“Songs like the Buck Owens tune, for example, are very simple and straightforward, and recording it really gave me a chance to get into and get a sense of Buck's personality, a feel for that whole Bakersfield sound.” FeelsWholeSongSoundChanceSimpleExamplePersonalityTunesBucksStraightforwardBeing StraightforwardBakersfield Author:Juice Newton
“Treat each guitar track-and each song-completely different. For example, if I'm using a certain amp and guitar on one track, I'll deliberately use something else for the next tune or overdub.” IfsDifferentUseCertainSongNextExampleTreatsGuitarTrackTunes Author:Keith Richards
“There are certain songs that I like to listen to at certain times of the day. For example, first thing in the morning I love listening to "Flamenco Sketches" off of Miles Davis' Kind of Blue.” FirstsKindCertainSongMorningExampleListeningBlueMilesFlamencoKind Of Blue Author:Jon Foreman
“Papa Roach is actually a band that's great at playing arenas. Not every band is suited for that environment. But besides the huge energy you guys bring, the songs are very grand and anthemic. "Kick in the Teeth" being an example as a song that's made for huge crowd sing-alongs, not tiny little club shows.” LittlesMadeShowsGuySongEnergyEnvironmentExampleHugeBandCrowdsClubsTinyTeethKicksArenaPapaRoachesPapa Roach Author:Tony Palermo
“Things are much more complicated. Feminism versus pornography, for example. There are a lot of feminists who think it is bad, but others think it's good. I have become, you might call it mature - I would call it senile - and I can see both sides. But you can't write a satirical song with 'but on the other hand' in it, or 'however'. It's got to be one-sided.” ThinkingWritingI CanHandsMightSongSidesFeminismExampleFeministComplicatedMatureBoth SidesVersusPornographySatiricalOne SidedSenile Author:Tom Lehrer
“We spent a long time learning the craft of songwriting, Roger Glover and I, for a few years before we joined Deep Purple. You learn about the percussive value of words, and you learn about rhyme and meter. You learn that you can't transform a poem into a song lyric, mostly because the spoken shape of words is different than the sung shape of words. You wouldn't use the vowel 'U' or the vowel sound 'ooo' for a high note for example, its very difficult.” YearsLongDifferentUseValuesSongDifficultSoundExampleShapesLong TimeNotesCraftsSongwritingRhymePurpleRogerMeterVowelsHigh NotesDeep Purple Author:Ian Gillan
“Most pop albums I was looking at as examples to point out production elements had a song that made you want to dance. I've been listening to electronic music forever and I just wanted to have something dancey.” WantMadeWantedSongForeverExampleListeningElementsAlbumsProductionsPopsElectronic Music Author:Michelle Chamuel
“I could've written songs about, for example, the Paris attacks as they happened and have the song out the day after, but doing this project and following the news made me realize how much I miss deeper nuances in the news reporting. There's already so many quick opinions and angles being thrown in your face, so I avoided writing about things like that and tried focusing on the smaller, more seemingly insignificant things. The things you would find in the back of the newspaper or the back of your mind.” WritingMindMadeFacesSongRealizingOpinionWrittenHappenedMissingExampleProjectsNewsFollowingDeeperNewspapersParisThrownYour FaceAngleInsignificantAvoidedNuanceInsignificant ThingsNews Reporting Author:Jens Lekman
“An example I love: Diwata auditioned for the school play by doing a big number from Once Upon A Mattress. I went home and my boyfriend plunked out the notes for me, and I had to learn and prepare that song just so I could learn and know how that feels. I've never had that kind of detail in a rehearsal process. Jason Moore is absolutely unbelievable.” KnowsFeelsKindPlayHomeBigsSchoolSongProcessNumbersKnow HowExampleNotesDetailsUnbelievableRehearsalJasonMy BoyfriendMattressesSchool Plays Author:Sarah Steele
“I'm still trying to find the perfect Nirvana song that's an example of that, but you do hear a lot of their songs start with an extremely emotional death grunts.” TryingStillsSongPerfectExampleEmotionalGrunt Author:Ian Christe
“There are certain records that you love because the songs are great, but you don't go to them as an example of great production.” CertainSongLove IsRecordsExampleProductions Author:Beck
“I think a "song" is, like, just play it on the guitar and sing it. You look out and see thousands of covers of "Animal" for example, so you think, "That was probably a pretty good song, because people feel like it's satisfying to just play it with one instrument accompanying it."” PeopleThinkingFeelsLooksPlaySongAnimalExampleInstrumentsGuitarSatisfying Author:Andrew Wyatt
“I wanted to deliver the emotions a man feels when he's in love. For example, through song "GG BE," I wanted to the express the feelings of being deceived by a woman (the song also contains the woman's counterargument).” MenFeelsFeelingsWantedSongEmotionExampleDeceivedBeing DeceivedCounterarguments Author:Seungri
“Social justice has always been a part of my inspiration. For example, when the Vietnam War was going on, I wrote a song about that.” WarInspirationSongSocialJusticeExampleSocial JusticeVietnamVietnam War Author:Jimmy Cliff
“Mentally, I write myself a little story. Of course, sometimes you have a song that says, "Do that." My best example is Singin' in the Rain. Arthur Freed had insisted that the song should be in the picture, but he was very anxious about it.” ShouldWritingLittlesSometimesStoriesSongCoursesExampleRainAnxiousArthurSingin In The Rain Author:Gene Kelly