Songwriter's General Discussion

[Speedo]

Tons of ideas in various stages of completion but it’s probably been almost a decade since I last finished anything entirely.

[Neal]

6 hours ago, Kay said:

i did FAWM this year (basically songwriters month, in february) the challenge is 14 songs in 28 days.

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That sounds like a great exercise!

i hate that i overthink stuff. It‘s exhausting, and the music suffers most of the time

[thongrider]

I feel like all my songs sound like The Story of My Life by Social D.

[Speedo]

4 hours ago, Drunk said:

I've just finished writing a 2:20 minute song that you could say is in The Ramones' style. Lyrically, it's from the point of view of a teenager who talks about how one day he's going to win the local car rally, play with the big players on a major team, and finally work up the courage to approach the girl he's been thinking about and tell her he loves her.

The chorus reflects a shift to the present, where he wonders where is she and what happened to her because he hasn't heard from her in a long time. It's a song that feels both sad and nostalgic in its lyrics, but with a happy, energetic instrumental backing.

I can't help but feel like I've just written a hit song. 

Post it

[thongrider]

I've used an electronic drum pad for most of my new songs, but I recorded them analogically. I feel like they'll hell to mix.

I recorded a guitar solo today and bass and synth and just bass on two other songs.

[Sgt. Rainbow]

On 8/11/2024 at 12:14 PM, thongrider said:

I've used an electronic drum pad for most of my new songs, but I recorded them analogically. I feel like they'll hell to mix.

I recorded a guitar solo today and bass and synth and just bass on two other songs.

Who are you, Lynyrd Skynyrd?! 

[thongrider]

54 minutes ago, Detroit Lions Dynasty said:

Who are you, Lynyrd Skynyrd?! 

It was a jazz improv solo! We're not the same!

[Noble]

On 11/28/2018 at 9:36 PM, Speedo said:

We have one for every other topic why not this?!

I just realized when I was posting in the JEW topic that seeing Blink play with the Pop Disaster Tour was what started me on my music path. That night after the show I went home and grabbed my mom's old beat up acoustic and taught myself how to play a shitty, out of tune versions of the smoke on the water riff. Fun fact, I did it with one of Tom's picks that he threw into the crowd. It was just laying on the floor of the pit, no one had grabbed it. I have no idea what happened to that pick.

A few weeks after that I got a shitty Squire Strat and practice amp at guitar center and learned dammit. So, oddly enough, I can pinpoint the exact moment I started playing guitar ... May 10th 2002, it was a little before midnight, I was 15.

What started you guys?

I started playing drum set when I watched Ed Udhus of zebrahead play through Falling Apart and All My Friends Are Nobodies.

I started guitar upon receiving a knockoff Gibson guitar (it was called a Cibson).

I started playing flute when a girl started following me around at band camp and decided to teach me to play.

I started keyboard when I asked for a cheap keyboard and some Elton John sheet music. When I quit that, I joined band where I was trained on bellkit (glockenspiel's informal term).

To this day I only remember generic power chords on guitar and the fingerings for D on flute, but I still play drums and keyboards every day.

[Noble]

On 5/28/2024 at 7:08 PM, Speedo said:

Tons of ideas in various stages of completion but it’s probably been almost a decade since I last finished anything entirely.

relatable

[Noble]

Just now, Noble said:

I started playing drum set when I watched Ed Udhus of zebrahead play through Falling Apart and All My Friends Are Nobodies.

I started guitar upon receiving a knockoff Gibson guitar (it was called a Cibson).

I started playing flute when a girl started following me around at band camp and decided to teach me to play.

I started keyboard when I asked for a cheap keyboard and some Elton John sheet music. When I quit that, I joined band where I was trained on bellkit (glockenspiel's informal term).

To this day I only remember generic power chords on guitar and the fingerings for D on flute, but I still play drums and keyboards every day.

I forgot to add I sing in a choir because I was put into choir and I loved my teacher.

[thongrider]

I'm going to mix a song today. The toughest one to mix so far.

[thongrider]

This week it's 20 years since I made the album Thongrider that became my username. It feels weird.

[Speedo]

@Kay

You participating in FAWM this year?

[Kay]

1 hour ago, Speedo said:

@Kay

You participating in FAWM this year?

Nah, last year was amazing but I havent touched a guitar since November and I’m constantly getting screamed at by a baby, next year though, we shall see!

[Speedo]

7 minutes ago, Kay said:

Nah, last year was amazing but I havent touched a guitar since November and I’m constantly getting screamed at by a baby, next year though, we shall see!

I’m the opposite. Last year I didn’t do shit … this year I am 4 songs in. I cheated a bit ‘cause they were all rough ideas that I had previous that I fleshed out finally but I’m working at least.

[Kay]

1 minute ago, Speedo said:

I’m the opposite. Last year I didn’t do shit … this year I am 4 songs in. I cheated a bit ‘cause they were all rough ideas that I had previous that I fleshed out finally but I’m working at least.

Thats amazing man, nice one! The community on there is really supportive ive found and the challenges are interesting. One of the ones I wrote last year is going on the new EP because I liked it so much. 

[Speedo]

I have finished (mostly) writing 32 songs, 8 of which are demoed!

[Coddled Jan]

On 2/28/2025 at 1:59 PM, Speedo said:

I have finished (mostly) writing 32 songs, 8 of which are demoed!

Which one’s about me?

How much whataburger did it take to get through this?

Cathode Rachel sounds interesting.