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Hey all, I just wrote a quick little ditty about songwriting. This is kinda the first draft - I know it needs filling out. I was going for a sort of rockabilly vibe; something I've not done before. I left space for a guitar solo after the 2nd chorus...still trying to figure out what it should...

After a 7 year stretch without creating a single song, this month I have written two. This one, ironically, is called "I Want To Write A Song". I recorded the basic tracks this afternoon and will finish/post it this week. It's kinda rockabilly-ish. EDIT: Here's the first draft. I WANT TO...

Broke a writer's block and forced myself to write! Recorded last weekend in Garageband. Palm Trees and Eighty Degrees I am playing all instruments and all vocals are mine as well. Equipment: Supro Sahara electric through a phaser pedal. Journey carbon fiber acoustic. Fender Jazz Bass...

Time flies when you're having fun (hey...good idea for another song). I can't believe it's been 7 years since I wrote a song and got it on tape. I went through a period a few years back where I was fairly prolific, getting 20+ songs out. Some good, some terrible, but songs nonetheless. Lots of...

Seagull, as mentioned above ^ is a good choice. I have a Cort Earth 70, I absolutely love it, and the craftsmanship is excellent - nevermind the fact that it was only $200.00. A great sounding, bulletproof guitar, with a solid spruce top. Here it is, being abused on the docks:

OK it's full of cliches, the rhymes are easy, and the drums are just a drum track. But I really enjoyed writing and recording this song, mainly because it broke an 11-month dry spell. I got the idea after seeing a Caribbean hotel commercial. Drums, bass and synth are JamStudio, guitars and...

Soaked in reverb, singing through automatic double-tracking, sustained guitar - yep, I'm a 70s throwback all right! I wrote this tune about a week ago, and finally got some time to get it recorded this weekend. Despite my screen name, I didn't use the Strat on this song, I used the Ibanez Les...

Wrote a song about the inevitablity of change. Was going for a swampy blues-rock sort of sound. Appreciate any listens. -Mike EVERYTHING CHANGES c. 2010 Mike Pilling See the leaves Falling off the tree Aint the same as it Used to be Skies were sunny Now it looks like rain Traffic...

Love that song. Great examples of clever lyrics from Jimmy Webb. However, for every song like that, there are lyrics like "Shambala" from Three Dog Night: Everyone is helpful, everyone is kind On the road to Shambala Everyone is lucky, everyone is so kind On the road to Shambala (repeat...

I heard a neat quote the other day "Experience is what you get right after you need it most". It wouldn't leave my brain, so I wrote a song about it. Appreciate the listens, thanks in advance. -Mike EXPERIENCE c. 2010 Mike Pilling V1 Go back in time inside your mind When mom and dad were...

Well I made a few changes based on the suggestions made here. - Took all the reverb off the vocal, the remaining reverby sound is the wooden room I'm forced to record in! - Rolled the top end off the hats. - Removed every 2nd hit on the hats during the verse. - Tweaked a few of the timing...

I posted the lyrics in another thread, thanks Gecko Zzed for your excellent suggestion, which I have semi-incorporated ;) The song is the age-old story of a guy sitting in a bar, afraid to talk to the pretty girl across the room for fear of rejection. The challenge I had with this one was the...

Just sat down in my sunroom, looking out at the water, felt inspired to write now that spring is in the air. So, here is my effort over the last 30 minutes...any suggestions would be appreciated. The feel is a Jimmy Buffett-style ballad. Thanks! Mike BLUE EYED COOL © Mike Pilling 2010...

Come on guys...we had some really great lyrics submitted, it would be a shame if they didn't see the light of day in a song! Only 5 days left in November.......;) -Mike

Well, as I said in a previous post - my job is absolute mayhem for the next few months. But I finally managed to get my little tune put together! As I also said before, this is the most depressing set of lyrics I've written. So as not to make the whole listening experience pure drudgery, I...

Well, this is definitely going to be the most depressing song I have written...not much positivity around the theme of empty or emptiness! So...here is a first draft. GONE © 2009 Mike Pilling Empty house, empty streets Same old same old, just repeats Empty feeling in my soul You had gone...

I have been crazy busy at work the past 2 months, and have had a difficult time finding the hours necessary to write - never mind sitting down to hit the red button. It's a long weekend here in Canada - so, I seized the opportunity!! Typically for me lately, I wrote it this morning, and...

Just a fun little number I slapped together in record time! On Saturday I could not convince wifey to get out of bed. The sun was up, the birds were singing, and I wanted to get out of the house and do something! So, while she slept, I quickly wrote this song. Then we actually did end up...

I wrote this one last week after a walk with my wife, on the pier by our house. Snippets of our conversation weave their way into the song. Inspired by the long, mood-setting intros on "Love Reign O'er Me" by The Who, and "Long Road Out Of Eden" by The Eagles, I did the same....lots of...