This section of the course is focused on how to write proper industrial
lyrics. The do's and do not's that will allow you to get ahead in the
rough and tumble record business where selling 30,000 records is
considered a miracle to some and impossible to others.
When you first sit down to compose your lyrics you need to be in the
correct mindset. I suggest watching one of the various Industrial films
that are the eiptome of our genre. Suggestions include:
- Bladerunner
- Testuo: The Iron Man
- Twelve Monkeys
- Brazil
- Gone With The Wind (wait, how'd that get in there?)
These films along with other various Industrial videos should put you
in the proper mood to sit down and write your lyrics. Remember to use
words commonly found in the medical, chemical, and manufacturing fields
when composing your poetry. For example:
Correct: Caustic Rivelets
Incorrect: Dew Drops
Correct: Hard Radiation
Incorrect: Sunshine
Correct: Metal Fatigue
Incorrect: Stress
By avoiding such happy words that exist in popular love ballads you add an
extra edge to your music that your listeners will adore you for. Also
remember to never ever have a point behidn your lyrics. If you have some
deep underlying meaning behind your composition your listeners will
never purchase your records, and your band will surely become defunct as
rapidly as our government becomes bankrupt.
Examples:
- Espresso-Bean
- Frank Sucks! (parody)
- Mechanical Brain-Dump (neon quarters)
- I Love Industrial! (parody)
- Be Industrial (parody)
- Angst!
