15-16 puzzle wrote:Some people already think that any instrumental could be recycled for any title: to actually admit that you are doing so actively turns listeners against people who make instrumentals that invoke their given title.
You've already admitted you wrote the song for the title "Man Speaking German". Please don't submit it for another title.
Ditto, c'mon Jim!!
Does that not totally de-bunk the written in one-week for the title that thusly inspired it?? Plus...your Ant's tracks are so fricken good...don't cheapen them!!! It's Irony! An instrumental with Speaking in the title... I for one look forward to your ANTS tracks...
I had assumed that was a joke, but no smiley.
In other news, the collaboration that was planned will probably not be happening because of a combination of family emergencies and work trips.
Drat!
-bill
Oh, f'r cryin out loud it WAS a joke! I don't use those smileys. I was indeed inspired by the title. One could interpret "speaking" to be speaking with one's musical voice, as in "that music speaks to me". Anyway, that's how I interpreted it. Hope you all like it. This was definitely a case of the muse taking over and trumping my Songfight-rules-following self.
Jim of Seattle wrote:Oh, f'r cryin out loud it WAS a joke! I don't use those smileys. I was indeed inspired by the title. One could interpret "speaking" to be speaking with one's musical voice, as in "that music speaks to me". Anyway, that's how I interpreted it. Hope you all like it. This was definitely a case of the muse taking over and trumping my Songfight-rules-following self.
Yeah, what ever. Like What EV-ER. I don't think you were joking. I think you're saying you're joking because you got called on it and now you're trying to cover your tracks. Earth to JOS.... we don't really MEAN this is the earth calling JOS from outerspace you know....[/zoolander]
You can't make jokes on the internet without smileys or other indications (e.g. "kidding" or "if you don't realize this is a joke you are a fool").
People will take you seriously because there is no inflection, etc.
You should know that.
-bill
HeuristicsInc wrote:You can't make jokes on the internet without smileys or other indications (e.g. "kidding" or "if you don't realize this is a joke you are a fool").
People will take you seriously because there is no inflection, etc.
You should know that.
-bill
Balham and Beanz will be serving up a trip back to the 80s with 'Tank Top'.
For the benefit of non-Brits, Woodpecker is an alcoholic beverage made from apples (a traditional training drink in these isles - you know, for kids) and an offy is a liqour store.
"Some may say I couldn't sing, but none may say I didn't sing" - Florence Foster Jenkins
I just found this site, and am very much looking forward to exposing my delicate nether-bits -- musically speaking -- for you all to rip apart. I'm going to try and have something for tomorrow morning's deadline, even though I won't be home from work for several hours yet and have a wife who will forcibly remove me from the piano if I'm up too late.
So tell me, for the sake of being mentally prepared: if my first entry is, shall we say, sub-par, will I be branded a no-listen-type-person forever, or will there be opportunity for redemption later on?
Also: will your just criticisms of my submission spill over into personal attacks on members of my immediate family? I'd like to warn them in advance.
MintyHandy wrote:I just found this site, and am very much looking forward to exposing my delicate nether-bits -- musically speaking -- for you all to rip apart. I'm going to try and have something for tomorrow morning's deadline, even though I won't be home from work for several hours yet and have a wife who will forcibly remove me from the piano if I'm up too late.
So tell me, for the sake of being mentally prepared: if my first entry is, shall we say, sub-par, will I be branded a no-listen-type-person forever, or will there be opportunity for redemption later on?
Also: will your just criticisms of my submission spill over into personal attacks on members of my immediate family? I'd like to warn them in advance.
1. Possibly, but I doubt it.
2. no redemption is currently available on songfight.
3. personal attacks? On songfight? With musicians?? Clearly, you are insane, and will fit in nicely.
After a week spent relearning the rudiments of German, getting to know a new sequencer, trying to sing with a cold, and ripping off Status Quo...
I'm rocking all over Die Welt.
Since you're learning German, I'll correct you. First off it's "der Liedkampf", since it's "der Kampf". However, if you're putting it after "in", then it would either be "in dem Liedkampf" or just "im Liedkampf".
So Redcar's coming down the stretch with Turn The Power On. We passed the first green flag as I stretched out to THC with my energies involved. Unfortunately Leaf threw in the towel but we rounded the hairpin turn to see the checkered flag. Now it's up to THC to get us past the checkpoint to see if we qualify for the final race. Go THC go.......
The Sober Irishman wrote:We'll see if my track comes together tonight.
You could change it to 5/8, and save a quarter note every bar. That should buy you some time.
I'm with the Irishman. Except I've been scratching my head for over a week on this thing. Now all I have are lyrics and I'm going to try to put something together in one night. Couple that with my sheer lack of inexperience ... and it should be, uh ... interesting.
Well, I was full of hope, but now I'm out. I had six really awesome lines and about twenty awful ones.
"Warren Zevon would be proud." -Reve Mosquito
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