[Concept Albums....]

Hi,

I was wondering how many people on songstuff forums have written a/some concept albums. And if so, how do you come up with a story and go about telling it?

Much wondering,

-Holz

[How Long Does It Take You To Write Lyrics?]

It's come and go with me. I'll have periods of a few days to a month or two where I'm writting lyrics or lyric ideas (one line) at least once a day. Most of my lyrics, about 80-90% are written within 10-20 minutes sometimes faster, sometimes slower. The time it takes me to write really depends on what I'm writting about. If I feel strong about it, i write it pretty quick. If I'm so-so, I'm slow.

-Holz

[Unidentifiable Lyrics?]

Thanks for shedding some light on the matter, glad to know what I can do/can't do

-Holz

[Unidentifiable Lyrics?]

Hi,

I recently bought a piano/guitar/vocal book, and to my surprise one and a half pages of lyrics was in it! From what I can tell it's 100% original, but no name no identification. I guess I'm asking the question "what should/can I do with it?", I've already got the music written to at least demo level. Can I say I wrote these lyrics without having to worry about copyrights? I don't wanna sound mean, I would like to know who did them but since there's no I.D. I can't find out who did them, I wanna use them for my projects but since I've never had something like this happen I thought it'd be a good idea to ask the song stuff community!

Thanks,

-Holz

[Challenge #40 Bad Luck Blues]

Did I miss something? I didn't think eye of newt and wing of bat had anything to do with the challenge.

Don't get me wrong I enjoyed reading everyone's comments, it just kinda confused me when some of you started comparing this song to eye of newt and wing of bat.

Thanks,

-Holz

[Challenge #40 Wing Of Bat, Eye Of A Newt]

Here's my submission.

http://forums.songstuff.com/topic/38774-challenge-40-bad-luck-blues/

[Challenge #40 Bad Luck Blues]

Hi,

Here my first attempt at a lyric challenge. But that doesn't mean you should take it easy on me, give it to me straight, both barrels. Anyway here's what was required and what I wrote to fulfill it.

A Color........Blue

A Time of Day.........Morning

A named place.......Mississippi

Famous Person......Robert Johnson

Brand......Jack Daniels

Type of Food/Drink........Whiskey

Number.........21

Body..........Eye

Clothing...........Shirt

Bad Luck Blues

(Intro)

(Verse)

I'm feeling blue

Ain't got no money for anything

I'm feeling used

By my woman she like shiny things

I wake up every morning

To a breakfast of dirt and dust

(Verse)

I got a friend

He lives in Mississippi

I go an visit him

And together we drink all his whiskey

His name is Robert Johnson

And he'll be glad to share a bottle with you

(Chorus)

How I wish,

I could get free

From my chains of misery

No matter how hard I wish

It won't come true

(Verse)

I'm feeling old

How I wish I was twenty one again

I'm not feelin' bold

But with a shot I'll be bold my friend

And I only drink jack Daniels

'Cause there's no better whiskey around

(Chorus)

How I wish,

I could get free

From my chains of misery

No matter how hard I wish

It won't come true

(Verse)

I'm feeling down,

'Cause I lost eye in a bar fight

I'm leaving town

I can't stand to be here another night

Gonna visit my friend robert

And we'll drink 'till the crack o' dawn

(Chorus)

How I wish,

I could get free

From my chains of misery

No matter how hard I wish

It won't come true

(Solo)

(Bridge)

I've had bad luck every day of my life

And a man came and took my wife

Ain't got a thing to call my own

'Cept the shirt on my old broken back

(Solo)

(Outro)

[Challenge #40 Paradise Motel]

Nice rhyming and structure. Just one thing, I can't figure out what it's about. Could you elaborate on it?

Thanks,

-Holz