Comments | campfuckudie: itp: SONGWRITING!!

goldstarring in campfuckudie

itp: SONGWRITING!!

Apr 07, 2011 17:13

[if you happen to be in or are passing the studio today, you might hear the artistic plinking of piano keys flowing from an open window. It's very artistic! But it is still plinking and plunking, for now. If you were to investigate, you may in fact hear this extremely intellectual question ( Read more... )

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boldstarring April 7 2011, 16:15:34 UTC

Once it's become a tagline for a soft drink, it's definitely overdone.

goldstarring April 7 2011, 16:16:24 UTC

Even if both words are at the end of a line ... ? Because it's so hard to think of things that rhyme with yellow.

boldstarring April 7 2011, 16:17:31 UTC

It's expected because of the tagline. With music, you want to zag when people expect you to zig - unless you're writing for Britney Spears, of course. "Fellow"?

goldstarring April 7 2011, 16:19:50 UTC

It's either that or "bellow" ... which. Honestly, I don't think even I can pull off singing the word "bellow".

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burgercraving April 7 2011, 16:16:44 UTC

Isn't that already in a song, Hobbit?

goldstarring April 7 2011, 16:19:00 UTC

Comments about my height don't make you clever, Santana - wait, Santana? When did you get here?

burgercraving April 7 2011, 16:20:50 UTC

Oh, just the other day. I would've sent out a mass text about it, but that's a little impossible.

Then again, I probably would've forgotten you anyway.

goldstarring April 7 2011, 16:23:38 UTC

[HFF. hackles up!]

Ugh. Of all the people from home to bring here, why did it have to be you? Why couldn't it have been someone useful or at least talented?

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kimedamage April 7 2011, 16:26:34 UTC

Why don't you go ahead and add another line ending in "hello".

goldstarring April 7 2011, 16:29:37 UTC

Hello's definitely better than "bellow".

kimedamage April 7 2011, 16:30:47 UTC

Yeah, you won't make that one work unless you throw in a couple of happy mutts to complete the atmosphere.

goldstarring April 7 2011, 16:35:15 UTC

I'm not really going for the Disney feel. Well, if I am, it'd be more High School Musical than Oliver and Company.

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tasteslikehair April 7 2011, 16:26:37 UTC

Ooh, what about "fellow"!

goldstarring April 7 2011, 16:30:23 UTC

That'd be the best choice if I can make it make sense. Songwriting's harder than it sounds.

tasteslikehair April 7 2011, 16:31:15 UTC

My friend Andre is really good at it.

goldstarring April 7 2011, 16:35:52 UTC

Really? Is he here? While I'm sure I can handle this, I wouldn't mind a few pointers.

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00_07 April 7 2011, 16:28:31 UTC

You're adding words now?

goldstarring April 7 2011, 16:31:17 UTC

That's right! Jesse and I talked about it a while back, and I think I'm more than talented enough to write my own original songs. As long as I get past mellow yellow, that is.

00_07 April 7 2011, 16:33:13 UTC

What are you writing a song about?

goldstarring April 7 2011, 16:37:02 UTC

It's . . . not really about much, yet.

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