Posted on - July 15, 2003 [at] 6:10 am by Brad
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Here’s a fun thread from Homerecording.com which illustrates an interesting songwriter phenomenon I’ve encountered.
In my experience, when you start talking about structures and formulas and tricks and techniques around musicians and songwriters and music fans, everyone who cares enough about the subject to hear you out almost always goes totally insane.
I don’t really understand why that is, but I’ve never found a songwriter forum anywhere that had people who seemed interested in figuring out how you make songs entertaining for people. I secretly believe that the people who know about such things purposefully fill up songwriting forums with crazy ramblings about muses and souls.
Now that I have outed the conspiracy I believe I will be assassinated.
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haumovie on The Dark and Terrible Secrets to all Songwriting
July 20, 2003 at 5:53 am
Incredible thread. How can somebody get so worked up over a very simple thing like formulas? I know from experience, that every single sound engineer and mixing engineer uses what he/she knows works. A good sound engineer does it well and comes up with new and interesting combinations of the possibilities available in the studio. Surely it’s the same with musicians. Surely.
Brad on The Dark and Terrible Secrets to all Songwriting
July 20, 2003 at 3:54 pm
I really don’t know what it’s about, but I come across it pretty often. I think a lot of people feel it’s counter to rock and roll. You’re supposed to just “feel it” and it’s supposed to come from your “soul”. What if you have no feelings and no soul.
haumovie on The Dark and Terrible Secrets to all Songwriting
July 21, 2003 at 1:05 pm
The I suppose you write about that. Not having either can surely be expressed in some avant garde subgenre of new age goth jazz or something.:-))
haumovie on The Dark and Terrible Secrets to all Songwriting
July 21, 2003 at 1:05 pm
Then I suppose you write about that. Not having either can surely be expressed in some avant garde subgenre of new age goth jazz or something.:-))
haumovie on The Dark and Terrible Secrets to all Songwriting
July 21, 2003 at 1:06 pm
Pardon the double…now triple post.