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Well, there's an idea I work with daily trying to work with the 12 bar blues form. It comes so naturally, then you've got to make it different from the 10,000 good songs that are also 12 bar blues. Well, a thing I've been doing, is take the B section down a minor third. So, if you were in...

Well, you shithead... I don't think I've ever been involved in a flame before, and I'm not sure I really want to start now. Instead, I will deliver a lecture, that you can ignore or scoff at as you see fit. Words in songs are there for a reason. If people didn't want to hear words, the radio...

any of the contributors to this forum?

I take rated and unrated to mean that they are not celebrated in the 'big' rock things. You know, in the rolling stone review of records, the lookback shows, that kind of thing. And more importantly, by non-music type people. Like Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen are known by a large segment of...

I like the backing vocals... maybe you should indicate them somehow in the lyrics? doesn't a double-tracked line mean something different from an ordinary one? No saxes? I think this is my favorite of your songs on the website- you sound really mad! The low-fi (at least as it come through on...

Neil Finn - of split enz and crowded house. - always thought he was a 'classic' rock/pop songwriter that got overlooked - maybe born 20 years too late Tom Petty - up there with the best of the 'old fogey' crowd - dylan, beatles, etc - but maybe born 10 years to late? Chris Isaak - should...

Words seem good to me, but when I read them, I automatically put the tune to 'great balls of fire'

Gentle on my mind! Glad you mentioned that song! It's in my all-time favorite list, one of those songs thats just on a higher level than most music. I don't know if it's the rambling, talking blues element, or the decending bassline in the melody or what, but that's one damned fine song! 'Mr...

Well beaverbiscuit, I'm not sure what you thought I meant, And neither do I. I think I would condense my rhyming theory and say 'rhymes are good, but lyrics come first'. I admire the sheer technical perfection of Stepehen Sondheim, he's carrying on a pure tradition of the Gershwins and Cole...

Most recent one I can think of Was the stupid dance-mix of the 'Hampster Dance'. 'Yummy Yummy, I got love in my tummy' - novelty song or extreme bubblegum?

It all sounds well-mixed to me But the melody is so strong, especially the first wah-wahed (or whatever it was) guitar - such a strong melody cries out for 'big' vocals! I like the basic sound of the song - it sort of sounds like the new David Gilmour-led Pink Floyd going back and redoing...

Thanx for the kind comments.. I have a slight remix here, with new vocals that attempts to adress the issues that you raised, gmiller. (didn't you die over the english channel in 1944?) Tried to have parts that were more spoken, some more sung. Hopefully the story part is more clear and...

Well, it's all personal preference since I like the mix generally. I like the uncluttered, sparse sound. I like the bass where it is - nothing wrong with a more present. Especially in the 60's 70's era, I always thought the bass was mixed too low in that time - the Band, Dylan, the...

I hadn't thought of brass, But that would certainly work. In the old band arrangement, it was a fox-trot type number, with standard country-rock type sound - drums, 2 electric guitars, bass, back-up singing... you know. But I like the Leon Redbone idea - I could hear a tuba on the bass... But...

Okay, now it's NOT a 3/4 country song Different song came out than what I originally intended. Now it's a slightly quick 50's thing, sort of like a buddy holly rythym. First bit is a C with an a-minor hammered on in a bouncy manner, 2 measures. Then a measure of F, measure of G, and back to C...

I like the 50's sound The melody and the song structure in the verses put me in mind of the Drifters spanish-influenced numbers - save the last dance for me, sweets for my sweet, etc. The sax playing long notes over the chords also adds to a 50's feel. Like it much. And the verses dispel any...

This shaggy-dog type song is this long-time lurkers latest humble submission. Recently remixed the song with all sorts of fancy things - silly backing vocals, panning, and other sorts of fancy features, like compression and attempts at mastering. So, keeping in mind my minimalist equipment, I...

Is it just me, or netscape, or whatever, But I can't find any link for music clips! I see some biographical info, but nothing to click on as far as hearing anything. Am I missing something? I want to hear the music!

Well, I'm giving it a try I don't know if your original idea stifled my creativity or not, but a well-worn phrase like that can only suggest a country song to me. Maybe Bryan Adams could make a power-ballad out of it, or Billy Bragg could make it about labour/management, but I hear good old...

Well, either way works for me... I've been thinking a lot about this matter, and I think it all comes down to tools. You can use the v/c/v/c/bridge/v/c/c format if you want, or you can do your own thing. It's just a format, or a tool, but not a rule. I think of the best lyric writers I know...