Singer/songwriters: How do you go about

Subject: RE: Singer/songwriters: How do you go about
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 11 Jun 09 - 07:34 AM

Love Little Piece Of Africa! Thanks for the link.

Subject: RE: Singer/songwriters: How do you go about
From: GUEST,Tom Bliss
Date: 11 Jun 09 - 07:29 AM

Thought I'd posted but it seems I haven't.

I've added a link to Yorgos' site from mine (hope that's ok with you Y), and also some stuff I've been meaning to add for years from Bob Kenward - (hi Bob if you're there)!

Oh, and links to the Folk Against Fascism MySpace!

Tom

Subject: RE: Singer/songwriters: How do you go about
From: Banjiman
Date: 11 Jun 09 - 07:27 AM

http://www.myspace.com/annashannon

Hopefully a link that works this time.

Apologies.

Subject: RE: Singer/songwriters: How do you go about
From: Banjiman
Date: 11 Jun 09 - 07:25 AM

..... LoL George.

Just a lttle reminder in these days of fighting 'isms!!


Have you come across Anna Shannon yet? She's great.

Anna Shannon Have a listen to The Farming Boy & A Little Piece of Africa. Absolute class.

We do seem to have an abundance of talented female singer/songwriters in North Yorks (and a few blokes as well.)

Paul

Subject: RE: Singer/songwriters: How do you go about
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 11 Jun 09 - 07:16 AM

Boys, Banjiman? More like old men... Just names off the top of my head, don't extrapolate or assume anything other than fuzzy-headedness on my behalf :-) Of course, we'd approach Maggie Holland, Linda Watkins, Sarah Morgan,... am I forgetting someone? Something to do with arrows....

Ooooh, I am SO naughty, aren't I?

Subject: RE: Singer/songwriters: How do you go about
From: mauvepink
Date: 11 Jun 09 - 06:43 AM

Thank you, too, Yorgos! It seems I will not see you this year but your CD is still well played and one particular song loved so much.

Last night I heard Water Melon Seeds too :-)

Have a great year

mp

Subject: RE: Singer/songwriters: How do you go about
From: BobKnight
Date: 11 Jun 09 - 06:43 AM

Don't worry about whether the words or the tune comes first. There is no right or wrong method - just do it. And good luck.

Subject: RE: Singer/songwriters: How do you go about
From: Banjiman
Date: 11 Jun 09 - 06:38 AM

Just all the boys together then Yorgos? Tut, tut!

Subject: RE: Singer/songwriters: How do you go about
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 11 Jun 09 - 06:32 AM

Ah, but it's the iceberg beneath the tips you have to watch out for! Seriously though, Tom's notes are excellent, better than mine (so I will steal with pride in the future, Tom); but here are mine anyway: George's Tips

This is worth hours of discussion. Hey, Tom, I just had an idea: How about doing a programme on songwriters, getting each one to give their ideas and perhaps discuss the making of a song or two? We could start with you and me, talk to Jez, to Dave Webber, to Les Sullivan etc etc etc. We could run run the programme on some of the folk shows, or on the Music Well station... Now, there's a thought... Phil, are you reading this?

Subject: RE: Singer/songwriters: How do you go about
From: mauvepink
Date: 11 Jun 09 - 06:31 AM

Thank you for that Tom. Was trying to PM you but it seems I cannot do it for some reason.

Hope to see you in July. Good luck for the future :-)

pm

Subject: RE: Singer/songwriters: How do you go about
From: GUEST,Tom Bliss
Date: 11 Jun 09 - 06:16 AM

People have kindly told me that this has been a help:

Songwriting tips

Subject: Singer/songwriters: How do you go about
From: mauvepink
Date: 11 Jun 09 - 06:08 AM

I have had a couple of goes at writing songs, not very successfully, and was wondering this morning: How do the singer/songwriters go about doing it so well?

Do you make the tune first and the lyrics to fit it or do you write the lyrics and then compose the song? Is it a mixture of these? It's not quite a chicken and egg thing is it?

I am always amazed when a great song is written how a fusion happens between the music and the words. If one or the other is only slightly adrift it can all be ruined. So, my question to those who write, compose and sing their own songs is as the above... How do you set about it?

Best wishes

mp