https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/sunday-songwriters-group-week-43-2/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:21:48 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/sunday-songwriters-group-week-43-2/#post-122556 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 16:39:50 +0000
Interesting discussion going on here. I don't think anyone would mind you putting their lyrics to your music but please just send them a personal message (PM) to get their permission. Don't take offence if someone says no though.

As for collaborations I'd love to see more of them. I have actually been trying to work on an assignment for the end of this year that will require some collaboration - I haven't worked it out yet though.

As for conversion of lyrics to songs I know personally my conversion rate is very low. I have a good number of sets of lyrics and about a half dozen 'nearly there' music compositions none of which go together well enough to form a whole.

The Composer's Group proved a problem logistically - not everyone could post within deadlines, some could only post midi files of powertab. etc. With the growing use of soundclick amongst our members I reckon there's an opportunity to both collaborate more and work on compositions rather than just lyrics. However, I think it should be done within either this forum, for specific assignments, or through the songwriting club forum on a more song by song basis.

Dog - just let me know what ideas you have and I'll see how I can offer my assistance as one of the mods of this forum.
Day jobs generally get in the way - pesky day jobs

Bob]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Bob https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/sunday-songwriters-group-week-43-2/#post-122556 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/sunday-songwriters-group-week-43-2/#post-122428 Sat, 03 Sep 2005 18:48:54 +0000
However, I'll check the jams & collaborations forum a bit more often to see if there's something I'd like to join...]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Karla https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/sunday-songwriters-group-week-43-2/#post-122428 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/sunday-songwriters-group-week-43-2/#post-122313 Sat, 03 Sep 2005 01:59:47 +0000 Sunday Songwriters Group smokindog https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/sunday-songwriters-group-week-43-2/#post-122313 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/sunday-songwriters-group-week-43-2/#post-122179 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:11:10 +0000
Cutting to to the chase: 'Dog, if you want to run (and contribute to) a song creation project, I suggest you cross-post to the songwriting and collaboration sections "advertising" for writers and performers to put together a song creation and recording project. You can make this as complicated or simple as you wish. You might even want to enlist a couple of people not in the upfront creative process to help mix and master the final product. It could be a cool thing. Someone has to kick it off, manage it and nurture it -- could be you.]]> Sunday Songwriters Group gnease https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/sunday-songwriters-group-week-43-2/#post-122179 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/sunday-songwriters-group-week-43-2/#post-122171 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:14:35 +0000
Joe

I don,t think it would be that much different, you send E-mails and mp3 files, and even telephone. songwriters probaly do this a lot more than you would think :D colaboration can be as simple as someone making a backing track and someone else adding to it and creating lyrics for it. the follwing link is an example, nroberts did the bass, drums, rhythm guitar, and i added some guitar parts, and some spoken words ( could just as well been lyrics) you get the idea :wink: A while back some of the mods did a real nice colaboration( I think it as Nick, dhodge and gnease). maybe they will post it again for us?

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=213596&songID=2035214

This is like anything else, just keep the process simple, don't over complicate it, and have fun with it. -the dog]]> Sunday Songwriters Group smokindog https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/sunday-songwriters-group-week-43-2/#post-122171 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/sunday-songwriters-group-week-43-2/#post-122164 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 17:26:18 +0000 (Sorry I don't have a way of recording and posting at the moment--someday hopefully.)

But you're also right that it may be hard for some writers to hear their lyrics put to music by someone who has a completely different interperatation. I do think collaborating is great. But it's not always easy, and I wonder how it would work with someone who lives in a different state, or country. It sounds like fun, but on the off chance the song ever becomes a hit, I just wonder how that'd work.

Joe]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Joe https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/sunday-songwriters-group-week-43-2/#post-122164 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/sunday-songwriters-group-week-43-2/#post-122104 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 10:58:08 +0000 Dunno if you like it, as this is a songwriting and not guitar playing forum but yeah... Just an idea ;) I think it's a good idea Karla, and I've been thinking something similar. But there's already nothing stopping any of us just asking if somebody would like to make up some music for our words - as Jamir did, (and got a response from The Celt).

What seems to be needed is more composers rather than more lyric writers, so I'm sure that lots of posters here who don't post accompanying music would be happy to let you have a go at setting their words to music if you want to practice your skills in that area.

One potential problem is that some of the posters here don't seem to have attempted to set their own offerings to music - or even tried to sing them - so although it might mean something to them it's often not "song friendly" or well constructed when it comes to trying to devise an accompaniment.

I don't agree that "this is a songwriting forum and not guitar playing forum" though - surely it's both? A song is not a song until it's set to music. Until then it's just words, or perhaps even a poem, or potential lyrics - but with no music it's not yet a song.

The better writers here do post guitar playing to go with their words. I'd like to see more posters trying to do that - this is Guitarnoise after all. As soon a s I get my act together I'll certainly be boring you all with some rough and ready playing, and even rougher singing! So look out. :twisted:]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Chris C https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/sunday-songwriters-group-week-43-2/#post-122104 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/sunday-songwriters-group-week-43-2/#post-122097 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 09:23:09 +0000 that forum to see if any body would be interested
in exchanging lyrics for music on music for lyrics.

I'm working on a collaboration with Jamir right now
that she posted in the on Songwriters Club forum and it's been
alot of fun so far.

I have some lyrics hanging a round if you're interested
or if you want to check my postings. The only thing I
would like is that you ask before using anything.

John I'm trying to get somthing going in that direction, I can do Backing tracks to lyrics and I can write lyrics ( been a while since i have posted here :oops: ) I'm always looking for a new project :D I'm trying to finish up a song that scratchmonkey wrote( Bat Boy) .

I agree with the celt, I like doing the jams but i would like to see more collaborations on that forum. If anyone here has some ideas or would like to colaborate let me know--the dog]]> Sunday Songwriters Group smokindog https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/sunday-songwriters-group-week-43-2/#post-122097 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/sunday-songwriters-group-week-43-2/#post-121876 Thu, 01 Sep 2005 18:30:20 +0000 that forum to see if any body would be interested
in exchanging lyrics for music on music for lyrics.

I'm working on a collaboration with Jamir right now
that she posted in the on Songwriters Club forum and it's been
alot of fun so far.

I have some lyrics hanging a round if you're interested
or if you want to check my postings. The only thing I
would like is that you ask before using anything.

John]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Celt https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/sunday-songwriters-group-week-43-2/#post-121876 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/sunday-songwriters-group-week-43-2/#post-121868 Thu, 01 Sep 2005 17:23:15 +0000 I know about the jams, but I don't know my scales :oops: I should learn them before joining in in a jam...]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Karla https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/sunday-songwriters-group-week-43-2/#post-121868