Members Stackabones Posted July 2, 2010 Members Share Posted July 2, 2010 What has influenced you as a songwriter in the past ... or since the last FIT? * Everything I've been writing has been in Bb. [YOUTUBE]RbFoal-aRrE[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhino55 Posted July 2, 2010 Members Share Posted July 2, 2010 Thats funny - I read one time that most car horns were an F, I'm not sure why. I've still been doing most of my writting with the guitar tuned to open G. I've been trying to write songs that arent in the key of G and enjoying the challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted July 2, 2010 Members Share Posted July 2, 2010 I've been getting my Woody on lately. Was at the state capitol recently and they had a print of this one hanging in the rotunda.... So I've been working on a lovely Woody style political song this week. We'll see how THAT goes. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted July 2, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 2, 2010 Didn't Dylan eventually abandon "finger-pointing" songs? Maybe that's what Dylan had to do to get beyond the influence of Guthrie? Kill the Buddha in the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted July 2, 2010 Moderators Share Posted July 2, 2010 My influence this week? After working 16 hours days and weekends on a huge marketing campaign at work. Training a know-it-all whippersnapper and getting him through the inevitable setbacks of big projects... and being generally worn out mentally and physically... I got a 75 minute massage last night and took today off. So the concept of rest. Of recuperation. Of inevitable setbacks as being part of the process of any type of creative or physical progress. The idea that forward motion in life in not always a straight line but 2 steps forward... 1 step back. The natural rhythm of personal progress and achievement. Learning to dance on that rhythm is key. And that one setback is only really a setup for... your next 2 steps forward. Especially when you plan your setbck in the form of a 75 minute massage. _m/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chicken Monkey Posted July 2, 2010 Members Share Posted July 2, 2010 Thats funny - I read one time that most car horns were an F, I'm not sure why.I've still been doing most of my writting with the guitar tuned to open G. I've been trying to write songs that arent in the key of G and enjoying the challenge. The existence of the car horn organ would challenge your first statement. As for the second, I remember playing in F on open G was my favorite--give it a try! I just finished up all of my school commitments, and am now able to enjoy a month or so of summer vacation. Right on schedule, inspiration came by as soon as I took a minute to breathe, so I'm working on a bunch of new things without thinking about where they come from. I went to see Levon Helm on Wednesday, though, and it certainly was inspiring to see a 70 yo man (with 50+ years of road time) working his craft. Great show if you get a chance to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted July 2, 2010 Members Share Posted July 2, 2010 Didn't Dylan eventually abandon "finger-pointing" songs? Maybe that's what Dylan had to do to get beyond the influence of Guthrie? Kill the Buddha in the road. I've never done a finger pointing song, so I figured I'd give it a shot.Mine's rather a nonpartisan "I don't like any of the bums" type of thing. Only got a few lines so far.... Politickin Man Politicking man came to my townCome a politickin up a storm"Gonna bring you jobs and lots of that money"Keep you safe, happy and warm"Well i knew that he was lying cause his lips were a movingThat seems to be about the norm... And so on. I know, it's kinda silly. More of an exercise than anything I suppose. Just messing around. Cool link, BTW. Something I suppose we all struggle with as themes and subjects are fairly constant and finding new ways to deal with them without being derivitive isn't easy. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted July 2, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 2, 2010 ICool link, BTW. Something I suppose we all struggle with as themes and subjects are fairly constant and finding new ways to deal with them without being derivitive isn't easy. I don't agree with Bloom, but it is an interesting theory that seems to get some traction among the kyphotic tweeds in the ivory tower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted July 2, 2010 Members Share Posted July 2, 2010 I posted about Nneka before -- and she's become totally ingrained in my everyday listening... I love this girl and her music... GIDjwGChFo4 ndpHo05kyPg Some old guys lose it. Some don't... of all the 'post-Hendrix' guitarists, possibly none has captured what I loved about Hendrix as much as Robin Trower, who was already a veteran player and well known as the guitarist for keyboard-dominated Procol Harum when Jimi hit his stride... but it's become clear that Trower subsequently became a disciple and spiritual heir of Jimi. After Jimi made a fatal lifestyle choice, Trower carried on that dreamy thang that Jimi tossed off so casually... Trower may not have that air of casual abandon -- but his playing is as graceful and knowing as it is smack-on... IkY0PGGxjJM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TIMP3 Posted July 2, 2010 Members Share Posted July 2, 2010 Was listening to some Ryan Bingham and saw some of his new stuff n youtube. Got me in the mood to try to go home and write sumpin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted July 2, 2010 Members Share Posted July 2, 2010 Kyphotic tweeds. I'm still laughing. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rockinrobby Posted July 2, 2010 Members Share Posted July 2, 2010 Revenge... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rockinrobby Posted July 2, 2010 Members Share Posted July 2, 2010 Oh and Beyonce :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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