23skidoo
Well-known member
Hey folks-
The lack of interest in the other 'collaborative songwriting' threads got me thinking and I remembered a great activity one of my high school literature teachers had us do while studying poetry. I think it is tailor-made for the online forum format.
I'll post the first line of a lyric. Each post should contribute a new line. There are no rules, but I think we should try to keep the meter pretty regular and I always think it's nice when the words to a song rhyme in some fashion.
Please just post one line at a time. Feel free to throw some curve balls. If people actually respond and we come up with something we think is fairly well 'finished', anyone who is interested can take a stab at setting the lyric to music and post an audio or video clip off their version.
I've been working on an "Original Tune A Week" challenge myself, and writing the lyrics is the hardest part for me. It might be nice to get some fresh ideas through collaboration.
I'll start us off in a fresh post so it will be easy to quote and add a line.... in fact, it might be easiest to keep the lyrics going in 'clean' series of posts - any additional comments or conversation might be better off in their own individual posts.
Like I said, I had a high school English class that wrote a few poems like this. The teacher started a sheet going around the room, each student adding a line. Got some pretty interesting results by the end of the period....
Hope you guys are interested - let's have some fun....
The lack of interest in the other 'collaborative songwriting' threads got me thinking and I remembered a great activity one of my high school literature teachers had us do while studying poetry. I think it is tailor-made for the online forum format.
I'll post the first line of a lyric. Each post should contribute a new line. There are no rules, but I think we should try to keep the meter pretty regular and I always think it's nice when the words to a song rhyme in some fashion.
Please just post one line at a time. Feel free to throw some curve balls. If people actually respond and we come up with something we think is fairly well 'finished', anyone who is interested can take a stab at setting the lyric to music and post an audio or video clip off their version.
I've been working on an "Original Tune A Week" challenge myself, and writing the lyrics is the hardest part for me. It might be nice to get some fresh ideas through collaboration.
I'll start us off in a fresh post so it will be easy to quote and add a line.... in fact, it might be easiest to keep the lyrics going in 'clean' series of posts - any additional comments or conversation might be better off in their own individual posts.
Like I said, I had a high school English class that wrote a few poems like this. The teacher started a sheet going around the room, each student adding a line. Got some pretty interesting results by the end of the period....
Hope you guys are interested - let's have some fun....
