Tape. They can smell it and will seek it out. I love them.
Nope, we are still here. Looking forward to hearing your contributions.
Either guitar or keyboard.
I’ve been camping since Thursday morning so I’ve not gotten a chance to write. Before I left I recorded a vocal melody with some random lyrics. I just listened to it and it sounds okay, but I always have a hard time figuring out what chords go with vocals when the vocals are recorded first.
Glad you found us. Can’t wait to hear your songs.
There are a couple of lemmy communities that would be more appropriate for your AHHD post. There’s songwriting on lemmy.studio and we are the music makers on lemmy.world.
Stormy Night(Oldie)[Themed]
I’m calling this an “oldie” because it’s got a 1950s vibe to it. I had a little trouble creating a chorus, so there isn’t one. I got locked into that one riff and couldn’t find my way out. Might not be one I revisit but it was fun.
Thanks for your response. I do this because songaweek really helped me get started with songwriting after years of trying and I want to give others that experience. I just kept putting too much pressure on myself to write a great song. I finally was able to get something done when I just let all that go. Most weeks I don’t really have a full song, but it’s enough to get something out there. Feel free to PM is you want to go deeper into the process.
As per usual I’m a little behind where I’d like to be. I’ve got a pretty guitar part and I added a little keyboard melody, but still need my vocals.
New theme up! https://lemmy.world/post/3336091
[I want to](rock)[Not Themed]
This song started as themed but morphed lyrically into something else. You gotta go with the artistic flow, so not themed. Once I stopped trying to force it things flowed a little more. There’s still some bits that I want to change: rerecord the chorus so that “Grace” is changed to “Lord” and maybe have the chorus become a bridge and create a new chorus.
Definitely, it’s just to get us writing on a regular basis. It’s about the song not the production.
[Gonna Sin](Rock)[Themed]
Here it is warts and all. I recently got a new guitar (mustang copy) and it’s got a Kurt Cobain vibe to it so I went with it. Not my usual sound but it was fun. Yesterday I started wanting to scrap this song and start a new one because I was that into it. I’m glad it didn’t because there are some nice bits in the song that I like. Maybe I’ll revisit this one someday, but tomorrow it’s onto the next song.
This week’s theme is short songs so it might be a fit for your other projects. https://lemmy.world/post/2584095
This weeks theme is up. https://lemmy.world/post/2584095
I get it, no one wants to be the first especially when the mod didn’t even post a song. I promise I will next week. I’ve got a great theme ready to go and I will post tomorrow morning.
Welcome, I tend to think that 90% of us are from Reddit.
As moderator I was hoping to kick this off with a song of my own, but I’m traveling and am not able to write and record for a bit, but maybe some brave soul will post their song.
Can’t wait to hear it
Glad you found us. Yes, this was a reddit thing. I wasn’t a mod on reddit, but loved songaweek. It really helped free up songwriting. Hopefully we’ll build a solid community here was well.
Dude, that’s sounds great. Thank you for taking the plunge. It’s a very nice melody. Definitely in the folk vibe, I can envision an old sailor sitting on a dock playing this an staring at the moon. Have you tried singing that poem along with your music? It actually seems to fit.