Dane
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Well I don't think this really goes in song writing or anything, so in Uke Talk it goes I suppose (nice rhyme)
I'm just curious how other choose to name their songs.
I don't believe in making up fancy names after the fact, so usually once I've finished a rough draft, I just pick the first thing that comes into my head, or some object that was around me.
Like for instance, I was playing one day, and I had a California Poppy laying on my desk (don't worry it was farm grown) it had been laying there for a day or so, so it had started to shrivel up. I was creating the song and I finished and look down and knew that my song title was going to be Wrinkled Petals. I feel like it influenced the song making process (since I was at my desk playing the whole time) so I used it for my song title.
Or just after halloween, we had a bunch of candy left because no children at all came to my house. So I was amped up on pixie sticks as I created a tune. I thought, well I can't name it pixie sticks because that is a brand and its lame.... so I ended up with Sugar Steady.
Or one day I was feeling down, so I started to create a dark tune, and I got so into it that I realized it had to shape and change or else it would be boring, so I made it go upbeat at the end. The first word that came into my mind was "Esperanza", I did not consciously know the meaning of the word, but I thought it sounded right. I later realized that Esperanza means hope, and then I remembered that one of the Chilean miners wives named their child Esperanza. My subconscious knew that, but I didn't when I picked the title, how cool is that?
Anyways..... so share your stories please!
I have more by the way, but I don't want to bore you to death =)
I'm just curious how other choose to name their songs.
I don't believe in making up fancy names after the fact, so usually once I've finished a rough draft, I just pick the first thing that comes into my head, or some object that was around me.
Like for instance, I was playing one day, and I had a California Poppy laying on my desk (don't worry it was farm grown) it had been laying there for a day or so, so it had started to shrivel up. I was creating the song and I finished and look down and knew that my song title was going to be Wrinkled Petals. I feel like it influenced the song making process (since I was at my desk playing the whole time) so I used it for my song title.
Or just after halloween, we had a bunch of candy left because no children at all came to my house. So I was amped up on pixie sticks as I created a tune. I thought, well I can't name it pixie sticks because that is a brand and its lame.... so I ended up with Sugar Steady.
Or one day I was feeling down, so I started to create a dark tune, and I got so into it that I realized it had to shape and change or else it would be boring, so I made it go upbeat at the end. The first word that came into my mind was "Esperanza", I did not consciously know the meaning of the word, but I thought it sounded right. I later realized that Esperanza means hope, and then I remembered that one of the Chilean miners wives named their child Esperanza. My subconscious knew that, but I didn't when I picked the title, how cool is that?
Anyways..... so share your stories please!
I have more by the way, but I don't want to bore you to death =)