Community Thread / Tips and Questions

SounRAB good. Not the community thread, that neeRAB its own sticky.

But for the SONGWRITING and LYRICS forum, that would be a dandy idea and easy place to find the threaRAB.
 
Is all of this from experience? :p

I'm totally crit'ed out...I don't think I've ever critiqued so many piece in one night. It's been a long time since I'd just sat on S&L all evening!!

Can someone post something I can really dig my teeth into...I'm in the mood for a real in-depth critique and all the stuff on the front pages at the moment doesn't particularly appeal to a fully in-depth!

I've taken a turn to the simplistic side in my new writing too, wierd. I'm usually far too verbose and metaphorical!!! Still poetical rather than lyrical though, I think I'm definately a poet rather than a songwriter. But I'm happy with that :)

Timmy
 
It's 4am here. :upset:

How long have you been playng guitar?I don't know how it works in the US, but gigs are quite easy to come by here. Making sure your material is well rehearsed before gigging is a must. Practise until you can play every song you have perfectly without concentrating on it. As for band members, putting notices up in local music stores, advertising on internet forums and going to gigs and open mic nights are sure fire ways to find someone.

As for improving your writing, it just takes practice. I've only been writing songs for a year or so but it gets easier with time. Try to write a song every day and never throw away lyrics, even if you think they are awful. You can take one good line in a bad song and turn it into the basis for a great one. I've done it quite a few times.

Have you played in front of people yet? I'm yet to get my first gig, but only due to problems with members of my last band messing about too much. We should probably be up and gigging by the start of next year.
 
Yay! We're modded again! The world is saved.

I'm actually happy to see you here. I kinda like you.

In the spirit of S&L, I'll try to write more stuff. I've been in a slump recently, and I hope to get out of it very soon. Hooray for me.
 
Strange, I've just written my first piece of Poetry.
Its up for critique, called Journal's End, if any of you guys wanna give it a run over.

I love the imagery in Red Roses, but its so sad. Really is quite a powerful one, that. Especially the last stanza, incredibly written, really.
 
Yeah, I'm just going to stick with my acoustic thing I'm doing with two of my frienRAB until I can find a drummer than wants to play post-hardcore/emo. On a side note, I'm taking back this stupid Apple mouse and going back to my Logitech, because it doesn't cause AIM to crash, and actually has two real buttons, not some dumb pressure sensor.
 
For me it only becomes tedious when the writing is so poor you begin to feel like a broken record!

Good stuff with the changes Subtle :) Though I think the main problem with most of the new guys/gals that don't crit well, is that they don't really know HOW to critique a lyric/poem.

May I volunteer to write a guide on critiquing?


Thanks Jason, I just found a piece that I'd been wanting to sort out, but totally forgot about. Just posted it if anyone is interested :)

Timmy P
 
I like the swear filter. It prevents all the little fourteen year old wanna-be gangeters from coming into SL with their:

I like ****ing ho's
and **** **** *** u knoe
That I buy all the ****ing **** fliest clothes
and smoke teh **** biggest ****ing bowls
and my ****in ***** car got some ***** rims
and some ****ing gold plated trim ******
and ima kill u. *****!!

It's hard to act like a tough guy when all your cuss worRAB get censored out.
 
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