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how do you write (and new song)

Unread post by seanbryantkbq » Fri Dec 24, 2004 3:58 pm

i find it interesting that everyone has there own way of writing patterns. i ususally come up with a base of lyrics and then music seperately. and then i mold them together, changing lyrics or music here or there until its perfect. somtimes when ive gone through to much though, ill finish a song in about five minutes. this is a song i did in six and a half minutes last ngiht from some recent events that have hurt/confused me

I take it I’m your tease… yes
The one you keep away
Pull me out for rainy days
Just to pack me back away

So then well sit, front porch
And drink ourselves a love
And then when you wake up
Cry for no one here to smother

With kisses
You left me on your front porch
With bliss this
Cradled what I ran for
And miss yes
You
You drive away

I’ll take what I can get now
For bottom feeding is shit
But that’s what you must plan for
When you come to this

So then you call me, love
A year or so ago
Paint me in your pictures
Then walk out my doors

With lonely
I’m crying and I feel
With bliss this
The love I should have killed
And miss yes
I kept it here instead
And now babe
Were laying in your bed

This is wrong
And I miss this
But I must go
I won’t promise that I’ll come home


I can’t turn back time.


so how do yall write. post some examples too so i can see some of ur poetry/ songs


Peace!!!
don't kid yourself and don't fool yourself
this love's too good to last and i'm too old to dream

don't grow up too fast don't embrace the past
this life's too good to last and i'm too young to care

don't kid yourself and don't fool yourself
this life could be the last and we're too young to see

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Unread post by HCHaikuWarrior » Fri Dec 24, 2004 4:49 pm

i have a whole bunch of lyrics then i have written in a book and then i have my ideas of songs but i can't ever put them together and it pisses me off
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Unread post by seanbryantkbq » Fri Dec 24, 2004 6:12 pm

i usually here a melody or an enitre song in my head while im at work. then when i get home i'll figure out the guitar part and then add lyrics based on what i feel like the music supports
don't kid yourself and don't fool yourself
this love's too good to last and i'm too old to dream

don't grow up too fast don't embrace the past
this life's too good to last and i'm too young to care

don't kid yourself and don't fool yourself
this life could be the last and we're too young to see

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Unread post by Swe dmbfan » Fri Dec 24, 2004 6:21 pm

how´s your brother?
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Unread post by Appfro » Fri Dec 24, 2004 6:43 pm

i keep "poems" which are really bundled up lyrics w/ no rhythm or rhyme in a book and then when i write new music i go through them and try to fit them. then i change the lyrics drastically to fit the song usually. i have about 18 songs now, most are shitty but i figure if i write enough eventually they'll get better

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Unread post by Teego Time » Fri Dec 24, 2004 8:15 pm

Appsoldier wrote:i keep "poems" which are really bundled up lyrics w/ no rhythm or rhyme in a book and then when i write new music i go through them and try to fit them. then i change the lyrics drastically to fit the song usually. i have about 18 songs now, most are shitty but i figure if i write enough eventually they'll get better

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Unread post by Beauford33 » Fri Dec 24, 2004 8:19 pm

the guitar part will always coem first for me. I get the guitar down, then I get my Incredible 20$ tape recorder and play and just kinda let go. I go back through and write down whatever I said and look it over and see what fits and what goes.
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Unread post by Tranman66 » Fri Dec 24, 2004 9:30 pm

Beauford33 wrote:the guitar part will always coem first for me. I get the guitar down, then I get my Incredible 20$ tape recorder and play and just kinda let go. I go back through and write down whatever I said and look it over and see what fits and what goes.
yeah guitar gotta comes first for me too.
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Unread post by juineaux » Fri Dec 24, 2004 10:46 pm

it depends for me:
sometimes I will come up with a vocal melody first. I will just start singing in my car something new, sorta "chain-gang" style.

or a guitar part first.

I write little lyric lines all the time, but they are ussually just little phrases that I might use once I have a melody and all.

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Unread post by deceptivehero » Sat Dec 25, 2004 12:12 am

I always write the guitar part first because i have such a hard damn time with the vocal melody.
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Unread post by seanbryantkbq » Sat Dec 25, 2004 10:06 am

Swe dmbfan wrote:how´s your brother?
he's good. he's staring at me from a shadowy corner eating a pizza.
don't kid yourself and don't fool yourself
this love's too good to last and i'm too old to dream

don't grow up too fast don't embrace the past
this life's too good to last and i'm too young to care

don't kid yourself and don't fool yourself
this life could be the last and we're too young to see

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Unread post by Easy E » Sun Dec 26, 2004 2:13 am

HCHaikuWarrior wrote:i have a whole bunch of lyrics then i have written in a book and then i have my ideas of songs but i can't ever put them together and it pisses me off
Cor wrote:I mentioned awhile ago trying to bang this huge near 7 foot woman I know. Hit it last night. I got manhandled, it was sweet.

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Unread post by seanbryantkbq » Tue Dec 28, 2004 3:40 pm

so does anyone like the lyrics?
don't kid yourself and don't fool yourself
this love's too good to last and i'm too old to dream

don't grow up too fast don't embrace the past
this life's too good to last and i'm too young to care

don't kid yourself and don't fool yourself
this life could be the last and we're too young to see

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Unread post by Appfro » Tue Dec 28, 2004 3:45 pm

i'm not very good at just reading lyrics. it's kind of like reading poetry to me and i hate to read poetry. but if you ever put it to a song, i'd LOVE to hear it and tell you what i think. sorry.

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Unread post by seanbryantkbq » Tue Dec 28, 2004 3:47 pm

thanks for real advice. apps. better then what people say to me where i live. haha
don't kid yourself and don't fool yourself
this love's too good to last and i'm too old to dream

don't grow up too fast don't embrace the past
this life's too good to last and i'm too young to care

don't kid yourself and don't fool yourself
this life could be the last and we're too young to see

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