Anyone Dabble in Creating His/Her Own Music? (Links Inside)

I will later

I write, play and sing. My band is putting together a 5- or 6-song EP; I'll share some of it when it's done. I'm interested in opinions.

The name of our band in Chevy Van Gogh, we're on facebook somewhere. It's possible my bandmates, who are far more technically adept than I am, have posted a song or two on our page.

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Just watched a video link. Which player are you? Reminded me of a cross between Johnny Cash and the Moody Blues for some reason.

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You mean that 50-second clip that our drummer for some reason wanted to post? Being an anti-technology guy, I have almost nothing to do with our facebook page; the other guys are techie types who love fooling around with that stuff.

I'm the old fat dude with the long gray hair and marginal voice --but the other guys can't sing at all, so ...

Johnny Cash and the Moody Blues? That's an enormously imaginative interpretation of our style, but it's as good as any other I've heard.

I write all the shite and I'm all over the place--mainstream, spoken word, blues, anything. Song material is everything from typical breakup songs to dream interpretation to elderly suicide to ... well, one of my favorite songs is about a Russian guy who murders a soldier and tries to flee the Motherland down the Volga River. I have maybe 60-70 originals, and I've vowed to make this a big recording year, no matter what happens.

I'm interested in others' music; I hope this thread draws a lot of attention so we can see what the songwriters here are up to.

There is hardly anything cooler than writing songs, and at my age–61–this includes sex,

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Ahh... so you're the singer then. That's where the Johnny Cash reference comes in--in regard to your voice/singing.

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I'm flattered by the comparson--I don't know if Johnny would be though!

We're going to jam tomorrow, so I'll ask my band mates how I can post a few of our songs on this site.

We gig maybe once a month, which is quite enjoyable, but I am without ambition when it comes to recording and trying to do something with our stuff. Recently, however, my band mates, after years of fruitless debate, have convinced me that we should be pushing out our stuff, and so we're now putting together our first EP (is that what you call it)?

I'd be glad to share our efforts; I mean that's what we do when we gig anyway ...

Praise is always nice, but criticism, even harshly worded, doesn't bother me. If I write something I like, I'm gonna play it regardless of the reactions I get.

That was pretty impressive. Thanks for reinforcing my lack of confidence.

Yep, no.

Ok, maybe later. Our new record dropped Tuesday, and we're all too busy counting our e-cash.

I liked #1 the best. Nice little crescendo around the 4:50 mark.

Talkin Iraq Blues wrote this 2 years or so after we invaded Iraq.

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