What Did You Do With Music Today?

[CuznEddie]

I played a couple of songs for my first graders and, while waiting for them to finish cleaning up before lunch, I played around with the chord progression I'm using in a new song. It gives me sometihng to do while I'm waiting for the children to get ready.

[seerskater]

i went and played at m st. and wisconsin ave in washington dc.  always a good experience!  and today was st pattys so it was a little bit more epic for the crowd.  except i was playing a saxophone which isnt irish at all.   then i left and went to chill with my friend and got high and played drums.  apparently i was fitting in with my friend well when he played some bongos, he said i gained crazy rhythm at the drums.

 

later that night i went back to m st. and wisconsin ave, this time to a much sparser crowd.  the atmosphere was much stronger, and i could feel it impacting what i chose to play (fitting in notes with car's sounds, listening to echoes. i noticed crazy reverb paths in the vibrating column of opposing shop's walls).  i ended up focusing on looping lines, usually lines of alternating feelings. i had this one that was like a c (g f# d e) g a (g f# d e) a c (g f# d e) g a while alternating feelings on the (ac) and (ag) parts.

[djax]

Stepped completely away from it for a few weeks.

Some times I get burnt out trying so hard to satisfy myself musically.

 

Picked up the guitar today for a couple of hours... sounded so good

[Rudi]

I figured out a different way to play a solo on 'Cold Sweat' (A Soul Cover).

 

The song has been in the Blown Out set list FOREVER. Its easy to play a solo;

but a challenge to play a good solo. Ive tried all sorts of ways for years. Yes years.

 

I've been listening to 'Whos Driving', An album I bought last month. The artists ,'God Street Wine' folded some years back now. I thought I had all their albums. I was delighted to find this live cd that I'd somehow missed. One thing GSW had that dates them is a 'funk' aspect. I then dug out my favourite GSW album '$1.99 Romances' again to listen to in the car.

 

When I next played 'Cold Sweat' a funk-type phrasing emerged. It fits so well.

 

Good old GSW. Thanks fellers!

 

Just tried youtube. Looks like they reformed!

[kevinbayne]

Now i am looking to try unique facets.

[Caduceus]

Attempted to create a couple instrumental versions of songs by Jonathan Coulton and also Paul and Storm for possibly covering to no luck, wrote a new ABABC-type song's lyrics tonight, reworked a couple tweaks on another song, recorded a couple sounds from around me and messed with filters to get some interesting samples.

[chased]

Delivered myself a crash course in flamenco guitar (sorry purists!) for a bridge section of a new song. Thanks youtube. Love those crazy scales and jumpy right hand rhythms on guitar. Will be returning to this to write something totally Latinesque soon! 

[Rudi]

began recording of "It Doesnt Matter What I Sing" . Mostly just establishing markers for Verses etc. Finding right tempo for percussion and laid down a rhythm guitar track (that will be redone. Its just a marker at the moment).

 

Written up bass & 2nd guitar settings.

[ExiledAstronaut]

This is a cool thread.

Today i decided to try and write songs about whatever video games I'm playing at the moment.

It's actually working out pretty good for some reason lol, a country/rock song came out of it so far which is a really nice change of pace for me.

[Kel]

So far, I've critiqued a few lyrics and songs here on Songstuff, as many as I could squeeze in at work. I'm home now, so the first thing I do is check Songstuff again!

 

No reply on any of my topics or posts, so it's into my music for a while...

 

Cheers,

Kel