Pre-History of My Broken Heart

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:02 pm

Caravan Ray wrote: So who died and made you the big avatar-size-Nazi - you b.undle of sticks, twigs and small branches. Children don't count! This is bulltwang.

HaHa, you are so PC.

veGetar Ianra Ge · Post by **veGetar Ianra Ge** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:14 pm

So who isn't writing garage style tween punk? I'd like to see something with a little more snazz. I'm looking at you, SteveD. Your last one was such a hit. (you got my vote, anyway)

veGetar Ianra Ge · Post by **veGetar Ianra Ge** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:23 pm

I lurked around a little bit for a thread about equipment but didn't find much, eh! So I ask! What equipment does everyone use for fighting? A Guitar is the obvious answer, what else?

Personally: Epiphone LP Classic Quilt Top, cheap ass Carlo Robelli acoustic, gemeinhardt flute, King Super 20 tenor saxaphone, Yamaha SY22 synthesizer, some harmonicas, a $5 jewharp, Line6 Toneport UX2, Shure bg 1.1 mic, FL Studio 5 Producer Ed., Sibelius 3, and Adobe Audition 2.

If this is all old news to everyone could you redirect me? I'd like to know about all your stuff!

Edit: Ok so I have yet to fight here, but here is some of my other stuff. See if I can be in your club.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:31 pm

veGetar Ianra Ge wrote:I lurked around a little bit for a thread about equipment but didn't find much, eh! So I ask! What equipment does everyone use for fighting? A Guitar is the obvious answer, what else?

Personally: Epiphone LP Classic Quilt Top, cheap ass Carlo Robelli acoustic, gemeinhardt flute, King Super 20 tenor saxaphone, Yamaha SY22 synthesizer, some harmonicas, a $5 jewharp, Line6 Toneport UX2, Shure bg 1.1 mic, FL Studio 5 Producer Ed., Sibelius 3, and Adobe Audition 2.

If this is all old news to everyone could you redirect me? I'd like to know about all your stuff!

Go to Help and How to and you'll find things like Gear Closet

blue · Post by **blue** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:31 pm

veGetar Ianra Ge wrote:I lurked around a little bit for a thread about equipment but didn't find much, eh! So I ask! What equipment does everyone use for fighting? A Guitar is the obvious answer, what else?

Personally: Epiphone LP Classic Quilt Top, cheap ass Carlo Robelli acoustic, gemeinhardt flute, King Super 20 tenor saxaphone, Yamaha SY22 synthesizer, some harmonicas, a $5 jewharp, Line6 Toneport UX2, Shure bg 1.1 mic, FL Studio 5 Producer Ed., Sibelius 3, and Adobe Audition 2.

If this is all old news to everyone could you redirect me? I'd like to know about all your stuff!

http://www.songfight.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1555

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:35 pm

Some east-coast/west-coast latency I guess, Blue

veGetar Ianra Ge · Post by **veGetar Ianra Ge** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:12 pm

roymond wrote:
veGetar Ianra Ge wrote:I lurked around a little bit for a thread about equipment but didn't find much, eh! So I ask! What equipment does everyone use for fighting? A Guitar is the obvious answer, what else?

Personally: Epiphone LP Classic Quilt Top, cheap ass Carlo Robelli acoustic, gemeinhardt flute, King Super 20 tenor saxaphone, Yamaha SY22 synthesizer, some harmonicas, a $5 jewharp, Line6 Toneport UX2, Shure bg 1.1 mic, FL Studio 5 Producer Ed., Sibelius 3, and Adobe Audition 2.

If this is all old news to everyone could you redirect me? I'd like to know about all your stuff!
Go to Help and How to and you'll find things like Gear Closet

Ah, the help and howto. My bizzle. Thanks.

The Weakest Suit · Post by **The Weakest Suit** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 4:38 am

my grand ideas for this song devolved into a completely different 2 minute pop song due to the fact that metroid wii is just so fun to play. we'll see if i get this one recorded in time. i hope so. that will make 12 in a row.

EmbersOfAutumn · Post by **EmbersOfAutumn** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:56 am

The Weakest Suit wrote:my grand ideas for this song devolved into a completely different 2 minute pop song due to the fact that metroid wii is just so fun to play. we'll see if i get this one recorded in time. i hope so. that will make 12 in a row.

Damn you and your ability to get a Wii before they're all sold out...

At least, that's the case around here...

Paco Del Stinko · Post by **Paco Del Stinko** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 7:48 am

If Rabid and Geoff are reading this: don't forget the Theremin, guys.

erik · Post by **erik** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 7:50 am

Everytime I sit down to write this song, I end up with "What's So Funny Bout Peace Love and Understanding"

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 7:59 am

I've not recorded a thing, so there's likely going to be some last minute Guy and Guitar action tomorrow night.

Rabid Garfunkel · Post by **Rabid Garfunkel** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:02 am

Paco Del Stinko wrote:If Rabid and Geoff are reading this: don't forget the Theremin, guys.

You betcha. Happy birthday to the dead weird guy extra-optional challenge

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 12:31 am

I'm out. This was the only night I could do anything and it's not happening. I'm quite rusty, it turns out.

Sheail · Post by **Sheail** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 12:41 pm

I finished, all without the fingernails that i cut off after songfight live, it was pretty tough using one of those plastic thingies to play guitar. Anyway, hope you like 80's style soft metal. Otherwise, hey ho.

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:52 pm

In.

recorded on a weekend getaway - but in.

Rabid Garfunkel · Post by **Rabid Garfunkel** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:39 pm

There will be no mercy from this point onwards. Emo bitches, pull up your pants and run, run, run, all the way home. The doctor is in, and he's Rabid.

Happy belated birthday, Leon Theremin! Please don't haunt me for what I did...

The Weakest Suit · Post by **The Weakest Suit** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:54 pm

i'm in, but i spent way too much time on this song for how crappy it is.
it's actually just a big sappy love letter.
is it about my love for songfight?
or a certain girl?
i have no idea.
i've lost all perspective.
between when i put on the scratch vocals and when i was going to record the real vocals, my voice went completely out. so, scratch vocals it is. and back to metroid wii.
it's been fun.

Billy's Little Trip · Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:58 pm

One more listen with fresh ears tomorrow morning, and I'll send ours in.

Lord of Oats · Post by **Lord of Oats** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:11 am

I am in. I'm a little upset with what I actually ended up with, but there's no time left to fix it. Nothing about this song came to me very easily, so I sat in my studio and pulled it out, piece by piece. So it's a huge pile of crap. But given that I could think of nothing for this title, other than to make it the tribute to the local music scene that I've been wanting to do, a huge pile of crap is completely appropriate.

Rather than being about any particular experience, the lyrics, some of my worst yet, are a blurry collage of heartache, real and imagined. Is it about my best friend, who I've been having problems with because of my gargantuan crush on her? Is it about her friend from out of state, the subject of my "Thank God For Memphis," who's mad at me over some poor word choice, which you'd think would be allowable after you write someone a damned song? Is it about my concerns about growing apart from my old friend, that I wish I could see more often than I actually get to? Is it about my new found love affair with Song Fight!? Is it about the music scene that inspired it, and all the confused kids who find common ground in their own alienation from one another? Is it about falling out of love with the concept of being in love? Is it about Ben Gibbard? No, it's not. That's for another song. But it could be any or all of the first six.

I'm pretty sure this ended up being first take, excepting false starts. The rhythm guitar and bass happened to be successfully performed mostly correctly, the first time around. But the first take decision was made final when I did the first pass of the vocals, and my voice hurt too much to carry on. At that point, I really wanted to redo the guitar solo, but the damage was done. I knew that there was no way this would pass for a song without a first-take disclaimer. Well, and the whole 'it's supposed to be crap because the style I'm trying to emulate is crap' thing. But it usually pisses me off when people say that.

The Weakest Suit wrote:i'm in, but i spent way too much time on this song for how crappy it is.
it's actually just a big sappy love letter.
is it about my love for songfight?
or a certain girl?
i have no idea.
i've lost all perspective.
between when i put on the scratch vocals and when i was going to record the real vocals, my voice went completely out. so, scratch vocals it is. and back to metroid wii.
it's been fun.

The similarities here are amazing. Except I'm way more verbose and confused. So I doubt the songs will sound anything alike. And, I mean, I don't do wii too often, because I'm already at enough risk for repetitive stress injuries between work, the computer, and weightlifting. So it only goes so far.

So, have fun listening. Try not to take my song too seriously.

erik · Post by **erik** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:34 am

Lord of Oats wrote:So, have fun listening.

I'll try, but from what you've written it doesn't sound very "fun" at all.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:43 am

Lord of Oats wrote:stuff

You're taking the piss, aren't you?

Pre-History of My Broken Heart

Tweens?

Equipment?

Re: Equipment?

Re: Equipment?

Re: Equipment?