MR

Hey Everyone,

I've got tons of music written, and just wanted to see if anyone can help me come up with a topic to write about. I'm serious! I don't need lyrics, music, or melodies...just a topic. And NO Deano, I won't write a song about how bad Bush sucks!

If you have any topics, just reply here, or send me a PM. Thanks.



Jim

Yeah people, let's get some ideas!

I've had writers' block for a few weeks now myself and could use a little inspiration too.

An old man who has nothing left, except remembering the dreams of his youth. Playing images of what she dreamt to be over and over again thus remembering that he never got to reach the life he wanted and in doing so has become resentful and bitter in his old ages.

. .. . or something to do with flowers and puppies.

youkeepmewaiting wrote: . .. . or something to do with flowers and puppies.

yes please!!!

Let me give you some ideas about what the songs are like... I have 2 or 3 songs that are pretty far along, and the have a very Toto"ish" feel to them. 2 of them are pretty upbeat, and I was looking for either something positive to sing about, or something about being at a party... Not sure exactly what I'm looking for. Someone already sent me one pretty cool idea, but I'm just wondering what some of you may come up with! Let ma know if you think of any.


Jim

G.I.Jim wrote:Let me give you some ideas about what the songs are like... I have 2 or 3 songs that are pretty far along, and the have a very Toto"ish" feel to them. 2 of them are pretty upbeat, and I was looking for either something positive to sing about, or something about being at a party... Not sure exactly what I'm looking for. Someone already sent me one pretty cool idea, but I'm just wondering what some of you may come up with! Let ma know if you think of any.


Jim

Darn, positive poems/lyrics/ideas are just not my thing haha

youkeepmewaiting wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:Let me give you some ideas about what the songs are like... I have 2 or 3 songs that are pretty far along, and the have a very Toto"ish" feel to them. 2 of them are pretty upbeat, and I was looking for either something positive to sing about, or something about being at a party... Not sure exactly what I'm looking for. Someone already sent me one pretty cool idea, but I'm just wondering what some of you may come up with! Let ma know if you think of any.


Jim

Darn, positive poems/lyrics/ideas are just not my thing haha

I struggle on them too! I can write sappy love songs, or songs about loosing a loved one all day long! It's the fast, positive feel-good songs that kick my ass!!! If I can just get an idea flowing, I can write all day. I've just gotta get started.

G.I.Jim wrote:

youkeepmewaiting wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:Let me give you some ideas about what the songs are like... I have 2 or 3 songs that are pretty far along, and the have a very Toto"ish" feel to them. 2 of them are pretty upbeat, and I was looking for either something positive to sing about, or something about being at a party... Not sure exactly what I'm looking for. Someone already sent me one pretty cool idea, but I'm just wondering what some of you may come up with! Let ma know if you think of any.


Jim

Darn, positive poems/lyrics/ideas are just not my thing haha

I struggle on them too! I can write sappy love songs, or songs about loosing a loved one all day long! It's the fast, positive feel-good songs that kick my ass!!! If I can just get an idea flowing, I can write all day. I've just gotta get started.

Jim. how do you loose a girlfriend? LOL

You tell me a topic and I will have it posted back here by 6PM in this thread. Try me. We could be the next Simon and Garfunkel or Captain and Tenille.

Seriously, give me a topic.

If it country, it better have something to do with a truck,your exwife, or your mama

Rockindeano wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:

youkeepmewaiting wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:Let me give you some ideas about what the songs are like... I have 2 or 3 songs that are pretty far along, and the have a very Toto"ish" feel to them. 2 of them are pretty upbeat, and I was looking for either something positive to sing about, or something about being at a party... Not sure exactly what I'm looking for. Someone already sent me one pretty cool idea, but I'm just wondering what some of you may come up with! Let ma know if you think of any.


Jim

Darn, positive poems/lyrics/ideas are just not my thing haha

I struggle on them too! I can write sappy love songs, or songs about loosing a loved one all day long! It's the fast, positive feel-good songs that kick my ass!!! If I can just get an idea flowing, I can write all day. I've just gotta get started.

Jim. how do you loose a girlfriend? LOL

You tell me a topic and I will have it posted back here by 6PM in this thread. Try me. We could be the next Simon and Garfunkel or Captain and Tenille.

Seriously, give me a topic.

More like Dumb and Dumber



Haha, sorry Deano, couldnt resist

Rockindeano wrote: We could be the next Simon and Garfunkel or Captain and Tenille.

Tenille wore some very lovely evening gowns.



Cat

stevew2 wrote:If it country, it better have something to do with a truck,your exwife, or your mama

don't forget about losing your dog!!

Rockindeano wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:

youkeepmewaiting wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:Let me give you some ideas about what the songs are like... I have 2 or 3 songs that are pretty far along, and the have a very Toto"ish" feel to them. 2 of them are pretty upbeat, and I was looking for either something positive to sing about, or something about being at a party... Not sure exactly what I'm looking for. Someone already sent me one pretty cool idea, but I'm just wondering what some of you may come up with! Let ma know if you think of any.


Jim

Darn, positive poems/lyrics/ideas are just not my thing haha

I struggle on them too! I can write sappy love songs, or songs about loosing a loved one all day long! It's the fast, positive feel-good songs that kick my ass!!! If I can just get an idea flowing, I can write all day. I've just gotta get started.

Jim. how do you loose a girlfriend? LOL

You tell me a topic and I will have it posted back here by 6PM in this thread. Try me. We could be the next Simon and Garfunkel or Captain and Tenille.

Seriously, give me a topic.

My bad!!! I was typing in a hurry! "Captain and Tenille" I'm being the Captain!

How about a song about my rottweiler named "Paris"? Yesterday she crapped a magic marker cap. Ouch. She's a big dog but damn! She once crapped a turd loaded with rubber bands. It reminded me of Captain Lou Albano. I have two dogs...one never eats anything weird. The other has shat a pencap, a dime, a folded bottle cap, yarn, baseball glove tie-laces, straw, you fucking name it.
I'm looking forward to hearing this song.

Uno_up wrote:How about a song about my rottweiler named "Paris"? Yesterday she crapped a magic marker cap. Ouch. She's a big dog but damn! She once crapped a turd loaded with rubber bands. It reminded me of Captain Lou Albano. I have two dogs...one never eats anything weird. The other has shat a pencap, a dime, a folded bottle cap, yarn, baseball glove tie-laces, straw, you fucking name it.
I'm looking forward to hearing this song.

You must REALLY inspect that crap pretty close! I appreciate the thought, but I don't see myself writing about a ......shitting dog! Maybe Wierd Al could bust out the song over Back in Black or something. Keep that song in your head, and sing this to that tune...

My dog crapped
he shit a cap
he eats it up...it always comes back

well I, let him loose
from his noose
don't wanna see him hanging around

Well, You get the idea!

I got one...

there's a dude that lives in Lubbock Texas that...

jim,., girls.. thats what rock is based on.. i lost a girl, i found a girl.. my girl looks like.......,, i got a girl mean as she can be..

SteveForever wrote:Can you write a song about dieting, I feel like I'm having a heart attack from all the
crap I ate since Thanksgiving. I'm starting a new diet tomorrow and I need a jingle.
I'm in serious pain.

Here you go, again, keep Back in Black in your head;


Heart attack
is coming back
I ate too much and now I'm so fat
yes I ate a Goose
now nothin's loose
don't need a belt to keep my pants up high
I've been eating some pie
that's been making me wide
forget the the hearse, I won't fit inside
I got big knives
big eyes
and I'm eating everything in site


Sorry, had to quit, but it sure was fun!

SteveForever wrote:I got one...

there's a dude that lives in Lubbock Texas that...

you wrote this AFTER my post AFTER you!! im onto you little sister..
you aint got no smarts on me.. how you like them apples...

G.I.Jim wrote:

SteveForever wrote:Can you write a song about dieting, I feel like I'm having a heart attack from all the
crap I ate since Thanksgiving. I'm starting a new diet tomorrow and I need a jingle.
I'm in serious pain.

Here you go, again, keep Back in Black in your head;


Heart attack
is coming back
I ate too much and now I'm so fat
yes I ate a Goose
now nothin's loose
don't need a belt to keep my pants up high
I've been eating some pie
that's been making me wide
forget the the hearse, I won't fit inside
I got big knives
big eyes
and I'm eating everything in site


Sorry, had to quit, but it sure was fun!

Wait a minute, um...this is sort of offensive..
Larry, stop telling people I'm fat!

SteveForever wrote:

G.I.Jim wrote:

SteveForever wrote:Can you write a song about dieting, I feel like I'm having a heart attack from all the
crap I ate since Thanksgiving. I'm starting a new diet tomorrow and I need a jingle.
I'm in serious pain.

Here you go, again, keep Back in Black in your head;


Heart attack
is coming back
I ate too much and now I'm so fat
yes I ate a Goose
now nothin's loose
don't need a belt to keep my pants up high
I've been eating some pie
that's been making me wide
forget the the hearse, I won't fit inside
I got big knives
big eyes
and I'm eating everything in site


Sorry, had to quit, but it sure was fun!

Wait a minute, um...this is sort of offensive..
Larry, stop telling people I'm fat!

That wasn't Larry, it was me! And I didn't say it, YOU did. You said you were going on a diet and...wait, I just re-read it! Sorry, I thought you wanted a song about feeling fat!

what i dont understand is why you, jim , need ideas.. dude you are a killler songwriter and singer , AND player.. your the kinda guy the rest of us secretly hate!!! .."oh,, there is jim,, mister one man band..." .... dude,, just sing about female body parts.. youll be just fine..

larryfromnextdoor wrote:what i dont understand is why you, jim , need ideas.. dude you are a killler songwriter and singer , AND player.. your the kinda guy the rest of us secretly hate!!! .."oh,, there is jim,, mister one man band..." .... dude,, just sing about female body parts.. youll be just fine..

I appreciate the compliments Larry, but sometimes I just dry up about stuff to say! If I have a direction for a song, I can usually write and record a song in a day or two. I just have a hard time (at least on faster songs) coming up with something to talk about. I don't know why?
If I had a guitarist sitting in the room with me, I could write all kinds of stuff, but as it is...I have to do everything. I'm no guitarist, drummer, or bassist, but I just have to make do on my boards.

The ultimate situation would be to hook up with a guitarist and vocalist, and spend a week or so writing material! I've never had that. Oh well...back to the drawing board!

Write a song for the troops, dude! Something patriotic. It would be good to hear something nice about America again.

No, I think a timepiece...one of those boastful, in-your-face, full-of-bravado numbers that could feature lyrics similar to:

"I'm here to please, even down on my knees
Making love to who(m)ever I please"

OR

"So we put her on the hit list
Of a common cunning linguist
And she mastered many tongues"

You know...kind of a "Smooth Up In Ya" kind of thing.

A song about a band finding a lead singer on YouTube.

Weird Al already wrote that one, Rick.

It was called "Dare to be Stupid".

7 Wishes wrote:Weird Al already wrote that one, Rick.

It was called "Dare to be Stupid".

THAT was funny!

Rip Rokken wrote:Write a song for the troops, dude! Something patriotic. It would be good to hear something nice about America again.

I actually wrote a song that touched on that Rip...it's called "Just pray". It turned out cheesy as hell, and although I like the sentiment of the song, I just don't like it! All I've worked with for almost 17 years, is soldiers, yet I can't seem to come up with a cool enough song for them!

I have a lot of close friends over there right now (one of my best friends). I just guess I really don't know what direction I'd take it in. Cool idea for a song though.

Depends what your state of mind is I guess. Personally I think the best results come from singing about loving a woman. If it's a good tune, the chicks will love it and the guys will too because it's good material to have playing while they are romancing their woman. I got all kinds of incredible romance from my woman when I threw on the Don Juan DeMarco soundtrack in the cd player with Adams doing: "Have you ever really loved a woman." Same with Kitaro's "Dream" album featuring the track "Lady of Dreams" sung by Jon Anderson. So basically what's your point? Drive fast, kill someone, rob a bank and run from the cops, or romance a fine woman? Figure that out and go from there.