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I just got these:

Battle of Allatoona
Osselet
Schöder
Sapperton Canal Tunnel
Book of Caverns
and
Submission

Just to reiterate, the band name doesn't have to relate to the meaning in wiki. It just has to give you a feeling of what the band is. Like if I thought about the list above, for instance

Battle of Allatoona - Southern Rock?
Osselet - 80's Hair band
Schöder - The third most popular Scorpions cover band in New Zealand
Sapperton Canal Tunnel - definitely a polka band
Book of Caverns - cross between Yes and the Beatles
and
Submission - LA Jazz

I'll admit I spent more time than I should have reading about things on wiki. It's addictive. It is pretty cool finding out about all the things you don't know.

Sentinels of Democracy...sounds a bit screamo/metalcore/deathcore to me....good luck :)]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Nick Torres https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-year-9-week-33/#post-367209 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-year-9-week-33/#post-367208 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 04:17:55 +0000
Hell, Nick, you picked a good assignment - but after 387 clicks on the random facebook link, I've got exactly ONE decent band name. The Sentinels of Democracy.....comes from a paper called the Democratic Sentinel. I've had a lot of asteroids, towns in Poland, Ukraine, Croatia, railway stations in Holland and Thailand, any number of musicians, chess players, footballers, baseball players, politicians, mathematical formulae, latin names of shellfish, random lists - haven't even got on to part II and III yet! Sentinels of Democracy - I'm thinking along the lines of a Clash-style band.....

That's an hour and a half of my life gone I'll never get back - but I did learn some interesting facts about Alma, Alabama and the Directors Guild of Slovenia and the Izvorul Tomnatecului River.......so thanks for that. I think.

:D :D :D

Vic]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Vic Lewis VL https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-year-9-week-33/#post-367208 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-year-9-week-33/#post-41386 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:52:50 +0000
As some of you may have heard, David's mountain top house was struck by lightning last week during a pretty nasty storm. I'm assured all, including Charlie and the guitars are okay. However most of David's electronics are on the fritz, including his router/wireless/connection to the outside world. Everybody say it with me "OH, THE HUMANITY" Someone is coming to look at the wiring and internet access on Monday, but in the interim, David called me and asked me to write this week's SSG assignment.

Everybody ready?

You may have seen something like this on Facebook. I thought it would make an excellent SSG assignment. It involves random selections from three internet sites: Wikipedia, Quotations, and Flickr.

It's a simple three step process and it goes like this:

1. Get your band name by clicking here and writing down the title: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:random (if you get a chemical formula or something equally bizarre, please click again)

2. Get your album/hit song title, three or four words from any quote on this random page: Random Quotes

3. Get your album art, middle picture from here: Last 7 Days

***If you have to do a couple of refreshes on any of the pages above to find something suitable, knock yourself out. This isn't facebook you know.***

I got these when I clicked:

Band Name: First Folio
Song Title: Don't know where to go
And I took the center picture from Flickr's last seven days

I opened the picture in MS paint and added text to the downloaded picture. Then I uploaded it to flicker again, but you can upload it anywhere you like. If you have trouble doing this, just ask and we'll help.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3614/5822016620_f42f10d544.jpg


Now the SSG task is to write a song about your creation. Here is what I want you to think about:

1. Think about the name of your new band and the picture you chose. What kind of music do you play? It doesn't have to be directly associated, for example Led Zeppelin didn't write German Polka music about balloons. Is it a trio, quartet, do you have a horn section? Just think about it and make a choice. Remember, you are going to be writing a song for this band to play.

2. Use the words of the song title as your first or last chorus line.

3. Let the picture set the mood.

Thinking about the band name "First Folio" I imagined my band as a three piece, small cocktail drumset, bass player that doubles on cello, me on guitar and singing. Probably folk or celtic influenced stuff.

The first or maybe last line of my chorus is "don't know where to go"

And the picture gives me this thought of returning home and a warmth. Perhaps I'll write about how even when I don't know where to go, I know where I belong or where I can return. I don't know. We'll see.

I look forward to everyone's pictures and songs.

Good luck.]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Nick Torres https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-year-9-week-33/#post-41386