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Re: Try to be (Better than Before)
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:53 am
by blue
Dear Songfight At Large,
We would love to have some horns on this week's tune. Anyone up for it? Steve? Spud?
This is the first sos tune (intentionally) in a time signature other than 4/4. We went out on a limb and rocked the waltz this week.
We also need operatic chorale action. Laaaaaaadies? High pitched vocal boooooooys?
PM for linkies.
Re: Try to be (Better than Before)
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:27 pm
by Caravan Ray
fluffy wrote:The thing is that it's the title which really made this song gel
This is Song Fight. Not Song Gel.
Re: Try to be (Better than Before)
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:48 pm
by Pigfarmer Jr
I've a half written song and a day mostly off tomorrow and I ain't gonna do crap. Had a song idea for the last fight as well. Still ain't doing crap. Either my motivation is diminishing or this whole holiday season is getting me down. I do look forward to hearing the submissions, though.
Re: Try to be (Better than Before)
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:42 am
by Ross
@pigfarmer - just do it. What if this was february?
Re: Try to be (Better than Before)
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 3:44 pm
by dirgetheband
Pigfarmer Jr wrote:...this whole holiday season is getting me down.
In college I volunteered at a crisis hotline. We took calls (and even accepted the occasional walk-in) from all sorts of people dealing with all sorts of problems. We received funding from the United Way based on our "suicide prevention" training.
If you poll people, the general thought is suicide rates are highest in the winter. The weather gets people down, family time is depressing for those without close ties to family, bills are piling up, etc. Interestingly enough, suicides are most frequent in the spring time. The theory on this is that the people who are in the market to kill themselves can make it through the winter with the line "everything will be better in the spring." But once they get to the spring they find that nothing has changed - they are still depressed; the bills are still unpaid; their lives still suck - except for the weather. So springtime is when most people end it all.
Umm, so yeah. Don't let the holidays get you down, or something. Do a SongFight!
Re: Try to be (Better than Before)
Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:34 pm
by Caravan Ray
dirgetheband wrote: But once they get to the spring they find that nothing has changed - they are still depressed; the bills are still unpaid; their lives still suck - except for the weather. So springtime is when most people end it all.
...and the footy season finishes in spring and the prospect of another long hot summer watching the Australian cricket team lose is too horrible to contemplate.
Re: Try to be (Better than Before)
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 12:15 am
by Spud
blue wrote:
We would love to have some horns on this week's tune. Anyone up for it? Steve? Spud?
Sorry, blue. Didn't catch this soon enough. Another time, perhaps. Email me. I read that in real time.
Re: Try to be (Better than Before)
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:09 am
by Ross
I'm in - wonder if steve did horns....
Re: Try to be (Better than Before)
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:02 pm
by blue
No horns, but a decent and different kind of tune from us. Should be interesting.