BLOGLINE ENDEAVOR... Measure for Measure

"I sat by your side, with a muzzle on my heart..."

And here's how I did it MY WAY...

Being inspried by music, I realized one day that I had equipment (albeit very primitive) that would not only allow me proper amplification for any instrument of choice, but I also owned a stereo system that allowed me to plug in a microphone and overdub my vocals while playing a cassette through the play deck and recording my vocals on the record/play deck. In other words, the process of overdubbing was at my fingertips. It could also be a karaoke machine of sorts.

For a few months at a time I had played around with a piano riff on my Yamaha PSS-460 mini keyboard. This inspired me to write lyrics and the rest of the song clicked. Although the subject matter is rather mundane the lyrics wouldn't suggest so. Writing lyrics at the age of 17, what is there to write about? Broken relationships, being in love, puppy love, losing the championship wrestling match, graduation is approaching and the real world looks very scary?

As for the title of the song, it is a synonymous phrase describing Vengeance. It is also the title of a play by William Shakespeare (although I was not aware of this until many years later). Measure for Measure could also suggest the process of writing a song. When you're composing, you're writing measure by measure or measure for measure.

So I present to you, in it's entirety, the very first song that I had ever written, composed and recorded.

'Measure for Measure' by David H. Chandler