https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/john-mayer-songwriting-contest/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:43:02 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/john-mayer-songwriting-contest/#post-117542 Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:17:31 +0000
Joe]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Joe https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/john-mayer-songwriting-contest/#post-117542 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/john-mayer-songwriting-contest/#post-117482 Sun, 14 Aug 2005 05:40:00 +0000 thought they were serious songwriters.

Celt]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Celt https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/john-mayer-songwriting-contest/#post-117482 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/john-mayer-songwriting-contest/#post-117474 Sun, 14 Aug 2005 05:07:39 +0000 Sunday Songwriters Group Joe https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/john-mayer-songwriting-contest/#post-117474 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/john-mayer-songwriting-contest/#post-117339 Sat, 13 Aug 2005 17:29:33 +0000
Does anyone remember the old Put Your Poem to Music Ads?

I saw a documentary on this "business" :wink: once it had some horribly bad songs in it.

There was also a statement about how out of some
large number of songs over a long number of years this method did
not produce one hit recording .

But they would send you an acetate
45rpm record of your song.

Hey Mom! My song got recorded! I wrote it with some guy named Frank
at P.O.Box 392 Nasheville TN
(That was sarcism if anyone needed to know)

No offence intended to the good people of Nashville.

That's just were the place in the documentary was located.


Celt]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Celt https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/john-mayer-songwriting-contest/#post-117339 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/john-mayer-songwriting-contest/#post-117138 Fri, 12 Aug 2005 17:12:55 +0000
Hey Chris, I did almost pass on this week's assignment, but, here I am getting ready to post. Oh...I need to go somewhere else don't I....]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Joe https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/john-mayer-songwriting-contest/#post-117138 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/john-mayer-songwriting-contest/#post-117099 Fri, 12 Aug 2005 08:33:59 +0000
Good to see you here again. I hadn't spotted you for a few days.

Yes, that business of signing away your rights bothers me a bit too. In most contests there's some sort of fine print about "all entries become the property of MegaCorp Ltd".

That was a clever come on from the guy to say "you can tell your friends we've written a song together" or whatever it was. Yes... hah ha... Me and and the milk carton once wrote a song together - it was called "Open Other Side"...

And don't miss my forthcoming collaboration with the Perth City Council entitled "No Parking between the hours of 8a.m. and 6p.m. " :?]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Chris C https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/john-mayer-songwriting-contest/#post-117099 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/john-mayer-songwriting-contest/#post-117089 Fri, 12 Aug 2005 07:51:04 +0000
I agree completely. Someone told me about some stupid contest to write about your dog, and I wrote a song, more for the challenge, and fun of it than anything. Then when I actually thought about submitting, I read the rules and saw that I'd have to sign away all rights, and as silly a song as it was, somehow the thought of doing so made even the possibility of winning $250,000 not as appealing, particularly when there was the possibility that all you might win is a $7.50 coupon for toilet paper, and not even get the credit for your own work. There's something criminally wrong with that. Maybe my songs won't ever be on the list of greatest hits, but there are some pretty crappy songs that are, and on the off chance that something I write actually does make it, I'd hate to have to live with the fact that I created something good that will make someone else millions and never even be recognized as mine. That would really suck.

Joe]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Joe https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/john-mayer-songwriting-contest/#post-117089 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/john-mayer-songwriting-contest/#post-116887 Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:56:43 +0000
My comments sounded a bit mean spirited after I'd posted them, but perhaps a touch of caution can be forgiven at my age.

Sad to become a bit cynical I suppose, but I never quite believe that I really am "The Lucky Millionth Visitor to This Site" - "This Hour's Special Prize-Winner" or that I've been "Personally Selected" by the credit card companies for a "Special Offer" either... :wink:]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Chris C https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/john-mayer-songwriting-contest/#post-116887 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/john-mayer-songwriting-contest/#post-116885 Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:35:29 +0000
cheers

L.K :arrow:]]> Sunday Songwriters Group lotto king https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/john-mayer-songwriting-contest/#post-116885 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/john-mayer-songwriting-contest/#post-116476 Tue, 09 Aug 2005 19:14:22 +0000
I suppose if I'd heard of the guy then I'd find it more attractive, but it still sounds like an offer to do something for Esquire for nothing.

Perhaps I'm just a bit jaundiced after having had newspapers use heaps of my written material to fill their pages with no return other than a mention of my name. Can't eat your newspaper clippings, and the thrill of seing your name in print only really works once! :cry: :cry:

Of course the really annoying thing is that I'm already tapping my foot and singing his words!! :roll: :roll:]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Chris C https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/john-mayer-songwriting-contest/#post-116476