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Posted: 2/6/2008 9:30:24 PM | | Just curious if their are any song writers out there. Always looking for anything to do with music. Spent time in Nashville and learned a great deal about the music industry good and bad. I write and sing. I lean towards country but some of my songs could go either way depending on the music I put to them. I try to right about real life . Some songs are based on my experiences and some are about the experiences of others. I'm always up for talking to other song writers . Music is in my blood . It's a huge part of my life. | |
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Posted: 2/6/2008 9:49:07 PM | hey songwritter, I also am one, havent done any for a bit., I play quitar a bit and write
to my own sound and have been successful enough to at least win a few contests and sing on a spiritual radio show on sunday nights, friends say my songs still play it been about 5 years now, I also entered the Nashvillle songwritter comp. where they also rate your songs for other writters to look over.
I mostly sing stuff that is mellow ,some spiritual some personal. I only with I had the courage when I was at least 17 to get up in front of a crowd or had done something with my talent then when the popularity of music was a little more humble.
anyway stummbled upon you in here , I am new to this site hard to follow the followup resposes so hope you go to my profile page to leave a message.
take care.Purplelillie | |
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Posted: 2/7/2008 1:25:41 PM | | I am writing a song on piano right now. It's coming along beautifully. I just began to write it last night. I hope it won't take too long for me to pull it all together and I hope the lyrics come to me magically. One can only hope! | |
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Posted: 2/9/2008 7:46:34 AM | | I write songs!! Ive been writing poetry and rap since im 14, now im 20 going on 21 in April.. | |
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Posted: 2/9/2008 12:28:12 PM | I enjoy writing.... Music is another outlet to that. I havn't been any where or done anything with it. I just keep it for friends and family mostly. None the less it still counts rt... I had the though at some point to selling my works to someone
rather than trying my luck with the masses so hopefully someday Ill get my lyrics out.
Maybe if u have time we can colab on a song if u like my works..... Email me | |
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Posted: 2/9/2008 7:29:30 PM | Excellent thread.
Just curious if their are any song writers out there. Always looking for anything to do with music. Spent time in Nashville and learned a great deal about the music industry good and bad. I write and sing. I lean towards country but some of my songs could go either way depending on the music I put to them. I try to right about real life . Some songs are based on my experiences and some are about the experiences of others. I'm always up for talking to other song writers . Music is in my blood . It's a huge part of my life.
We walk the same path in life. Music is in my blood too, as necessary as food and water. The day when my ears fail me is the day that I'd gladly return to the void I was born. May I ask, what are some of the good exierneces you've had with the music industry? What are the bad? Lets' all share and learn from each other.
Anyway, I have two years of music producing experience on the FLStudio And Reason, and I've experimented with various soft synthesizers. I also recently took up singing and writing my own lyrics. My best compositions are my piano solos, but I also have done tons of general Electronica music (IDM mainly), and I've recently moved on to producing Industrial Rock and Symphonic Metal.
If you want to hear some of my best, go to www.soundclick.com/melodiceuphoria and check out my piano solos, and the one symphonic metal I've done recently called "Animistic Mimic". For a taste of my lyrical and more Ambientish songs, check out "Naked Banana" www.soundclick.com/thefallengod & check out Angels Fall First, which made it surprisingly good on the soundclick chart position, although I don't consider it my best music compared to the orchestral work I've done (which I haven't posted on the site yet).
You can also hear my selected music from www.myspace.com/omnipresentzephyr
Cheers, | |
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Posted: 2/9/2008 7:29:40 PM | | I don't like to repeat myself...but looks like I did, accidentally. =( | |
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Posted: 2/10/2008 5:42:53 AM | Yet another songwriter here! Most of my stuff leans toward rock with a good mix of West African guitar and percussion. However, I also do solo acoustic stuff too. Been working on a solo CD for a while, and work keeps getting in the way. I need to just MAKE the time.
Here's a question: What are your various approaches to lyrics writing? I've found that it's very difficult for me to just sit down and start writing; I have to wait for them to come to me when they come to me. Does anybody have different techniques for "courting the Muse?"
Sean | |
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Posted: 2/10/2008 9:34:44 AM | I've done quite a bit over the years.
Most times the music comes first, then the lyrics. I find going the opposite way much more difficult.
The best songs I've ever written have come to me almost already done. The weakest ones are the ones struggled over. It does seem like a lot of the work gets done (at least in my case) at a deeper , unknown, level.
I remember one song that I did where the music side was done in less than five minutes, and the lyrics finished in perhaps another ten.
As for courting the Muse, most of the time she's found by picking up your instrument of choice and playing. I find it typically more inspiring when "open jamming" with other musicians. If you get people that are able to play well and complement one another, that can take some interesting roads.
Listening to other music (outside your normal interests) can also inspire you in new directions.
I'm more of a "feel" musician, rather then a technical one. I see music as primarily being emotionally based, at it's deepest level.
I actually started songwriting after an experience with a friend of mine, someone with essentially very limited skills on vocals and guitar. He came over to my apartment, and then proceeded to sing me some of his recently created songs, inspired (as they often are) after a jarring personal event in his life.
They were rough, and again yes he was a very "limited" musician in many respects. The songs however, even if rough, were written from the heart. That was enough to show me that things written in that manner could in fact be quite valid. With that as a base, and some polishing, they could develop into viable songs. | |
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Posted: 2/10/2008 12:00:32 PM | lady~s lament, I love your work! :) There's so much hidden talent here it's nuts.
As for me, I took a vocals class on a whim at high school and the teacher I had said I should try to do something as I had a decent voice. I had experience with FLStudio doing awful, awful techno so I just switched my focus and used it as a sequencer rather than a ARP-chip boop-de-boop synth pad. Now I write stuff like mad and my friends (the REAL musicians) come by and lay down tracks for me every now and then. I play a bit of piano too, it's kind of surreal to work on a song digitally and then turn around and have to teach yourself how to play it  If you'd like to hear some of my rough stuff, I have two pages up;
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Andrew-Fiori/6394383611
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Underrated/7212575868
The first page has the songs I recorded with my vocals, and the second is all works-in-progress, instrumentals and "B-sides"  | |
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Posted: 2/10/2008 1:19:49 PM | | I started writing Punk Rock when I was a teenager. I still do, but I also write a bit of Ska and Rockabilly. I busted up my wrist pretty bad in a mountain biking accident a while ago, and can't play my guitars as well as I used to. SO for now, my song lyrics are just poetry. | |
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Posted: 2/10/2008 4:58:27 PM | | In most cases I have to be in the mood. I just can't sit down and start writing. I met people in Nashville that start with the last verse first so they have a conclusion to write to. In the end everyone has their own technique. As long as the verses tie to the chorus and their is a definite story line it's a good song. People should have some idea of what the song is about with in the first verse. I'm no expert at all i've just listened and learned from veterans in the business. | |
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Posted: 2/10/2008 5:14:00 PM | | My experiences in Nashville were an eye opening experience. Their are a lot of greedy peole in nashville who will promise you the world and leave you hanging. Fortunately I never fell for any of the traps but their are a lot of people who have. I went to nashville for the singing part of the business. It's not about talent anymore it's about what the producers are looking for that particular day . Image, looks, personality, white, black, are you getting the picture. I met peole who were far better singers than I that just never got the chance. I met grammy winning musicians who were on top of the world and now sale guitars in a music store. The songs don't even have to be real anymore. listen to the radio now . There are tons of great artist out there with big names and lots of success but yet how many of them do you actually hear on the radio. You hear the same select few over and over again. It's a sad day when politics become a part of the music industry. If you want to see the real story on nashville. Read about how Nashville treated Johnny Cash. His story is just one of several. A legend was told people didn't want to hear his kind of music anymore. Yet when he died they took full advantage on making all the money they could on his name. I'm not saying you can't make it in Nashville and I have no regrets of going there but, you better do your homework . Be prepared . | |
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Posted: 2/10/2008 10:36:49 PM | | I first started writing lyrics when I was 18. A friend would often be playing guitar riffs, and one day I just wrote out lyrics to what he was playing. After that I wrote quite a few songs for a couple years. Then nothing for more than 10 years. About 3 years ago, out of now where this chorus popped into my head, and I was writing again. Now I just write things when inspiration hits me. | |
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Posted: 2/14/2008 8:41:57 AM | Ive been writing for years just what took my fancy.For the last year I have been colaberating with a guy(he sings in the new band we formed) and we get together once a week to write and record. We always come up with somthing and most get used in our set.
Its so different having some one else come in on your THING but its great to be able to create somthing with some one,I do the riff and some lyrics he will do melody and lyrics some times I have a formed idea some times he has one some times we have nada and we look at each other and dig deep.
It gives you a deeper understanding of the other preson and helps you let go of your preconceived ideas that you know what your doing.
All this music comes from some where but where? | |
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Posted: 2/14/2008 6:57:53 PM | I write and sing as well, most of my lyrics are from personal experiences transformed into a metaphorical type of writing.
just for the hell of it, i'll post a song here.
Armageddon Appears:
Defying nature, such a sin opposed to mankinds beliefs, fallen
by the extacy of discovery fear of what is foretold, peering from
the outer shell of reality and seeing morality defiled beofore
your eyes, they say armageddon appears.
Breaths of fire, ice cold touches, electric stares, these are
things told of evil and denied through prayers, believe what you
will and all will be revealed, you are not right and they are not
wrong.
[chorus]
Wrath can be felt fear can be sensed, view the world through the
eyes of your own, seeing morality defiled beofore your eyes,
they say armageddon appears.
[end chorus]
Draw the sword of the ancients and defeat those who oppose, only
with guidance of the elements shall you choose which to strike
[chorus]
Wrath can be felt fear can be sensed, view the world through the
eyes of your own, seeing morality defiled beofore your eyes,
they say armageddon appears.
[end chorus]
Peering from the outer shell Breaths of fire, ice cold touches
and electric stares are your new weapons of mass destruction for
justice is near
Defying nature, such a sin opposed to mankinds beliefs, fallen
by the extacy of discovery fear of what is foretold, peering from
the outer shell of reality and seeing morality defiled beofore
your eyes, they say armageddon appears. | |
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Posted: 2/14/2008 8:35:56 PM | i have some songs up. I never made it to a pro studio yet, because i don't have enough $ to be throwin around for recording. I don't like the idea of paying for studio time, then being pressured to complete a song before the time is up, or the money runs out. So, it's lo fi recording at home. I've been 4 tracking as long as i can remember, and 8 tracking for about 5 years. I just turned 40 - woo hoo. This is a passin for me, and i can't seem to function in a business type environment/band. My tunes aren't easy to describe, and the styles vary: rock n roll, pop, folk? If interested, visit myspace.com/dkidder  | |
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Posted: 3/17/2008 4:23:43 AM | I write songs and music, not because I deliberately want to ... it just kind of happens... will be walking down the street and tunes pop into my head... when I get home I then go to my piano and work around the idea... and develop it or link it up into what I have been working on...
I kind of store it that way in my head...
and then when a song lyric idea happens.. and I am writing words then I return to the music store... in my head and join it all up...
it just kind of happens!
I like the use of classical music which I write in the use of any kind of musical genre... think it is fun sometimes to set myself the challenge of writing a song in a style of ... well anything... the last one I did was in the style of The Doors!
It just kind of stretches the mind! | |
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Posted: 3/17/2008 11:09:55 AM | | Hi. I agree with Montreal Guy about best/worse song. And I need to say good luck to Freddy set go. My shame is I throw away some of my song's/lyric's because I too modest/shy about what I'm writing about. Like I wrote something 4 months ago, set it aside. Re-played it recently and realized what it was about and decided that it wasn't right. Mainly because I am developing brand and haven't jammed much in a long time. Help? | |
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Posted: 3/17/2008 5:17:31 PM | I've been composing for about 7 years now - mostly instrumental pieces and concertos on the piano (been playing for about 25 years). I'm putting songwriting on hiatus, as I'm learning the guitar right now, which I hope to incorporate into my compositions. I have written some songs with lyrics.
It's difficult to find people who match your interests, your desire, determination and dedication. Keep plugging away at it. There are lots of musicians out there always looking for projects. Check the See Magazine classified ads, lots of postings there.
www.myspace.com/wendyjensen
Myspace is another great resource for advertising. | |
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Posted: 3/17/2008 6:35:05 PM | | I songwrite for my own enjoyment. I really enjoy the composing part more than the lyric writing part. But, I do both. I have to really be in the mood to write lyrics, otherwise the results aren't close to what I want. | |
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Posted: 9/7/2009 7:31:59 PM | | Bump! All this talk about the past is making me crazy. Anyone on here writing songs and performing now? I just had a very good show opening for a band named "Girl Howdy" a very good female fronted western swing/ honky tonk unit. It was fun and a little scary as they were a real pro group. | |
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Posted: 9/10/2009 6:01:15 AM | | Ive had over 500 songs published in my 30 year career including almost 200 since 2001 alone | |
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Posted: 9/12/2009 1:50:52 AM | | I write the songs for the band I play in. They're mostly observational rather than personal to me. You can hear us at myspace.com/volumebrothers | |
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Posted: 10/2/2009 11:23:35 PM | | ive been writing and selling them since i was 13 as well as doing my own | |
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