songwriting twitch ideas tips ramblings... 050816 ... lostinhorriblelonlinessimdieingslowlyiveneverbeent i suppose writing on instinct is the way to go... 050818 ... oldephebe yeah, i mean just try and cultivate an attitude of being attuned to everything around you and sometimes the songs, the music and the lyrics will write themselves 050818 ... Twitch Thanx man...that's a great tip. 050819 ... daf Catch a tune first. That's almost always how it happens. Then the words. First just the syllables. They could be complete nonsense. Then fill em out later. If yer really in the zone, the words'll flow too right along with the music..the very first time it comes out of your mouth. Sometimes it helps to mull it over in your head first. Make sure you have a firm grasp on what you think it is, and how you think it sounds and FEELS...BEFORE you actually say anything aloud. Sing it in your head. I've lost a few songs that way before (by speaking them before they were ready.) Get a tape recorder. That's the least time consuming way to save a tune. Once you get over the embarrassment of listening to your own (different sounding) voice singing acappella on tape, it's the best way to remind yourself of how a tune goes. Unfortunately, I never DID get over the embarrassment of listening to myself singing acapella on tape. So I go into the bathroom and sing it about 100 times or so until I'm sure I have the tune. Don't think you have it, just because you remember it right now. I've lost a LOT of REALLY beautiful songs that way. Make SURE you have it memorized or recorded. Put yourself into LIFE. The best songs come from the situations that life throws at us. Some of the best songs that have ever been written, were written after a breakup, or a death, a promotion, a termination, or a walk in the woods. Good luck, man. - 050819 ... z write about what you know. 050819 ... unhinged he's so good at it that i'm glad he's on his way these days. i'm glad his talent isn't being wasted anymore. and i wish that i could do what he does. when it comes to music, i'm not so good at writing. weird huh? 050819 ... Twitch If I may ask...who is this individual you are speaking of? 050823 ... unhinged frank motherfucking silver of ivet fame or nonfame depending on how you look at it i'd tell you to check his website but he currently doesn't have one. 050823 ... Twitch Mark Mallman's great. 050829 ... Twitch I made a myspace music if anyone wants to check it out. www.myspace.com/benkurtzer 051010 ... Twitch Wrong Way Annie's 12 years old, in two more she'll be a whore Nobody ever told her it's the wrong way Don't be afraid with the quickness you'll get laid For your family get paid It's the wrong way I gave her all that I had to give I'm gonna make it hard to live (Big) salty tears running down to her chin And it ruins up her make-up I never wanted A cigarette pressed between her lips But I'm staring at her tits It's the wrong way Strong if I can, but I am only a man So I take her to the can It's the wrong way The only family that she's ever had Is her seven horny brothers and a drunk-ass dad He needed money so he put her on the street Everything was going fine until the day she met me Happy are you sad, wanna shoot your dad I'll do anything I can It's the wrong way We talk all night, try to make it right Believe me shit was tight It was the wrong way So run away if you wanna stay Cause I ain't here to make ya, oh no It's up to you what you really wanna do Spend some time in America Dub style! She'll give you all that she got to give But I'm gonna make it hard to live Big salty tears rollin' down to her chin And it smears up her make-up I never wanted So we ran away And I'm sorry when I say, that straight to this very day It was the wrong way She took a hike it don't matter if I like it or not Because she only wants the wrong way I gave her all that I had to give But she still wouldn't take it, oh no Her two brown eyes are leaking like a sieve But it still ruins her make-up I never wanted ---------------------------------------- Somehow...almost everyone likes sublime. They wrote pretty melodies without being sappy. I wish I could cultivate that. 060113 ... - Melodies come running to me when I shut up. The idea is to stop thinking. Sometimes when I'm going about my life I'll subconsciously have an original song stuck in my head. I remember when I was a child I constantly had original songs stuck in my head. I think that most children could write great songs...The imagination moves about much more freely when you aren't as aware of the world around you 060914 what's it to you? who go blather from