Downtown Detroit, Michigan - Paint.NET - Painter 8

Downtown Detroit, Michigan is a picturesque Metropolitan area. It has many older buildings and great perspectives. This photograph was taken by my son Keir M. Gatzka.

I did little to the original photograph. I opened it in Paint.NET and applied the Effects> Artistic> Ink Sketch> filter with the color turned all the way up and the ink slightly down, for the ink sketch feel.

In Painter 8 I colored the gray sky with the Digital Watercolor coarse dry brush, a sky blue. And I added a bit of texture to the image.

In PhotoPaint I upped the saturation by 7 to increase the colors, and using the Tone Curve I deepened the shadows. I then applied Filter Forge's Freepack - Frames film frame to finish the image.

Musically I worked on another song yesterday. I am trying out a new program Verse Perfect [click here] which helps the writer with available rhyming and Thesaurus built right into the program. It's great for writing lyrics but does not give you any music ideas as far as chord progression or melody lines. I am still evaluating the software but it is a free download and I like what it does so far, I would recommend it for help with lyrics or poetry writing.

The new song rhymes well, sounds nice, to me anyway, but I fear it is another of my songwriting attempts that is elusive as to clear meanings. I tend to write poetry for lyrics, and they don't always tell a story or make a lot of sense. This one may fall into that category, you can be the judge.

Here is the new song: "Art for Arts Sake" ©2010 Kirk Mathew Gatzka

E F#m A
Art for arts sake
E F#m A
Isn't all it takes
E F#m A
It takes a nursery rhyme
E F#m A
An accomplice in crime

C#m Bm
Trembling at what lay ahead
C#m Bm
We trip over each other
C#m Bm
Scared by what's behind
C#m Bm
We trip over each other

C#m Dm7
Falling down we tread
C#m Dm7
It's only what we dread
C#m Dm7 hold
Was it something that I said?

E hold

E F#m A
Art for arts sake
E F#m A
Isn't all it takes
E F#m A
It takes a nursery rhyme
E F#m A
An accomplice in crime

C#m Bm
Trembling at what lay ahead
C#m Bm
We trip over each other
C#m Bm
Shaped by what's behind
C#m Bm
We trip over each other

C#m Dm7
Falling down we tread
C#m Dm7
It's only what we dread
C#m Dm7 hold
Was it something that I said?

E hold

E F#m A
Art for arts sake
E F#m A
Art for arts sake
E F#m A
It's all I can take
E F#m A
Art for arts sake
E F#m A
Art for arts sake

E F#m A
E F#m A

Listening --- Art For Arts Sake --- Kirk Mathew Gatzka