Ha, and the songs about existential darkness are relevant for even longer. I admire people who can write about current events with any kind of result: I get bogged down in songs which try to sum up timeless truths or situations in a few words. But why not let's talk about songwriting?
Any differences between figuring something out mandolin in hand or with a guitar or keyboard? Do you prefer to look for other varieties of three chord songs, or to use a bunch of fancy ones? Start with a concept, a melody, words? Deliberately try to put in quirks, or just let it go how it feels? I find that the ones I write with a mandolin tend to be groovier, don't know why! On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:38 PM, 14strings <[email protected]> wrote: > Any of you folks dabble in songwriting and lyrics? My band has a new > album coming out so I'm getting all my BMI and copyright stuff > together...not that it really matters ;) Anyway all the news of the > day made me think of these lyrics I wrote over 20 years ago! Sadly not > much has changed. Our new album is just as dark; we were all the > lyrics of base don tales of woe LOL > > Way of the World > > Smell the rain, feel the wind > Black sky and it’s laced with sin > Running out of empty space > Spoiled waters filled with waste > > Oil spill in the seas > Starving children and their helpless pleas > Politicians who vote on the hill > They don’t give a damn they just do what they will > > Can’t you see? Can’t you see? > This is a vital proposition > It’s our hope and our mission > It’s the way of the world > > Fur coats and ivory bone > Tainted needles and styro-foam > Wrong color, wrong neighborhood > Rain forest being stripped of wood > > (c) 1990 Perry Paletta > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Taterbugmando" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<taterbugmando%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
