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Post by leeknight on Nov 2, 2012 9:17:49 GMT -5
Post a video of what has influenced you as a songwriter. Either as a kid, or anywhere throughout your life up to 2 minutes ago. Ready? OK... GO!_______ This week has been creatively dry for me. I've been trying to get my mind of ideas wrapped around this LCK/Leek colab Piano Lessons Down the Hall. Nothing. Some tracking but... usually my mind is just swimming with things to try and I'm struggling to keep up with the overflow. But I've been busy everywhere but songwriting. Just swamped at work and our businesses. Then yesterday, an extremely silly argument sprung up with the wife and wound up my emotions. I stayed cool, but inside... the blood was boiling. This morning drive time: The ideas are flowing. Like an unstopped keg. SWWOOOOOSH! So while I wouldn't put arguments as a means a creative stimulation, as an influence... I would put "emotional engagement." I'd steer clear of picking fights with the SO, but maybe watching Fight Club again, or even Bambi to get some water works happening. Emotional engagement. Hmmm. ______ Oh, and I loved this album when it came out. This song popped back into head yesterday. Yes, after the argument. I went and found it and yes, it is as good as I remember... Yes! (the intro is too long for the Short Attention Span Theater, but give it a shot and let it go through a chorus. It's worth it. Kind of a Foos meet Roy Orbison meet Fountains of Wayne)  |
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Post by oswlek on Nov 2, 2012 9:26:25 GMT -5
I got two this week. This first one is by a band I shared a few weeks ago, "Twintapes". I love these guys, and this song in particular. They are just too damn creative with all the different audio sounds they use, particularly when it comes to percussion. In this song, it opens with beatboxing and ends up somewhere totally different with this terrific striking-steel snare sample. And don't overlook the awesomely bizarre interlude and how creative their placements are. Seriously, this is one incredible song that, regrettably, is no longer on their YT page (at least, not this version) picosong.com/3w8RPlease check them out. www.youtube.com/user/yamicomusic?feature=watch |
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Post by oswlek on Nov 2, 2012 9:28:40 GMT -5
The second is this rip-roaring Phish tune that is impossible to listen to without having at least on "yeah" moment. Just one remarkable journey that grabs you right away and doesn't let you go until it is dumping you on your ass at the end. Sometimes I am literally breathless afterward because I was so into it.
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Post by bee3 on Nov 2, 2012 9:51:56 GMT -5
My work blocked youtube.  |
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Post by rsadasiv on Nov 2, 2012 9:56:26 GMT -5
My work blocked youtube. Can you tether? |
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Post by rsadasiv on Nov 2, 2012 10:00:59 GMT -5
A great disco groove....
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Post by bee3 on Nov 2, 2012 10:01:48 GMT -5
My work blocked youtube. Can you tether? I don't know what you mean? |
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Post by oswlek on Nov 2, 2012 10:04:48 GMT -5
Is picosong blocked? If not, check out the tune I posted above.
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Post by bee3 on Nov 2, 2012 10:06:51 GMT -5
Is picosong blocked? If not, check out the tune I posted above. Listening now... sounds like you! |
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Post by rsadasiv on Nov 2, 2012 10:08:20 GMT -5
I don't know what you mean? On the iPhone 5 (as well as many other 4G phones) you can set up the cellular connection on the phone to advertise itself as a WiFi hot spot. |
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Post by bee3 on Nov 2, 2012 10:11:39 GMT -5
I don't know what you mean? On the iPhone 5 (as well as many other 4G phones) you can set up the cellular connection on the phone to advertise itself as a WiFi hot spot. Ahh... no, I'm on the iPhone 4 (3G). |
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Post by mrkelley on Nov 2, 2012 10:15:54 GMT -5
The other site is working fine now. In fact, it's faster than ever.
Just sayin'...
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Post by mrkelley on Nov 2, 2012 10:19:52 GMT -5
The other site is working fine now. In fact, it's faster than ever. Just sayin'... |
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Post by rsadasiv on Nov 2, 2012 10:26:29 GMT -5
I'm supposed to learn Lush Life for my guitar lesson this week.
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Post by rsadasiv on Nov 2, 2012 11:21:21 GMT -5
I got two this week. This first one is by a band I shared a few weeks ago, "Twintapes". I love these guys, and this song in particular. They are just too damn creative with all the different audio sounds they use, particularly when it comes to percussion. In this song, it opens with beatboxing and ends up somewhere totally different with this terrific striking-steel snare sample. And don't overlook the awesomely bizarre interlude and how creative their placements are. Seriously, this is one incredible song that, regrettably, is no longer on their YT page (at least, not this version) picosong.com/3w8RPlease check them out. www.youtube.com/user/yamicomusic?feature=watchYeah, they are pretty cool, and great video production as well. |
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Post by mrkelley on Nov 2, 2012 11:45:01 GMT -5
I'm supposed to learn Lush Life for my guitar lesson this week. Not an easy tune to learn. |
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Post by rsadasiv on Nov 2, 2012 11:47:28 GMT -5
I'm supposed to learn Lush Life for my guitar lesson this week. Not an easy tune to learn. Apparently, I am supposed to be coming to some realizations about flat 2 substitutions in a minor context. |
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Post by mrkelley on Nov 2, 2012 11:57:15 GMT -5
Not an easy tune to learn. Apparently, I am supposed to be coming to some realizations about flat 2 substitutions in a minor context. Don't you mean flatted 9ths? |
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Post by rsadasiv on Nov 2, 2012 12:09:20 GMT -5
Apparently, I am supposed to be coming to some realizations about flat 2 substitutions in a minor context. Don't you mean flatted 9ths? Damned if I know.... I much prefer Satin Doll. |
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Post by leeknight on Nov 2, 2012 12:10:58 GMT -5
From Jeff Lynne's new one, Long Wave. Tunes first heard on his daddy's "Long Wave" radio. I imagine lots of folks will get their backs up at this blasphemy but... I love it. not definitive, just a fresh perspective. Simple arrangements for Lynne. That is worth the admission price alone.
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Post by leeknight on Nov 2, 2012 12:13:32 GMT -5
Don't you mean flatted 9ths? Damned if I know.... I much prefer Satin Doll. Why would it ever have to be a choice? Are "they" only letting you take one onboard?  |
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Post by rsadasiv on Nov 2, 2012 12:29:59 GMT -5
Damned if I know.... I much prefer Satin Doll. Why would it ever have to be a choice? Are "they" only letting you take one onboard? They're both Billy Strayhorn songs made popular by Duke Ellington. Satin Doll is a swinging little ii-V-I walk around in C. Lush Life is complicated feeling ballad. |
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Post by rsadasiv on Nov 2, 2012 13:40:15 GMT -5
Apparently, I am supposed to be coming to some realizations about flat 2 substitutions in a minor context. Don't you mean flatted 9ths? Less flippantly, no, not flatted 9ths. 9th implies that you are playing the original root (or 1). In a tritone substitution you are taking the dominant seventh (V7) and keeping the 3 and the 7 (instead of the 1 and the 5) and then playing the chord a tritone away, which leaves you with (in relation to the original I chord) a flat 2. I think.  |
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Post by mrkelley on Nov 2, 2012 14:33:31 GMT -5
Don't you mean flatted 9ths? Less flippantly, no, not flatted 9ths. 9th implies that you are playing the original root (or 1). In a tritone substitution you are taking the dominant seventh (V7) and keeping the 3 and the 7 (instead of the 1 and the 5) and then playing the chord a tritone away, which leaves you with (in relation to the original I chord) a flat 2. I think. I'm lost. Here's something simpler, yet quite beautiful, written by Beach Boys drummer/bad boy Dennis Wilson. |
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Post by mrkelley on Nov 2, 2012 14:43:19 GMT -5
From Jeff Lynne's new one, Long Wave. Tunes first heard on his daddy's "Long Wave" radio. I imagine lots of folks will get their backs up at this blasphemy but... I love it. not definitive, just a fresh perspective. Simple arrangements for Lynne. Hard to top Frank. |
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Post by oswlek on Nov 2, 2012 14:45:19 GMT -5
Is picosong blocked? If not, check out the tune I posted above. Listening now... sounds like you! Don't I wish. But, yes, their influence on me is plain to see with this tune. Other than the perc (only because I'm not good enough to steal it), I've incorporated nearly everything about this song into one of my last 10 pieces. |
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Post by leeknight on Nov 2, 2012 16:01:00 GMT -5
From Jeff Lynne's new one, Long Wave. Tunes first heard on his daddy's "Long Wave" radio. I imagine lots of folks will get their backs up at this blasphemy but... I love it. not definitive, just a fresh perspective. Simple arrangements for Lynne. Hard to top Frank. No... really? Of course! Pardon the sarcasm, but yes, of course! But that isn't the point. Is it? If it were, then you and I should stop right now! I think if you and Jeff Lynne were having a beer, he'd say it was never his intention to try and top Franks interpretation. Of course! But you writing in the American Songbook tradition. Do you think your songs should be judged against Porter? I don't think so. I think your songs should be judged against what is going on right now. You are re-interpreting that songbook. Just as Lynne is re-interpreting those songs. Enjoy it for what it is. Or judge it against Frank and miss it. |
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Post by mrkelley on Nov 2, 2012 17:18:29 GMT -5
Of course! Pardon the sarcasm, but yes, of course! But that isn't the point. Is it? If it were, then you and I should stop right now! I think if you and Jeff Lynne were having a beer, he'd say it was never his intention to try and top Franks interpretation. Of course! But you writing in the American Songbook tradition. Do you think your songs should be judged against Porter? I don't think so. I think your songs should be judged against what is going on right now. You are re-interpreting that songbook. Just as Lynne is re-interpreting those songs. Enjoy it for what it is. Or judge it against Frank and miss it. You make a good point about me and Cole Porter, though my goal is to get to the point that I actually might be compared to him and Mercer and Arlen and Carmichael, etc. ("Think big or go home," that's my motto!  ) As for Jeff Lynne doing this, it's nice but it's been done before. Linda Ronstadt did it, Carly Simon, etc. Rod Stewart has done it to death. McCartney did it earlier this year. George and Ringo did it years ago. Even Boz Scaggs is doing it. The only person to do it with his own style is Brian Wilson, and he got mixed reviews for it. |
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Post by mrkelley on Nov 2, 2012 17:28:27 GMT -5
Geoff Muldaur and Amos Garrett were doing Hoagy Carmichael in the 1960s.
So were Spanky & Our Gang.
The Four Seasons were re-imagining Cole Porter in the '60s as well.
These recordings are much more interesting to me, and more listenable than some aging rocker coming back around to the American Songbook in the 2010s.
I mean, don't get me wrong, on one level I like the idea that guys like Rod* and Sir Paul and Jeff Lynne are going back to "their father's roots" music. I just don't see much originality in how they're doing it.
* And the cool thing about Rod Stewart's versions is that he always includes the introductory verse in his recordings. Leaving that out (as Lynne has done) is an especially egregious mis-step with a song like "Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered." That's the main reason I posted Sinatra's version. That opening verse is the best part of that song, IMO.
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Post by mrkelley on Nov 2, 2012 17:37:15 GMT -5
(the intro is too long for the Short Attention Span Theater, but give it a shot and let it go through a chorus. It's worth it. Kind of a Foos meet Roy Orbison meet Fountains of Wayne) I'm glad you put the disclaimer in about the intro. I would have skipped the song. It's really cool! |
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