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after 10 years I'm using a mac again. Just got a G4 coz my new school has made it a requirement. I'll also be getting a neat bundle (Including digital performer, plus some additinal hardware) BUT - I don't have that stuff yet, and last nite I wanted to rip just a fragment of a song from a CD...

what is the "bombshell"? why don't you spell it out? sometimes being obsure can give a song appeal, make it a little mystical even, but real details, especially evocative details can really make it resonate with people. LN

go on Work on something new for a while. You can get some clarity, and the effort you put into a new direction might strengthen something that will help you tackle any rough spots in this one.

I hate 'em when I'm done, too. Even when they're good. I hate em for whatever reasons... too this, not enuf that. I'll bet even the Beatles got sick of thier stuff.

exhaustion Last week I didn't write. This week I have half written a dance/club song. Between now and sunday I want to try to write another song. I'm feeling really exhausted these days. I have - no job, no money, no appartment... (staying w/ moms, who's losing it) plus some other heavy...

Didn't a fat guy win american idol this year? ...

Re: I don't know I almost didn't make it this week - I have been so exhausted... but I got a song out. It looks like some of y'all are doing this too. Let me know if/who wrote a song last week..,. LN

I'm still figuring out exactly where I will be going. I guess this is my "play" period. I write a lot of songs that I don't think are bad, but I wouldn't want to perform them. But at the same time, I want to create a product that expresses me, and put that out in the world. So, for what I...

I'm under the impression that "load" and "impedance" are synonymous. Can anyone explain this statement: (context - speaker hookup, parallel connections) The load placed on the amplifyer is increased with each additional speaker. As the load is increased (impedance lowered), the amplifier...

Yep, that's exactly my understanding of this professional artist thing. In fact, although I'm doing one song a week, most of my stuff gets pretty much done in a day. I've posted that something stressful came up - the crisis has passed, and curiously, it is now *after* the crisis that I am...

Yer right on the money with your assesment there. Taking a look at your lyrics, I would say that you guys are perhaps not on the same 'wavelenght' as someone said, for you to really be working together. Time to strike out on your own? (You get artistic control when it your project, as...

Hi LotusScent/Matt, I wish I could listen to your stuff. the only in'net I have acess to these days is at the public library. I see you're in alaska. Seem it was warmer there than it was in New England this year! LN

Great to hear from everybody. This week I'm working on an RnB song. I've got half of the words with a basic tune. I have an accoustic guitar, but no piano, which will make the chordal structure for this a little harder to nail (you don't hear a lot of guitar in todays RnB) I'm hoping I can...

All my stuff is in storage but I want to try & drag out my drum machine (an ancient Dr Rhythm) to add another element. I'd like to hear from some of you guys who expressed interest - Roktuk, Kelison, jagular, okobd, joro, dafduc - have any of you written something this past week? I met a...

Sharing songs Sharing songs is optional. If you want to put your song up, by all means, do! But you don't have to. Its just enuf to say "I did mine this week" The motto should be Just do one, then move on! Must run now! Luck & 'bon laboro' to all!!

Had something real sad & stressful come up this week. I thought it would paralyze me or wipe out my energy & focus for writing a song. BUt it seems that I have managed to stick to my goal in spite of a *lot* of stress. I got one song - words & tune, & got about 50% of the chords in place...

Re: not in, but I may be... THe whole point of the idea is to help us write without inspiration. And the songs don't have to be polished or good - just (more or less) complete. So, if the music sucked - not a problem. Most of my music sucks - I'm a wordsmith - Im doing this to force...

Hello Everone I have recently resolved to write (at least) one song a week. Would anybody like to join me in this? I propose it as a way to get some focus and encouragement. The only 'rules' are that the effort must be serious and the song must be complete. No blank spaces for...

What about taking something you heard somewhere else that you liked - the trumept line in a funk song, for example, and messing with it - change the tempo, use a different rhytm, turn it backwards, invert notes - & then use that as a basis for a new riff ... I can come up with riffs - my...

When I come back from paris, I am going to try to write one song a week. Whether it sucks or not. BUt the point will be to finish the song. Even if it sucks.