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    Birdy - Strange Birds (Cover by P.P.)

    in Covers & Remixes

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    Hi Imusicule

     

    I admit I did not know this beautiful song by Birdy so I listened to the orginal then I listened again to yours along with the lyrics. 

     

    I can see you are from Turkey, so well done on this cover in English and, although it is a vocally challenging song, you have quite a wide vocal range which certainly took me by surprise!

     

    I'll look forward to hearing more from you and well done on posting this cover.

     

    Janeva

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    Africa...by Toto Cover song

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    Well done on your Toto cover.  I was watching some Youtube videos of Toto recently which took me right back, I particularly adored their song 'Hold the line' which is one of my absolute favourites from that era.

     

    I liked what you did visually with the video and it followed the song well. 

     

    Don't worry if you don't feel you have enough musical knowledge, you have already achieved much more than many (including myself!) could do.   Keep enjoying it, that is the most important thing!

     

    Janeva

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    Memorable Music Fan Moments?

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    I met two of my favourite songwriters, Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford from Squeeze a couple of years ago.   I had a CD signed  by Glenn and Chris signed my copy of his lyrics book. 

     

    They used to work separately when writing. Chris described getting back the music from Glenn after he sent the lyrics as like receiving Christmas presents.  They've had their times apart over the years, so it was great to see them touring together again   :)

    Memorable Music Fan Moments?

    in Musician's Lounge

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    On 10/08/2016 at 5:00 AM, MonoStone said:

    I'm not sure if this is a 'fan moment' or just me being a sad old git going on about the good old days...

     

    I once did a showcase at Nomis in London.... Being a Northern nobody I thought it would just be another crappy rehearsal type place... but apparently it was some kind of big time rock star place. Bumped into Paul Weller in the corridor and had a quick 'chat'.... Hall & Oats were in there too but must have been avoiding me...

     

    Oh and I used to rehearse in the room next to the Stone Roses before I knew who they were. 

     

    Sounds like Hall and Oates couldn't go for that   :)

     

    I'm jealous that you 'bumped into' Paul Weller!

    Memorable Music Fan Moments?

    in Musician's Lounge

    Posted

    On 10/08/2016 at 3:18 AM, HoboSage said:

    I remember Sparks!  Didn't Hitler play keyboards for them? ;)

     

    Many moons ago, in a dark corner of a high school gym in small-town Wisconsin during a concert by a Chicago-area band that was essentially unknown at the time, I smoked pot for the first time and got to third base with a gal I didn't even know.  The name of the band?  Styx.  The name of the gal?  Hell if I know.   :). 

     

    I saw a recent photo of the brothers and they look more alike now Russell's lost his long locks - Loved them :)

    Memorable Music Fan Moments?

    in Musician's Lounge

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    I thought I would share one of my most memorable music fan moments from when I was a kid in primary school. We had a school trip visiting a local historic house called Bramall Hall which is a beautiful black and white Tudor mansion which dates back to the 14th Century.

     

    I always liked history but it was a summer day and we started to take more notice of what was happening outside.  Lots of cables were being dragged around the place and large vehicles were being parked up.  We eventually persuaded our teachers to allow us outside where we discovered a pop show called 'Lift Off' was being filmed in the gardens.  One of my favourite bands of the time, Sparks, were rehearsing 'This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us'  outside the hall on the grass.  I think the foundations were shaken that day. 

     

    It was the best school history trip I ever went on    :D

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    My lyrics are always weird

    in Songwriting

    Posted

    Hi

     

    You say your lyrics have no rhythm.  Do you write them down whilst listening to music? 

     

    I often write poetry without any particular rhythm but if I write anything which I consider potentially to be lyrics - I write them listening to music - even if this is not the music which will be used eventually. 

     

    Good luck!

     

    Janeva

    David Bowie Interview

    in Musician's Lounge

    Posted

    My favourite Bowie interview was this one he did with Chris Evans on TFI Friday (Channel 4, UK)

     

    I remember watching it on TV and it was hilarious, I was crying laughing at the time.

     

    He definitely wasn't taking himself too seriously at all at that time and was totally enjoying it. 

     

     

    Collaborating, How Do You 'do It'?

    in Musician's Lounge

    Posted

    Great subject.

     

    I'm not a musician so I purely write lyrics which I've done  by different methods over the years.

     

    I write lyrics to existing melodies in most cases.  This has been done online via emailing mp3s because I have mostly worked with musicians from other countries.

     

    I do know a local musician, however, who has taken my lyrics and then written music which has resulted in several songs I have had the pleasure of hearing him perform at my local bar   :) 

     

    Mostly, though, I enjoy writing to existing melodies and I find it more of a challenge to write words without the music already there.   :)

     

    Jan

    Writing Lyric To Melody

    in Songwriting

    Posted

    Hi

     

    I agree with Mike that you should do whatever suits you best.

     

    I know musicians who always start with the music and others who prefer to have the lyrics first to work with. 

     

    Everyone has their own way of working and there is no right or wrong - just do what works for you  :)

     

    Jan

    Writing Lyrics - Do You Know What To Write About?

    in Songwriting

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    Hi Maria

     

    Great subject  - it's always interesting to see how others work  :)

     

    The methods I have employed over the 3 years I have been writing have been quite varied. 

     

    I sometimes write lyrics 'from scratch' without music if I have sudden inspiration for a theme but usually I will listen to the music I have been sent and 'hear' words which will fit.  I often have no set ideas beforehand when I write from scratch otherwise I find this restrictive.

     

    I always tend to chat with the musician first and ask what he wants to sing about - usually I ask for an overall theme and work from that.

     

    Occasionally I have worked with translations into English but have been required to change phrases because direct translations rarely work in a lyrical form.  

     

    I have been very lucky in that most of the lyrics I have written over the past 3 years have been turned into songs.  It's an incredible thing to receive an mp3 with a completed song.  One of my favourite lyricists, Chris Difford (also a musician, although I am not)  describes receiving finished songs from his bandmate, Glenn Tilbrook,  as like receiving his Christmas presents - and I can definitely relate to that  :)

     

    Jan

    Avoiding Cliche Lyrics

    in Songwriting

    Posted

    Hi Danke

    I would ask, cliche in idea, or in expression?

    If the first, I would say don't be too harsh on yourself, most ideas have been done many many many times, but then people want to hear about certain topics over and over. The thing is, they want to hear about it in relatively unique combinations (where possible) even if it is just one little detail, and they really want to have them expressed in unique ways. That doesn't mean every line needs to express something differently from the way people commonly express things, but rather you think on interesting combinations, you twist meanings of common phrases, or the context they sit in, or both. One way to think on it is "okay, I like this phrase... Now what will I do to make it mine?"

    I am just scratching the surface here. Although not entirely matched, you might find my article on keeping a song interesting in the songwriting articles section useful, http://songwriting.songstuff.com/article/

    Cheers

    John

     

     

    I must have seen that link before but I've bookmarked it and will keep as a reference, thanks, John.

     

    When I write lyrics I often google phrases I think of to check that they haven't been used too often before - it's always a challenge, though  :)

     

    Jan

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