Members blue2blue Posted June 5, 2011 Members Share Posted June 5, 2011 [bsp = blatant self-promotion] No news too trivial, no bragging right too small. Whether your latest triumph was a multi-album deal or a good night at your local open mic -- there's room to talk about it here... Here's this month's Official Showcase Thread where you can post your completed projects, links to finished works (even old ones) you want your pals here in the SW forum to hear, promo videos, covers of other people's songs, or just generally shameless self-hype that you're far too professional and courteous to post in the main forum. wBsHwf1FNBQ POST 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM! previous showcase threads July 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 [no posts] June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 More on the Songwriting Forum Monthly Showcase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chicken Monkey Posted June 7, 2011 Members Share Posted June 7, 2011 My band had a good slot at the local arts festival, and got a soundboard recording, which we are calling our "live album". Link is here: http://www.mediafire.com/?2ksrutyqst6og Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Oswlek Posted June 7, 2011 Members Share Posted June 7, 2011 This is a little wimpier than most of my stuff, and I tracked it back in my "direct input guitar" days, but I like it nonetheless. [video=youtube;TztxlzxNhNk] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Oswlek Posted June 7, 2011 Members Share Posted June 7, 2011 My band had a good slot at the local arts festival, and got a soundboard recording, which we are calling our "live album". Link is here:http://www.mediafire.com/?2ksrutyqst6og Is there a way to stream instead of downloading? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted June 7, 2011 Author Members Share Posted June 7, 2011 The vocals carry it nicely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chicken Monkey Posted June 7, 2011 Members Share Posted June 7, 2011 Is there a way to stream instead of downloading? No idea. I didn't set it up . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted June 8, 2011 Members Share Posted June 8, 2011 This is a little wimpier than most of my stuff, and I tracked it back in my "direct input guitar" days, but I like it nonetheless. Me too. I love the way the harmonies kind of dig in during the chorus. LCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted June 8, 2011 Members Share Posted June 8, 2011 Here's a blues tune I wrote in 1990. I'm playing electric rhythm guitar (for the first time in my life!). Peter Christian played lead guitar and did the production, and the drum machine. My buddy Buddy Booker played outstanding bass. I had a song-plugger in Nashville at the time. I sent him the song, and I got feedback from him a few months later, saying that Delbert McClinton was interested in recording it for a new album he was making in Nashville. It was in a pile of 24 songs, but it didn't make the cut. The coolest thing, though, is that about a year later I was working at a pet store on 73rd Street, not far from The Dakota (you know, where John Lennon used to live). I brought a tape of this song and 2 others into the store, and the manager Larry was listening to it when one of our regular customers came in to buy some dog food for his bulldogs. The customer's name? Ric Derringer. He loved the tune and asked Larry if he could take the tape home and listen to it. Larry said yes and gave him my tape. (I wasn't at the store when this happened.) When I got back, Larry told me the story. I was thrilled, of course, but I wasn't too happy about losing that copy of the tape, since it was the only one I had at the time. So Larry called Derringer to find out when he was going to bring it back. His wife answered and said, "Ric's busy playing along with some tape he just picked up at your store. It's really good!" Larry held the phone up to my ear so I could hear Ric Derringer jamming to my song. Then Ric came on the line, and said how cool the song was, etc. Nothing ever came of it. Derringer didn't have a record deal at the time. Then he, his wife, and bulldogs moved a few months later, and that was the end of it. But it was a cool little bend in the road. Anyway, the odd thing is, this is a rare case where I like the tune much better than the lyric! Midnight Blue (original lyric) When midnight blue gets into you it crawls around inside just like the Hong Kong flu. With midnight blue, there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Monkey Uncle Posted June 10, 2011 Members Share Posted June 10, 2011 I haven't posted any of my stuff here before. I thought I'd start with this one, which is a pretty good representation of how I typically write. It's not really a polished recording, but it's not a work in progress either, so I thought it best to present it here rather than in the main forum: http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10720895 "Down Here" lyrics: Walking down by the tracksShell of a mill, no smoke from the stacksJunkies on the loading dock, burning that crackNo freight to push, still they punch the clockShow up every day to keep on blowing their mindsGot to leave that misery behindDo whatever it takes to keep themselves blind ChorusAnd I'm pretty sure there ain't no heavenBut hell we can make right hereAll we need is a little desperationAnd another bleak sunrise to fearWe hang on and we hopeWaiting for a messiah to appearBut we'll be waiting 'til the sun burns outBefore a savior shows up around here I put on my smock and my plastic name tagI have to smile and act nice to all the old hagsWhile I ring up their junk and stuff it in a bagI'm selling Chinese plastic and Indonesian shrimpMy boss is some kid, just a snot-nosed whimpMy next check is already spentThat minimum wage is putting food on the table, but larceny is paying the rent Chorus Trying to figure out how it went so wrongWe had to drink from the trickle for way too longWe were too damn expensive, so the bosses moved onNow we're smoking our future, trying to drink away the pastBorrowed money, borrowed time, but the credit won't lastThis little boat is sinking fastIt's a pretty grim view from the bottom of the underclass Chorus Ain't nobody gonna save us here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Monkey Uncle Posted June 11, 2011 Members Share Posted June 11, 2011 LCK - I'm digging midnight blue. Great song. Maybe you should call up Ric Derringer and see if he still wants it. You never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted June 11, 2011 Members Share Posted June 11, 2011 LCK - I'm digging midnight blue. Great song. Maybe you should call up Ric Derringer and see if he still wants it. You never know. It's an idea... LCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sventvkg Posted June 12, 2011 Members Share Posted June 12, 2011 Here's some of the stuff That I've gotten done recently. Stop The Creek From Risin' Love Can Make You Lose Your Mind Somewhere Down The Road And My Anthem for Hot Mamma's! MILF Mobile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stickboymusic Posted June 27, 2011 Members Share Posted June 27, 2011 Had a random need to cover the MASSIVE Bryan Adams hit Everything I Do (i do it for you) but make it fun and upbeat...well why not!! [video=youtube;XXQ6kH-W1Us]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXQ6kH-W1Us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted June 27, 2011 Members Share Posted June 27, 2011 Had a random need to cover the MASSIVE Bryan Adams hit Everything I Do (i do it for you) but make it fun and upbeat...well why not!! Very cool. I wonder why Nashville, or at least Alison Krause, hasn't done this before! LCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted June 27, 2011 Members Share Posted June 27, 2011 On a whim last week, I decided to enter myself in a contest at The Metropolitan Room in NYC. I just got a phone call telling me I've been accepted to "compete." This will happen in late July. There are probably going to be @ 100+ contestants, so I have no shot at winning. None. But at least I can get a song or two of mine heard. LCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stickboymusic Posted June 27, 2011 Members Share Posted June 27, 2011 On a whim last week, I decided to enter myself in a contest at The Metropolitan Room in NYC. I just got a phone call telling me I've been accepted to "compete." This will happen in late July.There are probably going to be @ 100+ contestants, so I have no shot at winning. None. But at least I can get a song or two of mine heard.LCK I, and am sure many others will definately be voting for you.... assuming thats how it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stickboymusic Posted June 27, 2011 Members Share Posted June 27, 2011 Ohhh just been sent the trailer to a new film i have a song on Im at 2min 04 secs on the trailer also got the full track on the end credits of film - woooo [video=youtube;QjMCId349tU] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted June 27, 2011 Members Share Posted June 27, 2011 Ohhh just been sent the trailer to a new film i have a song onIm at 2min 04 secs on the traileralso got the full track on the end credits of film - woooo Fan-fricking-tastic. And well deserved. It is so great to hear your voice at the end of the trailer. LCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stickboymusic Posted June 27, 2011 Members Share Posted June 27, 2011 Fan-fricking-tastic. And well deserved.It is so great to hear your voice at the end of the trailer.LCK Thanks Lee - you lot have been a constant inspiration it times of need - and there have been many! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bee3 Posted June 27, 2011 Members Share Posted June 27, 2011 Thanks Lee - you lot have been a constant inspiration it times of need - and there have been many! Can you post the link without embedding? I'm on my phone. And it doesn't view Embedded videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bee3 Posted June 27, 2011 Members Share Posted June 27, 2011 Nevermind! Saw it... Awesome. It even sounded huge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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