My stuff doesn't totally suck. Hooray.

[QUOTE=DeadReligion]My stuff doesn't totally suck. Hooray.[/QUOTE]
True story.

A true story, told in the eyes of a child. Lol...don't ask. Anyway, yeah, I actually write some good stuff now. I'm proud of myself. Yay.

a new piece is up on the boards...so I'm letting my other one fall off, but I'll still LET you crit that one too :wink:

I rarely get people who 'get' my pieces. Its not that I expect everyone to, but dear God, some of their crits are so off the mark that its painful. I wonder if thats why people are so fearful of critting me, this inability to find something relevant to say.

at least people who crit yours try to understand it, mine critees just kinda give me the blank stare crit



So anyways, whos online this hour in the morn!?

[QUOTE=theredwonder]For at least 2.3 seconds there i thought you were talking about Futurama...

Anyway how is everybody? Nice christmas/New Year? Any revolutionary breakthroughs in the world of lyrics that i missed whilst i was getting enveloped into the magical world on Warcraft?[/QUOTE]

I've advanced from regular to "FEARFUL S&L RULER".

Bow to your king.

[QUOTE=A_Perfect_Sonnet]I've advanced from regular to "FEARFUL S&L RULER".

Bow to your king.[/QUOTE]
I'm behind you.

Ugh.

Meh, you know you're just keeping that seat warm for Pegasis, Sonnet. :smash:

Fearful? What are you so afraid of? Don't you mean FEARSOME?


*zing!*

ooooh, pwned. :D

Oh no! You caught the grammar mistake I was too lazy to correct. Good job.

'sup S&L crew? :)

APS is S&L king, pretty much, him and RollerQueen. Heh...RollerQueen is a king...get it...yeah. Anyway, who the fu[I]c[/I]k is Pegasis?

writer of the worst (and ironically best) song I've ever read.

That isn't ironic, that's contradictory, good try though. I don't see how its possible, but I'll cut you some poetic slack, since, after all, you are a fu[I]c[/I]king poet.

I wouldn't say I'm a poet.

And that statement does make sense... you just have to read the song. I'm sure I linked it a while back.

Havent been here in a long time. Whats with all the changing? :thumb:

Dunno... but it means S and L will be noticed more as it's near the top of the forum. Is this a good or bad thing?

A bit of both.

Good; Maybe some more writers coming along so some more quality material and maybe even some more quality crits.

Bad; More dumbass spammers posting joke songs and leaving stupid comments instead of crits etc etc.

I haven't really critted anyone this week I don't think. I find I really do have to spend quite a bit of time reading the song before coming up with something actually useful to say- unfortunately at the moment time is what I don't have especially as I'm starting to compose music for my first few prog opera songs on a cheap rubbish microphone and Audacity.

Heh... my friendly co-founder of my band has given us the hardest task of all lyrically and musically. Writing a love song or a song about a girl (we're a blokes band) without being too cliché.

EDIT: 2000th reply

To get a feel for what's legal in these parts, and how uptight it is, I'd like to ask a question before I post anything else.

I remember reading somewhere that jokes in a song were ok, but lyrics of a humorous nature were prohibited. How true is this, and to what extent does it apply?

Reading through some of the songs on here, I've found that a lot are comprised of very generic "I hate the world, go away!" lyrics. Would it be breaking any kind of rule to make fun of that fact?

Thanks in advance.

-Joe

Hmmm - I would be wary of writing a song making fun of it, as joke songs are nigh on impossible to write well. However, ribbing people who write such songs is generally cool, provided nothing gets too heavy. :)

[QUOTE=Jason101]Hmmm - I would be wary of writing a song making fun of it, as joke songs are nigh on impossible to write well. However, ribbing people who write such songs is generally cool, provided nothing gets too heavy. :)[/QUOTE]
I feel I could pull off a song parodying the lack of creativity pretty well. And of course I'd avoid getting too carried away.:thumb:

Well, there's no rule against them as such, but Subtle's not a huge fan of joke songs (and I can't say I blame him, some of the cack that I've seen), and unless it's pretty special, there's a fairly good chance of a lockdown.
(Plus mucho flaming from the regs- everyone loves flaming an unfunny joke song... it's just one of those things. :))

I'm not necessarily shooting for funny. A classy parody or satire of some sort is what I'm looking for.

See my Guide For Newbies thread for a proper satire.

Heh, I used to write joke joke songs. Now I don't. Though, poking fun at bad things is fine, do it in a non-blatant way. Good luck.

Hey DR - want me to crit your newest song or the one you posted yesterday?

The new version "1000 Memories Of 1000 Bloodied Hearts" (The reason I gave you the title, is that it changed, slightly, in the addition of the extra 1000). Thanks.

Roger. :)

Beaker! I Missed You Buddy!!!!!

\o/ -yeah, I had about 12 people ask why I changed it, so I changed it back.

Please help me improve
 

i have started about 4 months ago on writing and posting my songs taht i have written. to anybody who has read my stuff, i just want to know how i can improve my writing and if in need of an example just ask and i will repost my False Hero's song for anyone to crit and look at.

[QUOTE=Jason101]\o/ -yeah, I had about 12 people ask why I changed it, so I changed it back.[/QUOTE]
That's like your signature.

But changing it would have been healthy.

Anyhow, slow songwriting. Very slow.

[QUOTE=Herbert_da_fish]It's called "The Ode Less Travelled". I was listening to him being interviewed on the radio and he had such a passion for writing I decided to get the book. It's quite a complicated read, using all the correct literary terms, but I've found it's increasing my knowledge of all the aspecs to poetry. It's got the different types of metres, rhyme, form, diction and poets of today. I just have a feeling that since this forum is as big on critting poetry as it is writing it, it would prove extremely useful for any writer. It let's you see into the more technical aspects of poetry, starting from the basics and reaching to much higher levels of understanding. The majority of people here I feel would benefit from reading it.[/QUOTE]
As a pointless aside, I was just reading up on Stephen Fry the other night, and I honestly had no idea he was gay. :amaze:

Unrelated, I wish I could speak like Stephen Fry.

[QUOTE=morrissey]As a pointless aside, I was just reading up on Stephen Fry the other night, and I honestly had no idea he was gay. :amaze:

Unrelated, I wish I could speak like Stephen Fry.[/QUOTE]
He's gay? I had no idea....

I think everyone would like to speak like Stephen Fry :smoke:

Hi everyone,

I'm going through a bit of a bad spell at the moment, lot's going on in life. Hence not posting in here recently. I'll be back within the next few days/week.

Keep on writing.
Peace.

Tim

Bad, bad times.

No writing whatsoever, but I discovered the joy of critiquing and posting songs, so I'll just likely write mushy garbage.

Or amazing stuff.

Just got my copy of "An Ode Less Travelled". So far I've found it can be hard work, but it's very comprehensive and it explains things well.