Post by Greg adkins on May 29, 2007 22:58:05 GMT -5
I posted the following on my blog tonight. Read it and hook a brutha up!
My friend Andy Osenga is doing something really cool right now. He has asked readers of his blog to send him ideas for songs and he is going to make an album comprised of new songs based on those ideas. Brilliant. People are sending him stories, quotes, lines, phrases, words, letters, you get the picture. He says he has 3 songs done already and I'm sure he does, being the prolific songwriter that he is.
Someone in his comments mentioned an old Swirling Eddies album I'd forgotten about. It's called "Zoom Daddy" and it came to be in an interesting way. Terry Taylor (lead singer and songwriter of the Swirling Eddies) asked the fans to send him song titles. It was then his job to write songs based on those titles. The album featured songs such as: "I had a bad experience with the C.I.A. and now I'm going to show you my feminine side", "God went Bowling", "Nightmare at the Elks Lodge" and my favorite, "Sweet Mother of God".
Anyway... this got me thinking. I'm in a bit of a songwriting rut. A dry-spell. A funk. A drought if you will. I need a kick in the pants. Some inspiration. Good ideas. Okay, help.
And so, loyal readers (both of you), occasional readers (the other 3 of you), and people who came here only because you googled something strange, I now call on you for help.
Below, you will notice the word comments. To the right of that word is a number in parenthesis. At the time of this writing, that number is 0. What I need you to do is to click on the word "comment". In the subsequent pop-up window that you probably should have blocked, I would like for you to leave me a song title. It can be serious. It can be sweet. It can be absurd. It can be funny. Whatever. Just give me something to work with, and we'll see where it goes. All I ask is this: Please don't put things like "Hey Jude" or "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" or "Amazing Grace" or you know, like a song that already exists. One, it's not helpful. Two, it's not funny. Well, maybe a little. If you put like "Baby got Back" or something. Who knows, maybe I could make that into a folk ballad or something.
Okay... ready, set, INSPIRE ME.
My friend Andy Osenga is doing something really cool right now. He has asked readers of his blog to send him ideas for songs and he is going to make an album comprised of new songs based on those ideas. Brilliant. People are sending him stories, quotes, lines, phrases, words, letters, you get the picture. He says he has 3 songs done already and I'm sure he does, being the prolific songwriter that he is.
Someone in his comments mentioned an old Swirling Eddies album I'd forgotten about. It's called "Zoom Daddy" and it came to be in an interesting way. Terry Taylor (lead singer and songwriter of the Swirling Eddies) asked the fans to send him song titles. It was then his job to write songs based on those titles. The album featured songs such as: "I had a bad experience with the C.I.A. and now I'm going to show you my feminine side", "God went Bowling", "Nightmare at the Elks Lodge" and my favorite, "Sweet Mother of God".
Anyway... this got me thinking. I'm in a bit of a songwriting rut. A dry-spell. A funk. A drought if you will. I need a kick in the pants. Some inspiration. Good ideas. Okay, help.
And so, loyal readers (both of you), occasional readers (the other 3 of you), and people who came here only because you googled something strange, I now call on you for help.
Below, you will notice the word comments. To the right of that word is a number in parenthesis. At the time of this writing, that number is 0. What I need you to do is to click on the word "comment". In the subsequent pop-up window that you probably should have blocked, I would like for you to leave me a song title. It can be serious. It can be sweet. It can be absurd. It can be funny. Whatever. Just give me something to work with, and we'll see where it goes. All I ask is this: Please don't put things like "Hey Jude" or "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" or "Amazing Grace" or you know, like a song that already exists. One, it's not helpful. Two, it's not funny. Well, maybe a little. If you put like "Baby got Back" or something. Who knows, maybe I could make that into a folk ballad or something.
Okay... ready, set, INSPIRE ME.
