Members teambulimic Posted May 23, 2009 Members Share Posted May 23, 2009 Just trying to get a feel for the ages of the contributors in the Songwriting forum. A lot of the people here seem to use 60's/70's songwriting giants for comparison and I was just wondering if that's an age related thing or just a general respect for the greats from prior generations. Thanks for your participation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted May 23, 2009 Members Share Posted May 23, 2009 Well, if you young whippersnapper's weren't so obsessed with classic rock, us old-timers probalby wouldn't feel like we have to dredge up our memories so often. It's much easier for me to remember what Andrew Bird or Mars Volta sound like than Billy Joel or Journey. (Of course, a factor there would be that I avoided the latter two like the plague -- back in what I laughingly like to call the day.) I didn't know we were allowed to use contemporpary analogies. This is so liberating... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members teambulimic Posted May 23, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 23, 2009 It's true! I read the rules. Post internet music is allowed to be acknowledged. Thanks for contributing. So far the forum is 50% old people, 50% people they want off their lawn. Keep 'em comin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted May 23, 2009 Members Share Posted May 23, 2009 I have to say that I'm so old that 38 looks pretty dang young to me. And getting back to my smartazz answer above, actually, I realize that Andew Bird and Mars Volta have been around for quite a while, themselves... but they were the first names off the top of my head I could stick in there and have it be true. Now, Mars Volta are friends of friends so I've followed them from a distance from the time they were jamming in a loft in downtown Long Beach, but, though he's got, like, a jillion albums, Bird somehow escaped my attention until the last few months. Sometimes I wonder how many other artists of the caliber of Bird I've been missing by ingnoring the music media. I mostly am delighted to avoid the press arm of The Big Cookie Cutter -- after spending much of my first 30 years or so reading music criticsm the way others read the sports page, I finally decided that most of them were TFOS con men. And since that's something I've aspired to my whole life but never achieved, the envy finally got to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members David E H Posted May 23, 2009 Members Share Posted May 23, 2009 +1 for Andrew Bird....Armchair Apocrypha is one of my favorites of all time....I'd check out Chad VanGaalen if I were you....:poke:[YOUTUBE]vrUivONN9Mg[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MDR Posted May 25, 2009 Members Share Posted May 25, 2009 Where's the 60+ category? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Surrealistic Posted May 25, 2009 Members Share Posted May 25, 2009 So far the forum is 50% old people, 50% people they want off their lawn. Keep 'em comin'. 38 is old?? Nah, IMHO you're not even starting to mature into a well rounded (not in the physical sense, uhhhm, wait a sec, well, maybe in that sense too ) human being until you're in your 30s. Must be a whippersnapper wot started this poll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted May 25, 2009 Members Share Posted May 25, 2009 The song in the vid rather reminds me of the first Devandra Banhart stuff. I just dumped all three of his albums I found into my Rhapsody playlist. Let's see how well he plays (in shuffle mode) with the Old 97's. I love the picture on his page on his record label's site: http://www.flemisheye.com/chad-vangaalen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted May 25, 2009 Members Share Posted May 25, 2009 38 is old?? Nah, IMHO you're not even starting to mature into a well rounded (not in the physical sense, uhhhm, wait a sec, well, maybe in that sense too ) human being until you're in your 30s. Must be a whippersnapper wot started this poll Well... we must cut the whippersnappers some slack. After all, today's green-behind-the-wet-ears whippersnappers are the crusty-and-cantakerous-old-coots of tomorrow. And -- by that measure -- they are a precious resource which must be nurtured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TravvyBear Posted May 25, 2009 Members Share Posted May 25, 2009 17 here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eddieboston2 Posted May 25, 2009 Members Share Posted May 25, 2009 I mostly am delighted to avoid the press arm of The Big Cookie Cutter -- after spending much of my first 30 years or so reading music criticsm the way others read the sports page, I finally decided that most of them were TFOS con men. Sorry, but what's TFOS?Best I can find on Google is Teenagers From Outer Space, which seems appropriate, but something tells me that's not it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stereojunkie Posted May 25, 2009 Members Share Posted May 25, 2009 i think 20 definitely contends with one of those young whippersnappers descriptions. I can't wait to be old and cantankerous though. so does youth hinder or help the creation of art? I guess it depends on whether you are rusty or a ball of flame. perhaps an old wine like patty griffin. look at the legs on her... ahem (bad wine joke) i just always think of how Bob Dylan says he can't write a song anymore, and then a year later comes out with a flippin' new album. He just wants to contradict himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members teambulimic Posted May 25, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 25, 2009 38 is old?? Nah, IMHO you're not even starting to mature into a well rounded (not in the physical sense, uhhhm, wait a sec, well, maybe in that sense too ) human being until you're in your 30s. Must be a whippersnapper wot started this poll I just meant in the context of the music industry. I agree with you in general but it's probably a lot more difficult to start out in your 30's than in your late teens/twenties. It takes a lot of time to build a reputation and get to the point where people seek you out to hear you rather than you promoting your own albums/events. And you are correct. I am certainly a youngin'. Although my knees are {censored}ed like I'm 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhino55 Posted May 26, 2009 Members Share Posted May 26, 2009 I went ahead and signed up for 27 even though I wont be there till Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted May 27, 2009 Members Share Posted May 27, 2009 I went ahead and signed up for 27 even though I wont be there till SundayHang on to what's left of your youth, my man... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhino55 Posted May 27, 2009 Members Share Posted May 27, 2009 Why have I trapped myself in 27dom 4 days ealry? WHY!?? Ive been inspired here is a chorus for 26ish people trapped too early in 27dom dispair gasp and more dispair Maybe I'm emo without the swoop in my hair skinny jeans - I dont think it's gonna happen Too old to give a {censored} about the latest fashion I'll keep doing things the same I always have and in 30 years time probably be found by the same fad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted May 27, 2009 Members Share Posted May 27, 2009 Too old for emo... too young to die? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dthraco Posted May 27, 2009 Members Share Posted May 27, 2009 38 is old?? Nah, IMHO you're not even starting to mature into a well rounded (not in the physical sense, uhhhm, wait a sec, well, maybe in that sense too ) human being until you're in your 30s. This. (I'm 36) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhino55 Posted May 27, 2009 Members Share Posted May 27, 2009 Too old for emo... too young to die? I just spit coffe on my computer screen. I really need to quit doing that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mpeddle Posted May 27, 2009 Members Share Posted May 27, 2009 hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassred Posted May 27, 2009 Members Share Posted May 27, 2009 27-37. Putting me in with the old guys... I'm 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted May 28, 2009 Members Share Posted May 28, 2009 Though I may have an old soul, my emotional age is about the same as my shoe size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blakemore Effects Posted May 28, 2009 Members Share Posted May 28, 2009 16-26 here. God willing, I'll make it into the next two categories at some point haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Boydog Posted May 28, 2009 Members Share Posted May 28, 2009 who the hells emo ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted May 29, 2009 Members Share Posted May 29, 2009 I just spit coffe on my computer screen. I really need to quit doing that! You'll actually have to blame Jethro Tull for the kernel of that one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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