MonoStone

Hang on... how did it get to Hammer & a Spike - God St Wine???????????

Waterloo - ABBA

Jet-Black...I'd guess No rules... Cool!

I assumed they influenced Blink & Green when I heard it, they sound more raw and less cartoon but I could hear how it could lead to B&G type stuff... and googling seemed to confirm. Dunno... sorry I shouldn't have held the game up with the comment. Just have an unusual hatred fro Blink 182 and Green Day... not sure why... both get right under my skin, along with a lot of pop-punk/skate-punk Guessing we might not agree on that one, and this wasn't the place to bring it up

Well, since everyone else is linking by artist name ... and because I love this song and the video (must be seen) - Kelly's Heroes - Black Grape

I quite like that, not heard them before... but guessing they have a lot to answer for i.e. Blink friggin 182 and Green friggin Day! Just sayin...sorry wrong forum for such comments

Sugar Hiccup - The Cocteau Twins

I reckon Rob and Rudi are linking by artist names... I thought this was a song title association game? I move they should be banned and shot!

That was me not Moz... or am I Moz now?

I like this game It made me remember this fantastic song. Float On - The Floaters

Gives me chance to post one of my all time favourites... This song will never get old for me. Tears - The Chameleons

Tantrum #2

I rarely hear a tune or words in my head first, and if I ever do it's only fragments. The music comes out when I start strumming my guitar or plonking on the keyboard or maybe even from a beat. The words come out partly at the same time but in more detail when the music base is there. Often real events, memories, or things people have said will make it into my songs, the initial spark of that is rarely there before I begin jamming some sounds out...but sometimes such inspiration is in my head when I sit down to make music. Personally I find Gravity's 'chuck close' quote irritating. Everyone has their own way of coming up with songs. If you want to write lyrics first, and if something inspires the lyric, that doesn't make you an amateur. A whole load of fantastic songs were inspired by books, people, events... a good chunk of Led Zep songs are inspired by Tolkien, I am The Walrus was in some part inspired by Lewis Carol, countless fantastic songs have been inspired by devastating events (look at U2 and CSN&Y), and many great artists have been inspired by previous generations of great artists. The list of inspiration in songs would be too big to list. I've not seen the original context of the Chuck Close quote, but posted here it makes both Chuck and Gravity sound soulless and egotistical....and I believe Gravity threw a tantrum and left so I'm not replying directly.

Like I said, if you make good music then some people will appreciate it. Becoming a professional is another matter, it's a very difficult industry to find any success in. It's impossible to know whether you will succeed or not. I can't hear what's in your head, and I don't know whether you'll be able to realise the music that's in your head (imagining it and making it are two very different things). If you're just looking for a reality check - the vast majority don't find huge success or huge recognition even after many years, the quality of your music does not guarantee that...far from it. I was trying to be positive or optimistic for you, but now I feel like joining in with the 'don't bother' answer. Good luck.

As it happens I'm an artist too... I've made a career in art. And in music I have been recognized to some small extent by other music artists and been heard and appreciated (a bit, not to any huge extent) beyond that.... Hence I'm saying that your goals are not beyond reach... your reply here suggests that you misunderstood my post to you. I'm the one saying that you COULD achieve your goals IF you make great music. However... you're going about things in a slightly back to front way. The way you explain your ambition is probably causing others to see the negative side. If we shorten your opening post it kind of says 'I've never played a note before, I have no idea how to make music, but I want success. Should I bother trying?' ... I read it slightly differently, I don't think you're looking to become a star or make a living from it, you just want to realise the music you imagine, and then be heard and have your music be appreciated by a few people, right?? The way that's back to front is that your starting from nothing and yet you're focusing on recognition. As an artist myself, I focused on creating art before I even thought about making a career from it. You need to know whether you're any good at something before you start thinking about your work being appreciated by others. You need to make art/music that YOU believe is good first. And personally I think it's best to make any kind of art firstly because you just want to, because you love it or because you're just compelled to. And unless you're a natural musical genius, if you've never played an instrument or made music before you should expect it to take quite a long time before it even sounds 'ok'. Taking lessons on Youtube won't make you great if you've never even tried to make music before. Get a DAW, get a keyboard for it, and just start making sounds. Online tutorials will help you learn how to use the DAW, but not how to make great music. And don't be so defensive! I'm trying to be positive and helpful. People here will help you if you have the attitude that you just want to make music. Asking 'should I bother' isn't going to get you many great comments.... If you want useful feedback, just make some music and post it. Get stuck in. Post your music. For all we know you might be brilliant... it is impossible to know until we hear.

You say you know nothing about composing. Do you play an instrument? What kind of composing do you want to do, is it instrumental? Rock? Classical? You say 'bizarre' but I mean is it guitar based? Synths? Orchestral? Will it all be done in a DAW or with real instruments? Will you sing too? Or will you be composing scores for others to perform? Please explain.... what are your current skills and what approach will you take? If you plan on going for it then you'd be wise to explain better, that way you can get some advice here. The way I understand your opening post... you want recognition from peers, from other musicians/composers etc...i.e. from us! Or maybe from a few well known artists/composers. That's not a goal out of anyone's reach IF you make great music. If you want fame and fortune then you'll need to be really special, very hard working, and lucky too. But you need to care first about the music... it's good to have a goal of 'making it', but you need to care most about just making great music.

And another... The magnificent... She Bangs The Drums - The Stone Roses

How did it get to Coffee And TV - Blur?? Oh well that means I can post an old fave. Flying Teapot - Gong

You should do the things you love to do, or just want to do... Nobody can tell you whether you'll be successful, or certainly not before you have something to show. Take a shot at it and see whether you enjoy it and whether you're good at it. You can try! Nobody knows how it will turn out....so it's not possible to answer your question definitively. Good luck! Just enjoy it.

I've always come up with lyrics after music, and through blabbing out nonsense or part-nonsense to get a melody/phrasing, usually by whatever mood the music puts me in, then editing and adding words to try to make it all work and find the point of it... Similar to Hobo by the sounds of it... I used to think I was special!!! Or sometimes I get the words by listening back to the gobbledygook I sang in the first run and writing down what I think I was saying... I enjoy doing that. I'd really struggle to write lyrics before music... I could write a poem, but I'd likely have to edit it a lot to fit a tune and I've never managed (or really tried hard) to do that.... I've occasionally used bits of previously written prose to fill in some lines. But if I take the question as 'what makes me write a song' (including the music)... I think it's partly an addiction. Sometimes I'm inspired to write, sometimes people I know inspire me or hearing an amazing song inspires me etc etc... but generally it's a feeling of having to make music or else be in a really bad mood like I've not fed the addiction so just get started and make something. Also, I think it's sometimes therapy. I let a lot of stuff out... often same old same old feelings and hangups said different ways to be honest... If I make it into a song it makes me feel a bit better .... NURSE!!! And it's escapism sometimes... It's a drug in that respect too. All sorts of reasons why I make music. But again I don't write words first unless I'm just writing words...poems, stories...not lyrics.

Then you should be Mojo Catcher or something else, not 'Catch A Mojo'

Mojo is still connected to a magic charm but these days the charm is forgotten and 'Mojo' is just a way of saying you have ability so good that it's like you have some kind of magic powers working for you. It refers to a time or situation where everything you do is special in some way or at least works especially well. For example if your mojo is working the songs you write or perform will be brilliant. It's not about luck, it's more like unexplainable boosted ability or confidence. In my opinion. If you say 'a' mojo then as Hobo said that's singular, and so in that case your name can only be refering to the magical item ... I.e if someone throws a macic talisman at you then you could 'catch a mojo' The 'a' is the problem, so you could be 'Mojo Catcher' ... it might not be possible to catch mojo but it sounds sinister as though you steal mojo from others, or could refer to the ability to grab or capture magic from thin air.

If 'Mojo' really said something about you then you wouldn't be asking us about 'Mojo'... because if you have your Mojo working, you'll be confident in the name and you'll just know if it's right and you won't care much about other opinions... Your Mojo doesn't seem to be working in this situation That said, it's quite a cool word so might make part of a cool name...but then again, it's been used to death in music, and it might suggest 'Blues' so if you're not Blues based it might be a misleading name.

Google the meaning... Check the urban dictionary etc... I believe you are safe with Mojo.

I'm no vocal coach But I suggest you choose an easier song, probably by a male vocalist, that's comfortable and doesn't require vocal acrobatics...