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2 trains - little feat

Elvis Presley - Mrs Fishers mine

whats this song anyway zarin? never heard of it.

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moondance _ van morrison

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embarrassment - madness

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a love song - kidney thieves

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'93's ok J' - family

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Only The Lonely - Roy Orbison

lonesome susie - the band

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eh?

Reid (reed) : Rush (rushes)

simple innit ?

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Lessons - Rush

[Christams Song]

because ive got one

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zippity do dah : Lyrics by Ray Gilbert and Allie Wrubel

[They're Here!]

an i say to myself, what a wunderful woild

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my boomerang wont come back : charlie drake

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jetsex: Tontos Expanding Head Band

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captain kelly’s kithen – trad arr

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i close my eyes and count to ten - by dusty springfield

[Worst Gig You Ever Played]

rough deal, good story. thanks donna.

where did you get that contract smiley!

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let it be me - everly brothers

[Variation In Your Lyrics]

• structure or song form (verse, chorus, verse, chorus, mid-8, chorus chorus etc.) 8
  
• rhyme schemes (ABAB etc) 4
  
• alliteration (She Sells Sea Shells) 5
  
• imagery (Oh the mountains and the sky oh... ) 7
  
• rhymes (same rhymes crop up across various lyrics) 4
  
• emotions (What, another sad song?) 8
  
• themes/story line (da bitch gone done it again) 7
  
• message (what you are actually saying with the lyric) 9
  
• type of hook (poignant, flippant etc) 5
  

[Lennon's Grammar]

without jl’s poetic licence, you have to change the rhyme:

…it isn’t hard to do…

…and no religion too.

…and no religion either. what will rhyme with this?

… no european beaver? no microcantilever? no malarial fever? no sigourney weaver? no nothing neither? no vauxhall viva? no labrador retriever?

john lennon was a mercurial writer. i think he should be forgiven.

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magic carpet ride - steppenwolf

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roll out the barrel (the beer barrel polka) - trad

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wishing well : free

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rider in the rain : randy newman

[Tips For Singing Lead Vocal...]

i will. im getting rusty.

[Writing a song]

What way do you find most productive to start writing a song? Do you start with a song concept? Do you start with lyrics? Melody? Rhythm?

1/ lyrics

2/ rhythm

3/ melody

4/ chords

Do you have a common way of developing your original idea?

1/ brain dump,

2/ edit

3/ research (google) this means checking dates, facts, details of subject matter. it can take hours

4/ go back to 1 & 2 then finish

At what point do you start recording?

i dont know how to