Paul Trueman + Musician in Plymouth, EN

SEEKING

ABOUT

I'm looking for a songwriting partner who can compose by ear from words. I both compose music and write lyrics but I'd especially like some help with the former. I'm also looking for a good vocalist. I do sing myself, but I can't sing and play a piano simultaneously.

I have written songs to a professional standard. My songs are diverse in style and range from Adult Contemporary, Singer-Songwriter, Classic Ballad and Sync genre to something like Gothic Rock but like my love songs best: there are currently 60 songs or more. I have actually posted the music for the Epilogue version of Long Ago... but it is very similar to the Prologue version and is intended to bookend a collection of 12 songs. The lyrics to the Epilogue are slightly better than the lyrics for the Prologue. The Prologue is probably one of my best 20 song lyrics but there are 60 altogether and most of them compare quite well with this one in quality.

Long Ago And Far Away (Beginnings, Ends And Now) – Prologue Copyright © 2012-2026 Paul Trueman

She was sleeping,
I’m still dreaming,
Lost in the memory,
Of all that I found there,
Somewhere,
In a time when I knew her,
In moments awoken,
Long ago,

So long ago,

For it was long ago and far away,
If I could tell you how,
Long ago and far away,
Beginnings, ends and now,

But if the love lines,
Are the right lines,
Can a love song,
Lost in the desert —
Reach out?
Living and breathing,
True to the feelings,
Love defines?

That love defines —

For it was long ago and far away,
If I could tell you how,
Long ago and far away,
Beginnings, ends and now,

And I know every word,
On the pages arrayed,
And they’re all that I’ve heard,
Of the verses I’ve played,
And the songs we should have made,

And when the dark lines,
Measure and mark time,
Can the lover,
Scorned and a stranger,
Shine on,
Without fear of betrayal,
Leaving the hateful,
Far behind?

So far behind —

For it was long ago and far away,
And time stands still somehow,
So long ago and so far away,
Beginnings, ends and now,

Yes, she was sleeping,
I’m still dreaming,
If she’s out there…

Copyright © 2012, 2024, 2025, 2026, Paul Trueman

Screen name:

Paul Trueman

Member since:

Sep 01 2019

Active within 1 week

Level of commitment:

Very Committed

Years playing music:

25

Gigs played:

Under 10

Tend to practice:

More than 3 times per week

Most available:

Nights

Influences

Musically I like: The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Carpenters, Don McClean, Elvis Presley, Sir Elton John (and Bernie Taupin), ABBA, Louis Armstrong, Queen, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Adele, Eurythmics/Annie Lennox, The Four Tops, Neil Diamond, Culture Club, Bob Dylan, George Michael, Adele, Pink Floyd, Tina Turner, Led Zeppelin, Phil Collins, Nat 'King' Cole, Madonna, Alicia Keys, Bob Marley, The Seekers, Slade, Duran Duran, Madness, Dire Straits, Spandau Ballet, and far too many others to list. I have not kept abreast of new recording artists for some time, but I'm aware of some of them, like Disturbed and Harriet. I also like Rihanna and as mentioned Adele. What influences me most is personal experience and imagination though. I don't use explicit or vulgar language in any of my songs

I also enjoy classical music: Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, Khachaturian's Adagio From Spartacus and Phrygia, and Rodrigo's Concierto D'Aranjuez being among my many favourites. I am not a good musician, but I can compose good melodies and use chords to apply harmony and modulation. So I use a good many more than 4 chords often and can apply some modulation. As you can see I don't concern myself with arguments about genres: I look good music whatever it's genre.

Instrument experience:

Piano:

Intermediate

Vocalist:

Beginner

EQUIPMENT

Yamaha CLP685 digital piano, Tascam DA-3000 Digital Audio Recorder ADC and DAC. That and a fantastic music system I created with the help of some friends of mine who'd studied audio electronic engineering.

MUSIC