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LyinDan
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2/25/2010 9:45:15 PM
The best songs you produce are the ones that just come to you
True or false?
Is your best song (in your own opinion, which does not necessarily equate to your most popular song) the one that just sort of stuck itself to you? Did you dream it? Did you get home with it revolving around your head from nowhere?
What?
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Duane Flock
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2/25/2010 10:07:16 PM
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I would say that statement is TRUE.
Some of my best stuff I've finished in about a weekend because it all fell into place right then and there. I wrote Should I Change in about 15mins., and at the time I just couldn't write fast enough. Four hours later while traveling home, I had figured out all of the instrumental parts.
The downside is, that sort of thing doesn't happen often enough though.
Normally I'll think about certain parts and riffs for a few days while jotting down ideas for lyrics. Everything all the while "rolling" around in my head making sure it all fits together a piece at a time. The average duration for me would be about a song a month, maybe two.
D.
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Conversation Suicide
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2/26/2010 4:31:55 AM
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All of the above.
But I can't seem to always guess very well, which one will be the Listener's Favourite....
That's why my best work has been done with (a) collaborative player(s) and their added ears....
AND that's why I can't WAIT to do this COLLAB with the amazing
Aimee Terrin.
Should be something we BOTH can be proud of!
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Hop On Pop
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2/26/2010 8:10:54 AM
I'd say that some are ones that just came to me (Cary's Here, Come On Let's Go, C'mon Angel) and others are ones that I had to work on (Ashes On the Water, I'm Pathetic)
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never never band
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2/26/2010 7:13:27 PM
the best ones are the ones that I work the hardest on...
I can pop out catchy little ditties and melodies all night long, My mind is absolutely cluttered with musical prases, but every now and then I come upon an idea that I think is important enough to put some real work into.
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Tom O'Brien
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2/26/2010 9:04:17 PM
I don't know what my best songs are, but the ones that move me the most are almost always the ones that wrote themselves. Of course, some trash writes itself, too - but if I have to really sweat over a song it just comes out all self-conscious and belabored.
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Richard Scotti
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2/27/2010 1:25:36 AM
Sometimes the best songs come from the subconscious mind but how you nurture them over time and help them evolve can be very conscious and methodical.
A song isn't great simply because it "came from your heart". The heart can write some shitty stuff at times. The head needs to step in and help supervise. But in any case, inspiration, regardless of the source is what gives a song authenticity. If a song resonates with the author as well as the audience, then it doesn't matter what means were used to reach the ends. Dylan wrote Blowin' In the Wind in 10 minutes. Other songs took years to perfect. All that matters is the outcome, not the method. There is no "pure"way to write a song and no magical formula. If there was, everyone could write a hit every time. Musicians are like magicians and songs are like illusions. If you knew how every trick was done, the illusions would have little power to amaze and entertain.
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