THE LYRICS OF Z. MULLS
International Songwriting Competition 2007 Grand Prize Winner!!!
and Great American Song Contest 2007 First Prize Rock/Alt Division
for "I'm Not Your Friend" with Eduard Glumov, my friend and collaborator in Kazakhstan.
Another new song finished, finally! None of that namby-pamby soft folk-rock stuff either. No, we're back in headbanger territory, and those who like their music loud and hot should listen to Bitter Pill (by Ray Sharp, who also wrote the even cooler Punch My Ticket. This song is about as far away from the thoughful Vancouver and the melancholy Out in the Cold, my two more recent songs, as it gets.
Writing is about changing perspectives, and my personal perspectives are changing faster than I can keep up. After winning two international songwriting competitions back-to-back, including the 2007 Grand Prize in the International Songwriting Competition, I have a new outlook on my songwriting.
For the last few years I've been writing lyrics, and finding wonderful collaborators across the globe, from British Columbia, to California, to Nebraska, to Texas, to London and all the way to Kazakhstan, where my co-winner Eduard Glumov lives. You can listen to my finished song on the "Songs" page.
All the songs are merely demos, recorded in home studios and almost always by the composer. They are not "CD-ready" but are mostly good quality, and serve to represent what the song should sound like. Only "Atlantic City" was done in a studio.
Some songs are downloadable, and some are not, you'll have to go to my Soundclick page. Some of my collaborators want to hold onto the songs to try to place them with artists, or perform themselves. Others are happy to let the songs go wherever they can.
On my "Lyrics" page you find many lyrics I've written which haven't found homes yet. I will be looking to collaborate with other professionals to create songs that we can place with appropriate artists. All the lyrics are protected by copyright, filed with the US Copyright Office.
Please enjoy reading, and listening, and do tell me what you think. Any professionals interested in collaborating on the lyrics, or in performing the songs, please get in touch.
And thanks for stopping by!
Z.