I accidentally chose the first song I listened to. I tried to give some others a chance, but I keep coming back to that first one because it killed me dead. What a song. Thanks crumpart, and thanks for your cover. It has a kind of eerie otherworldliness to it which I love and which I think is impli...

I'm in! I hope you like my submission, giftee. I did change the key and the tempo, and the instrumentation. Also the chord progression, and a bit of the melody. Also some of the lyrics. Other than that, it's an entirely faithful cover.

They've posted their first prompt: Write a song about an unlikely friendship.

https://songalong.wtf/prompts/01

Due at the end of Thursday May 7.

Ken Plume, who ran the "Masters of Song Fu" competition years ago, is bringing it back as "SongAlong". It will be noncompetitive this time, with prompts issued on Fridays and songs due a week later. The first prompt will be released tomorrow, May 1. All the details are here: http...

sleepysilverdoor wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 16, 2020 4:46 pm

I could write reviews for everyone if y'all are interested?

BRING THE REVIEWS!!!

I'm in!

Song Fight entries

I think the intent is that everyone picks from everyone's Song Fight entries, but if you want to venture further afield:
Nur Ein
SpinTunes 13, 14, 15, 16
More piles of songs

Micah Sommersmith

Covering each other's songs would definitely be fun. How has it worked in the past - do you just peruse the other person's Song Fight archive and pick a song you like, or does everyone pick a small number of their own songs to choose from? The latter might even the scales for people who don't have m...

Mike Lamb wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 14, 2020 7:32 am

jb wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 13, 2020 8:01 pm

Sorry I'm late, sent mine in just now.

JB

Thanks! Added JB for Micah Sommersmith - Hotel Song

Oh man, I love the full-on vocal arrangement! Thanks JB, this is so much fun!

sleepysilverdoor wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 10, 2020 3:23 am

Thanks Micah! Something to listen to at work today. Given that it's Spotify I want to cover the recurring Kroger commercial that pops up every 3 or 4 songs.

Gift of Music - Jingle Edition???

Just for fun, I made a Spotify playlist of everyone's selections.* Fee free to jam out to six hours of your songwriter friends' favorite songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5eLP6gtrW6dho3JYQf4Keq?si=uZnY_4IGSWaScvd2_i6J4Q *A handful of songs were not on Spotify, including, unfortunately 3 of Jo...

So much stress cooking/baking going on right now chez owl. The week’s meals (no pics sorry!) have included: Dutch baby pancake with fresh lemon curd We saw multiple friends posting online about making Dutch babies, and owl's post was the last straw. We had ours with yogurt, apple pie filling and st...

I don't even really know his work with Fountains of Wayne (other than the ubiquitous "Stacy's Mom") or his other bands, but his work for movies and TV makes for an impressive resume in its own right - for "That Thing You Do" and "Music and Lyrics" he had the daunting ta...

DAR WILLIAMS - THE OCEAN


TEGAN AND SARA - THE OCEAN


BASIA BULAT - RUN


REGINA SPEKTOR - HOTEL SONG

Yes and/or yes!

"The Mary Ellen Carter" by Stan Rogers is not really specific to any of the events listed in the challenge, but it is a great uplifting song that won't make you want to pour bleach in your ears. Or rather, if it does, you and I have nothing more to talk about.

"The Parting Glass" - old Scottish song here sung by the Wailin' Jennys uUK-8M3Vhzc "The Trees of the Field" by Marty Goetz, lyrics from the book of Isaiah lXrR7h3yLeQ "Salmo 150" by Ernani Aguiar, lyrics from Psalm 150 in Latin WFIJLOwJDNg Baz Luhrmann - "Everybod...

Anyone should feel free to post additional examples. The examples we provided are by no means intended to be specific guides for your entry. That said, I'd encourage everyone to attempt to write a song that you would not be embarrassed to have played at an actual public event of this type. Is this h...

Chuck and Juanita Micah Sommersmith Chuck and Juanita, two old lovers With a love that’s forever young In their hearts they share a song, And each sings in the other’s tongue One day Chuck says to Juanita, “Mi cariño, ¿cómo me quieres? Dime pues.” She says, “Oh you silly man of mine. How do I love ...

Welcome to the 16th full edition of SpinTunes! We're going to kick this one off with a deceptively simple challenge: What a Concept!: Write a song based on a scene from a book or movie. Examples include: "Thunder Child" by Jeff Wayne (from "Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of War of the W...

Oddly enough just the other night I got in a conversation about how the Lynch version of Dune is the only one worth consuming anymore because all of the others that exist (including the original books) are Extremely Problematic or at least Bad, and the Lynch version is at least surreal and nonsensi...

This week's jars: Fresh lemon juice/olive oil/toasted sesame oil/Dijon mustard vinaigrette, with salt and white pepper and a little sugar to balance the lemon Cosmic Crisp apples (OVERRATED! I still 100% prefer a Honeycrisp. And one of my apples with a "1-year shelf life" already has a so...

owl wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 3:13 pm

Hey check out the cover of this paper I saw in Milwaukee last night!

I hope you held onto your copy - it's already a collector's item!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083DYFPT8