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I'm running Windows XP (yay for old school). I use Audacity to record with a guitar, patch chord and computer mic. I am going to try and start using pedals soon, but that just complicates things (audio levels, you know, trying to get the vocals and guitar even so one isn't drowning out the other). I don't do full band stuff yet, but Guitar Pro seems (to me) to be a good idea (for rough works).

In my opinion, meaningless lyrics and good don't belong in the same sentence unless related by a negative reference. Like I said, this is just my opinion, based upon nearly nineteen (19) years of listening to country music * * Even as I moved through metal, rock, punk and pop, I have never heard a song without meaning that I remember today. Granted, there are some really weird songs out there, but they have meaning as well, and that is what I enjoy in music. Just my five-cents.

If you need it, go here: http://www.dlldump.com/download-dll-files_new.php/dllfiles/M/MFC71.dll/7.10.3077.0/download.html (ha, I told you where to go...), then click on the "Click Here to Download MFC71.dll" and download the dll file.

So, this thread is really old, but I would like to add that in some cases, you may have to download a dll file, mfc71.dll is what I had to get. Am I allowed to post the link to the site where I got it?

Bump? I wouldn't say that this site has changed my writing (I haven't been here all that long). My song writing in general has changed a lot since I started writing (the second time), I used to start with a title that seemed catchy, then wrote around that, now I start writing random lines and going from there, sometimes never finding a fitting title. My structure is similar, I still use verse, chorus kinda thing, but the feel is different, I used to have the melodies of the verses match up (melodically speaking), but now I'm finding that it's more fun just to write it, if it doesn't fit the rhyme scheme or the melody of the previous verse(s), but it fits the lyrics, use it anyway. What songwriting means to me has changed big time, the first album that I wrote was when I was in highschool and it was about a girl who I had a huge crush on, and that's really the only reason that I started writing (again), to express how I felt about her. Now I'm trying to tell a story, something that the listener can follow and enjoy, not really expressing anything, just having fun.

I laughed a little

It wasn't all that bad, I just feel like it was out of line, so you didn't really miss all that much, lol. That's it though, you were arguing a valid point and I had to act childish and attempt to assert my opinion as fact. I guess that that means that I am not apologizing for believing, it's how I reacted. I still believe in inspiration, because (to me), it's what makes me want to write, it's what get's everything rolling, the discipline will hopefully come in and make me better at it.

No one offended me, I just over read and assumed that I was being trampled on because I'm new here. Then I wrote a post which wasn't explicitly insultive, but I thought it was rather arogant. After looking around the site for a couple of minutes, I cooled down and realized how stupid and paranoid I was being so I removed the post and wrote something which I thought was more civilized. I hope that I haven't offended anyone with my "I'm right, you're stupid" attitude. As for the topic at hand, inspiration, it is indeed fantastic that we (and many others) have different writing styles, this can lead to great music that isn't confined to a narrow scope.

Well, I've posted a song (lyrics only) on the "lyrics critique" board, I'm trying to follow by the three reviews per one song posted, and I've only reviewed one so far, so it might be some time before I post another. As for hearing it, I don't want to get too far ahead of myself and make empty promises, but I am currently working on a website (coding it myself). I have no idea when it will be up and running, I still have a lot to do, I have to make all the lyrics pages, record a bunch of stuff, write and post the tabs/ chords etc.... Hopefully I'll get it going, and if I do I'll post a link. Usually a line just comes to me in my head and I run with it, I write it down and while writting it down another comes, so I write that one down, and the process just keeps going until I have a song. I do sometimes (okay, very often) run into cliches, but then I look at the rest of the song, if it's one giant cliche, then I leave it, otherwise I say th eprevious line over and lead into the one in question, then bam, new line. The problem I run into with songs that I have not been insired to write, the quality is awful, mainly because I don't want to write it. That is the only reason I wrote my first song, and that is why I've written 50 songs since, something happens and I need to vent (for lack of a better word), so I break out a pencil and notebook and write a song for who or whatever pushed me.

Edit: I apologize, the post that this is replacing was extremly rude and completely uncalled for. If you write for commercial reasons, you will likely have a different point of view. This is where your experience guided you and my ignorance blinded me, for that I am sorry. Below I have re-replied to your comment. Personally, I rely solely on inspiration, and no I do not release any, so what I write is just for me. I respect your opinion, but I stand by my belief that inspiration trumps all else. I don't fancy myself an all to great lyricist, but there are a few songs that I have written that I feel are quite exceptional. These songs are written from my heart and express my emotions, not songs written on a deadline. Again, I apologize.

I find this slightly absurd, what is the point of a song if the only purpose of the writer is to write yet another song. To me, inspiration leads to emotion (or visa versa) which makes for higher quality works of art. Then again, that's just me. As for the question at hand, I usually find motivation in events my life. Recently I decided to check my email, after readin the few new ones, I looked down and saw one from my ex. Stupid me, I read it, it was a conversation that we had had after she dumped me, and it just reminded me of those feelings that we shared, and it crushed me, so eventually, I'm going to sit down and just write it out, possibly making something worth while. Darlink, you started this, so may I ask what inspires you?