https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg10-week14-smile/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:55:36 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg10-week14-smile/paged/2/#post-372274 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:21:59 +0000 Andy]]> Sunday Songwriters Group andygetch https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg10-week14-smile/paged/2/#post-372274 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg10-week14-smile/paged/2/#post-372255 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:10:21 +0000
I know what you mean about getting stuck because you hear someone another idea and can't let go of it. The first song that came to my mind was "Dental Care" by Owl City http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LjoeRCM7uc
I think that song nails this assignment......

....ok cue motivational music and bring out the pom-poms..... :note1:

...... but one thing I learned with the song "Out of Date". Even if you feel someone else has done it and done it better, just push on. Even if it is going to sound like your old stuff or like a rip off from someone else; just do it. There is always something to learn.....I usually post my new songs on twitter. I was surprised that for the first time someone was kind enough to "retweet" this song.....which means he told his followers 200+ to check out the song.....not that they all will, but the point is, just make the song and get it out there....you can't really anticipate what the response will be.

But that's not to say this topic wasn't hard. I googled quotes about dentists.....not a lot of stuff on the subject.....so I thought humor was about the only route to go, but then just experimented with a more general point of view and kept in mind to keep the lyrics simple and repetitive......

I didn't know of the humor clips you mentioned, so I will have to check them out.
Did you ever see Mr. Bean goes to the dentist? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLvG8aFbBYI&feature=related

It could be the outline of the lyrics since there are no words.....

....Another idea could also be to make a very psychedelic song and call it Novocaine.....all about the "trip" at/to the dentist Steve Martin in Little Shop of Horrors http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOtMizMQ6oM
....leader of the plaque :lol:]]> Sunday Songwriters Group jamestoffee https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg10-week14-smile/paged/2/#post-372255 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg10-week14-smile/#post-372253 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:05:43 +0000 It appears you have won the "Solo Participant Award" for the week. You are the only one that has taken time to write a song about your latest trip to the dentist. I kept getting bogged down in jokes. Remember the old Bob Hope song "Buttons and Bows"? That was in the movie Paleface, a comedy about a dentist in the old west "Painless Potter". Even that song didn't refer to the actual act of being a dentist.
When I try to think of an appropriate song subject, I keep seeing Dustin Hoffman in Marathon Man and Steve Martin in Little Shop of Horrors

In any case, if no one else shows up with an entry, it looks like you are going to win this weeks prize.
And your song is good too! :)]]> Sunday Songwriters Group John Sargent https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg10-week14-smile/#post-372253 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg10-week14-smile/#post-372241 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:45:58 +0000
BTW It's time for FAWM....anyone going to try the challenge this year? (write 14 1/2 songs in the month of February)
fawm.org I'm signed up!

Andy]]> Sunday Songwriters Group andygetch https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg10-week14-smile/#post-372241 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg10-week14-smile/#post-372232 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:22:31 +0000 Sunday Songwriters Group jamestoffee https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg10-week14-smile/#post-372232 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg10-week14-smile/#post-372231 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:18:47 +0000 fawm.org I wasa thinking about doing it but have several projects burning this month. Most notably some studio time to do real recordings of 4 of my songs. I want to make sure I have them down pat so that I don't run into too many hours. All my recordings have been on my laptop using the free version of Audacity.]]> Sunday Songwriters Group John Sargent https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg10-week14-smile/#post-372231 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg10-week14-smile/#post-372229 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:04:49 +0000
BTW It's time for FAWM....anyone going to try the challenge this year? (write 14 1/2 songs in the month of February)
fawm.org]]> Sunday Songwriters Group jamestoffee https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg10-week14-smile/#post-372229 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg10-week14-smile/#post-372218 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:46:03 +0000
In reading about Tomorrow Never Knows and trying to write a one chord pop song, I see how the similarity came out.....of course the reversed wave file like #9, and the shifting of major and minor chords in Bungalow Bill. :D

In answer to the random question, it's just that there are more of the songs I like than the songs I can play (and always will be). Difficulty spurred me on to learn more chords, fingerpicking, tomorrow never knows what's next.

Andy]]> Sunday Songwriters Group andygetch https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg10-week14-smile/#post-372218 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg10-week14-smile/#post-372217 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:29:47 +0000 http://www.songwriting.net/blog/bid/100730/Songwriting-Tips-The-Easy-Way-to-Write-Hit-Melodies

...it could be a future assignment as well :idea:]]> Sunday Songwriters Group jamestoffee https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg10-week14-smile/#post-372217 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg10-week14-smile/#post-372206 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:52:20 +0000
One of my fascinations with life is finding patterns, so I definitely look for it with music. I keep thinking if I can take it apart and see how it all works, I can put it back together to use as a tool for communication.

The other reason music fascinates me is I am much more a thinker than a feeler. There are not a lot of things in my life that can bypass my thinking and go straight to my heart. My kids is one area and music is another. So music is an easier venue to experiment on the combinations of a song to analyze the effects......the wife wouldn't be to happy of me experimenting on the kids :lol:

Thanks for the thoughtful comments.

James

PS Thanks for the music suggestion. Good examples to support your comment. :wink:]]> Sunday Songwriters Group jamestoffee https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg10-week14-smile/#post-372206