Re: Fifty song challenge group on Yahoo

Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 14:31:07 +0100
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"Bumperfroggy" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
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> >Subject: Re: Fifty song challenge group on Yahoo
> >From: "Mike Morgan" email-address-deleted
> >Date: 6/27/03 6:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time
> >Message-id: <bdierh$h3i$email-address-deleted>
> >
> >
> >"Bumperfroggy" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
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> >> >Subject: Re: Fifty song challenge group on Yahoo
> >> >From: "Mike Morgan" email-address-deleted
> >> >Date: 6/27/03 2:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time
> >> >Message-id: <bdi3g5$rbt$email-address-deleted>
> >> >
> >> >I can write 50
> >> >> songs in a week
> >> >
> >> >Are you sure about that?
> >>
> >> I'm 110% sure of that, Actually probably more. Can't anyone? I did say
> >most
> >> would be crap. Now, good songs?.. Maybe not one for a month, maybe
three
> >in a
> >> week, depends on the time place and frame of mind.
> >
> >Over seven songs a day for seven days? You'd be absolutely exhausted by
the
> >end of day one - completely drained. How many times have you written more
> >than two songs - complete - in one day? I'll bet it's not many.
>
>
> Oh, I don't make a habit of writing any particular number of songs in any
given
> time frame. That was my point Mike, if under pressure I could right 50 in
a
> week but most would probably be crap. The whole point was I don't get this
> whole 50 song competition thing and can't see how it helps, I see it as
the
> songs suffering if you are under the gun to produce so much music in so
little
> time. BTW, I've written more then two songs a day numerous times, then I
might
> hit a stretch and only write two the next month.
We are back into songwriting as an art or a craft here. I am an
inspirational song writer - I could not give lessons because I don't know
how I do it. On the other hand we have a current thread - song idea, title
or lyrics
anyone? with a set subject. I have been avoiding reading other replies
whilst I tried to produce some lyrics. Here I am into songwriting as a
craft, and I have not been doing
very well.
Exercising mind or muscle improves ones ability. The 50 song competition
puts you into songwriting as a craft territory. You have to seek
inspiration, not wait for it to come. It actually changed my attitude to
life, at least for a while. I wandered around looking at the world through
songwriters eyes. Hence I came up with songs on such unlikely subjects as
pigeons attempting to shag on a sloping roof.
Perhaps you cannot see the point, because you have not been there and
looked.
If you search the archives you will find that the experience has changed me.
You will see that quite often I have read a post here and turned it into a
song. Usually they are very bad songs, to fit in with the genre "Deliberate
corn". Sometimes I think we may have hit paydirt, like with Sean's 1st demo
version of "Seaside man". I think that only needs a little re-ordering of
verses and a few adjustments to make that a "Hit", at least with fans of the
genre. I am working on the local musicians to see if I can get it performed
at a jam session. Those that have heard it are not ducking and dodging me
with nearly as much conviction.
David F. Cox