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07-27-2005, 05:36 AM
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A Song I have'nt started, Ideas I Have'nt Got
Hey all, ok here is the deal...I am actually graduating this year and I need to write a song. This is going to be my first go at songwriting and I REALLY don't know how to do this but the whole class(even my teacher) expects me to do it cuz I am merely referred to as "That Poem Guy". Yes, I am that uncool. Anyway help would be appreciated on the following points:
1. Inspiration-I have no idea what to write about anything that could inspire me would be fine. I dont know how though.
2. Help on- how do you think I should go about this thing?
Please help me...it will be much appreciated. Though No. 1 seems almost impossible to help me with. And No. 2 is vague.
I'm Clueless.
Note: I read what Mousey wrote. Helped, but I'm as clueless as evah.
Note2: Spudley suggested I place it here instead of "Lyrics"
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07-27-2005, 08:43 AM
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dear clueless...
i'm a lyricist and past member of the songwriters guild of america who still dabbles in the art now and then, as well as mentoring aspiring songwriters... you can email me and i'll be glad to give you a hand with this...
it's good that spudley suggested you move your plea for help, because i don't bother looking in at the 'lyrics' board any more, so wouldn't have seen this otherwise...
love and hugs, maia
maia3maia@hotmail.com
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07-27-2005, 09:06 AM
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Join Date: May 2005
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You could write a song about the hopeless task facing a poor poet who is misunderstood to the point everyone thinks because he writes poetry he can do a song.
That way, the worse it is the funnier it will be. You could have a rhythm that doesn't quite fit & rhymes that come in the wrong place etc.
Ever heard 'Alice's Restaurant' by Arlo Guthrie? Take a tune like that & write a poem that doesn't quite fit & I reckon you'd ahve a winner.
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*He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway) 
*Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? - Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)
*Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it - Moses Hadas
*He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know - Abraham Lincoln
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07-28-2005, 04:46 AM
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For graduation?
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07-28-2005, 04:49 AM
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Sorry, I didn't realise it was for the graduation itself. I thought speeches were made there.
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*He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
*Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? - Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)
*Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it - Moses Hadas
*He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know - Abraham Lincoln
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07-28-2005, 05:02 AM
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Mentor
Join Date: Apr 2005
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Graduation? I thought you were 13
Maybe a primary school graduation? "Elementary" school if you're american I think.. it's still the same thing.
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07-28-2005, 05:53 AM
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Yesh, going from Grade 7 to highschool...
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07-30-2005, 08:20 AM
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By the way journyman, I just might do something like that for my spare time .Thanks.
[Oops, Double post, sorry]
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07-30-2005, 08:25 AM
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Ink Slinger
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As for what to sing about - you're confused because there are so many things & it needs to be inspirational, (I presume) so why not write about how education has opened up all these possibilities for the future?
that way you turn your confusion into a positive & don't even really need a conclusion, just a paen to the wonders of new horizons.
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*He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
*Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? - Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)
*Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it - Moses Hadas
*He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know - Abraham Lincoln
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07-31-2005, 01:53 AM
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hmm..thanks for all the help guys. I willl just mull these ideas in my head for a while...just might come up with something.
But, I guess I have enough time for this, seeing as the song wwon't be needed till April. Heh, well it's always goot to start early right?
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