly<br />
positive.<br />
I was<br />
subsequently<br />
invited to<br />
work on a<br />
few projects<br />
and<br />
used<br />
these<br />
opportunities<br />
to<br />
really<br />
hone-in on<br />
my style and<br />
approach.<br />
I’ve been told<br />
along the way I<br />
have a unique<br />
approach to writing.<br />
I like to<br />
think of the lead<br />
vocalist on<br />
each track I<br />
write for as the<br />
main protagonist<br />
in a short<br />
story that I’m authoring and I build their story, chapterby-chapter<br />
(verse-by-verse) around the core plot or<br />
theme/s. This approach not only allows for true creative<br />
freedom but it empowers me to draw upon my own feelings<br />
and experiences, whilst projecting them onto the<br />
protagonist, which helps me to avoid becoming overwhelmed<br />
with emotion on the more intimate pieces.<br />
In early 2018, I was fortunate to partner with an experienced<br />
London-based producer and music engineer,<br />
Mairk, and together we now host an intimate online<br />
community of artists, with the aim of bringing together<br />
singers, songwriters, lyricists, producers and engineers<br />
from around the world to collaborate, create and support<br />
one another. Through "dnldr for artists" I've had<br />
the pleasure of working with some truly incredible talents<br />
and I'm super excited about our 2019 offerings.<br />
I really enjoy writing for pop, synth-pop and dance<br />
tracks but have penned lyrics for everything from heavy<br />
metal to disco, both through collaborations and on a<br />
professional level through SoundBetter https://soundbetter.com/profiles/122808-rachel-m-starr.<br />
I don’t have<br />
a preference in terms of writing for pre-produced<br />
music or taking a “green field” approach without any<br />
external influences. Over the past few months however,<br />
I have occasionally enjoyed taking more of a lead role<br />
by formulating melodies to accompany my lyrics. As I<br />
can’t sing for the life of me, this takes the form of poorly<br />
recorded vocal demos, which I then send to Mairk for<br />
interpretation and production. I don’t know how he<br />
does it but he can literally take my demo’s and turn<br />
them into commercially-appealing songs! It honestly<br />
seems so incredible to me.<br />
If you’re interested in checking out my work I have provided<br />
some links below for you to explore.<br />
https://open.spotify.com/track/03X5PJIYQpu7AErHISJn<br />
8A?si=dFgXpPdjTUuWcwSAg70vpQ<br />
https://mairk.bandcamp.com/track/4th-of-july-ft-kirine<br />
https://soundcloud.com/zavien/sit-with-me<br />
The piece I’m probably the proudest of so far is When<br />
the Night is Done which was produced by Mairk and<br />
includes vocals from Canadian artist, Stacey James.<br />
When the Night is Done was shortlisted by the<br />
Australian Songwriters Association in their top 30 lyrics<br />
for 2018, amongst a pool of many, and later picked up<br />
by a European label, Projektor Reccords, to be translated<br />
into French and re-released as La Fin de la Nuit with<br />
Romanian artist, Kirine.<br />
https://open.spotify.com/track/21HFxRQ5eUkN1oUhryR<br />
zoq?si=BzDZqJovSMqjR9EiZDxriw<br />
https://open.spotify.com/track/4oXGdOtyTlp7O3AAgN5e<br />
Zd?si=QpAILDdZQ_G3kWoenli1ig<br />
I hope you enjoy my work and have also enjoyed my<br />
story.<br />
Rachel M Starr<br />
Freelance Lyricist<br />
https://soundbetter.com/profiles/122808-rachel-m-starr<br />
www.writeawaymagazine.co.uk<br />
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