Dougf
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Here's a little lyric writing challenge, I don't have any prizes to offer, but contributors will of course be given co-authorship credit, for whatever that's worth.
This is a little tune I've come up with, and I think it has sort of an off-kilter feel to it, and also has a bit of an old time Appalachian thing going on. So I'm thinking of lyrics that talk about things that are a bit out-of-whack, or some other kinds of incongruities. And maybe the lyrics could also evoke some mountain/rural lifestyle themes.
So here's what I have so far, but nothing's cast in concrete, just to give you an idea of what I'm thinking about. I've uploaded a sample video with this verse to also give a better idea.
Something wrong this morning
Rooster didn't crow
Only thing I heard
was fiddle and banjo
Banjo and fiddle
Rooster didn't crow
only thing I heard
was fiddle and banjo
So I guess the challenge would be to come up with additional lyrics (or replacements) that suggest things out of place, and also suggest rural life. I'm thinking maybe three or four additional verses. I also have an eight bar break toward the end, not sure how to work that in, but some words for that section might be good too.
Please submit your lyrics to this thread. I'm not sure how the final selection process will work, but maybe I'll try to figure out how to do a poll, or have some kind of voting system. I want to give people plenty of time, but I think a deadline is important, so how about a cut-off of Sunday, October 16?
Thanks everyone, hope this will be fun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtO00bTCpHY
This is a little tune I've come up with, and I think it has sort of an off-kilter feel to it, and also has a bit of an old time Appalachian thing going on. So I'm thinking of lyrics that talk about things that are a bit out-of-whack, or some other kinds of incongruities. And maybe the lyrics could also evoke some mountain/rural lifestyle themes.
So here's what I have so far, but nothing's cast in concrete, just to give you an idea of what I'm thinking about. I've uploaded a sample video with this verse to also give a better idea.
Something wrong this morning
Rooster didn't crow
Only thing I heard
was fiddle and banjo
Banjo and fiddle
Rooster didn't crow
only thing I heard
was fiddle and banjo
So I guess the challenge would be to come up with additional lyrics (or replacements) that suggest things out of place, and also suggest rural life. I'm thinking maybe three or four additional verses. I also have an eight bar break toward the end, not sure how to work that in, but some words for that section might be good too.
Please submit your lyrics to this thread. I'm not sure how the final selection process will work, but maybe I'll try to figure out how to do a poll, or have some kind of voting system. I want to give people plenty of time, but I think a deadline is important, so how about a cut-off of Sunday, October 16?
Thanks everyone, hope this will be fun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtO00bTCpHY
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