http://www.soundclick.com/rss/rss_members_blogs.cfm?memberid=815634&id=0 A personal blog entry on SoundClick by tunesmiff (George) Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:20:46 EST Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:20:46 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.soundclick.com/images/navigation/SoundClickLogo2005.gif http://www.soundclick.com http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=109012 tunesmiff (George) I was "challenged" last week with a writing prompt to write about a memory. Coincidence or not, but the timing with today's 11 anniversary brought this memory to mind... g ----------------------------------- OVER AND OVER (AGAIN AND AGAIN) (c) 2012 - G. Smith (BMI) ------------------------------------------------------------ Over and over, again and again, I see the smoke being blown by the wind. Over and over, it goes on and on; And then in an instant; everything's gone; Then ... Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:20:46 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=109012 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=108424 tunesmiff (George) (to quote Neil Young...), and that time seems to've come for my 18 year old, who I helped move off to college last week. Sam... (I'M GONNA MISS YOU) WHILE YOU'RE GONE (c) 2012 - G. Smith (BMI) ------------------------------------- Your truck's not in the driveway anymore; And your fishing gear's not on the porch, leaning by the door. But I know you'll be back before too long; Still, I'm gonna miss you while you're gone. There's one less place at the table every meal; Even though ... Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:32:50 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=108424 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=105800 tunesmiff (George) Sometimes you'll see something, and it'll just take off at a dead run... what follows is one such... This evening, during my after-dinner run (okay, power walk), I was passed by an SUV with a dad riding shotgun... I passed 'em twice more, inching towards an empty parking spot in an empty parking lot... and the first verse just "fell outta the sky..." So, without further ta-do... here's: LITTLE GIRL (c) 2012 - G. Smith (BMI) -------------------------------------------------------- Lit... Tue, 22 May 2012 23:48:47 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=105800 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=105536 tunesmiff (George) From a challenge to take the title to a book, change one word, and then write something for that new title, I came up with the following "Woody-Guthrie-esque-Depression-Era-Folksy-Bluesy-thang," using the title of H. F. Saint's, _The Memoirs of an Invisible Man_. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE ME (c) 2012 - G. Smith (BMI) ——————————– When did I start fading a-way? When did I start fading a-way? When did I start fading a-w... Mon, 14 May 2012 22:46:00 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=105536 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=105339 tunesmiff (George) With my 18 year old getting set to graduate, this scene from/following my own high school graduation #%*# years ago (at least through the first four lines of the second verse), came immediately to mind, and, I hope, addressed the "prompt" to write about a vacuum...: As always, lemme know, ya know... : ) Yours; g ________________________________ WHAT NOW? (c) 2012 - G. Smith (BMI) -------------------------------------- V 1. Rene and I were sitting, In the Waffle House pa... Wed, 09 May 2012 22:50:28 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=105339 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=102419 tunesmiff (George) Here's the latest one in progress... Would appreciate any feedback you'd care to give... g =================== (I'VE GOT) A COLD ONE (c) 2012 - G. Smith (BMI) -----–--------------------------- VI Quitting time and I hit the door; Fire up my old four-by-four; Put the pedal to the floor, And I’m gone... long gone… There’s a little place up the street, Where me and my buddies like to meet, Grab a brew and a bite to eat, And sing a song... all night long… (Though I've got…) CH... Thu, 15 Mar 2012 23:56:00 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=102419 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=99953 tunesmiff (George) "One thing about songwriting - you can always put it in a drawer and then come back to it." Sonny Curtis -------------------------------------- One thing, though, is don't fill up that drawer... remember to go "...back to it..." g Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:14:18 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=99953 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=99625 tunesmiff (George) When people ask me "What would you do if you weren't a successful rock musician?" I always say, "I would be an unsuccessful rock musician." Randy Bachman Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:00:49 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=99625 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=99244 tunesmiff (George) It's amazing to me how one word can completely change the entire thing... that one word can mean so much. Tom Petty Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:52:05 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=99244 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=89620 tunesmiff (George) Found this posted elsewhere on a "long form" writers' board, linked back to (http://an-authors- journey.blogspot .com) - but I think it applies hereabout... Anybody wanna answer the question? (I'm a for me & others kind of guy... I write for my pleasure [and because I "have to"] as much as for others' enjoyment... but I'm getting ahead here...) g =========================== I've been writing so long I don't even remember where it was I started. The first 'book' I ever completed was at ... Sat, 30 Apr 2011 17:30:06 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=89620 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=78166 tunesmiff (George) Sometimes, the e-mail bucket has some worthwhile stuff... the following is lifted (and edited) from an e-newsletter received Saturday, October 2, 2010 9:56 AM --------------------------------------- So what mistake did I make? Well, I make plenty every time I play my guitar... do you? Fact is, when you're playing guitar, bass, or any other instrument... For that matter, for nearly anything in life... If you're not making mistakes, you're not progressing. Sound harsh? Well, tha... Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:38:40 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=78166 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=76618 tunesmiff (George) From this week's Writers' Digest e-zine... g ================ 5 Things Television Teaches Writers Posted by Chuck We’ve all watched television—dramas, police procedurals, reality shows, newscasts. Although television is a different medium than writing, it provides an abundance of advice wrapped inside the programming that’s relevant to today’s writers. 1. Jump Right In—Television shows start smack in the middle of the action to grab and hold our attention from the get-go. This method... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:57:44 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=76618 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=76589 tunesmiff (George) ...reading is a writer's best secret weapon. Jason Blume Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:47:41 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=76589 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=76432 tunesmiff (George) Like Quincey Jones said, "The faucet opens and I've got to fill my bucket as long as it's running..." Brett Beavers Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:02:07 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=76432 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=76291 tunesmiff (George) You have to have the heart of a poet and the hide of a rhino. Brett Beavers Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:51:54 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=76291 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=75548 tunesmiff (George) from Rob Parnell's "Easy Way to Write" e-zine... applies no matter what we scribble... g Write Where You Started From Rob Parnell Many people write to me about writer's block. They hate it when the urge to write drops off in the middle of a novel or a non-fiction book or a screenplay, even during a short story. They worry about what that means. Are they really a writer? Has the Muse deserted them? Or is it symptomatic of some more serious psychological issue? Some writers worry... Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:41:21 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=75548 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=75547 tunesmiff (George) ... it's so important that we find a way for our creativity to have a chance to express itself., even though we all have responsibilities or day jobs or families or a hundred other obstacles in our way. If you focus on the obstacles, that's ll you're going to see. Jason Blume Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:39:01 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=75547 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=47168 tunesmiff (George) This is a question I've been hearing at work for three weeks now... What follows started out to be a song, but I don't know if it qualifies as such, or whether it'll become a seasonal e-mail spam-o'gram boinging it's way around the world-wide web (but that wouldn't be too bad either, I guess...) I s'pose you could say it's sort of a "Dr.-Seuss-meets-Deitrich-Bonhoeffer" kind of thing... maybe it'll become an animated Christmas special between Charlie Brown and the Grinch... In any even... Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:35:38 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=47168 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=46430 tunesmiff (George) New song lyrics for your consideration, comment, critique... Thanks; g =========================== WHEN A SOLDIER COMES HOME (c) 2008 G. Smith ------------------------------------------------------ V1: When a soldier comes home... From across the sea; Tears are shed... By his family. Tears of joy, That he's safe from harm, That once again, He's in their arms. When a soldier comes home. V2: When a soldier comes home... From a far away land Tears are shed... Over drea... Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:22:52 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=46430 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=41751 tunesmiff (George) One good thing from not making the cut over on MySpace for the Henry Poole Is Here song competition is that we've received some interest in the song. Granted, there's some editing required because the title and chorus limit its "universality" somewhat (though that hasn't stopped songs like "Live and Let Die" or "Angie" or "Georgia on My Mind"). So we're knee-deep in re-writing a line or two to keep the message, but open the audience. And the old adage, "Good is enemy to the best," is no... Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:17:26 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=41751 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=41137 tunesmiff (George) Glommed, and slightly edited (you guys know my wanna-be alter ego, English Teacher)... As always, thoughts, comments, etc.... g ====================== ----------------------- So, Who Really Cares? ----------------------- By Michael Anderson In this space I have previously presented ideas on the theme and subject matter of your songs—how important it is for the listener to be able to identify what you are talking about and understand what you are trying to say in regard to th... Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:35:30 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=41137 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=40881 tunesmiff (George) Here's a little something I surfed onto that explains why some things don't get beyond the mailbox... but it shouldn't serve to keep a writer from really writing what's true... perhaps there's a middle ground... Seems to come down to the real basic question of for whom/what you really write, right? g -------------------- Some Unspoken Rules for Writing Country Songs John Ims ------------ Certain approaches are preferred. For example, the singer must be put in a good light. We mus... Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:39:32 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=40881 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=38701 tunesmiff (George) I may aound like I'm protesting too much, but I don't really follow this show, however, I caught a commercial telling that tonight's show featured original songs by the remaining contestants. ... It took me a minute to get past Billy Ray's hair... but the 5 songs were varied and different styles... some even country... none better than some of what I've seen (and heard) here... The one thing that sticks out, though, in my mind, is the comment made by one of the judges, Big-n-Rich's John Ri... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:36:25 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=38701 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=38331 tunesmiff (George) ...but not discouraged... It seems that Henry Poole is... elsewhere... The five tunes chosen from the 3,450+ submitted are all a bit similar sounding to me... a little singer-songwritery... but that's okay... judging by my unscientific Poole Poll, most were slower than my/our submission... but then, if ya don't let 'em tell ya, "No," they'll never get a chance to say, "YEAH~!" So... good luck to Matt, Matt, Emma, Scarth, and Ron... And to those of y'all who gave a listen, thanks for... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:20:30 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=38331 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=37636 tunesmiff (George) About two weeks ago discovered the myspace site for a movie due out in August, that was hosting a contest to write a song for the movie, or at least the DVD of the movie... submission deadline midnight Friday, 6/23. Watch the trailer, write a song, have it recorded, and upload it... in a week and a half... Well, we did... The movie is (or will be) "Henry Poole is Here"... about a guy who is about to cash it all in when a nosey neighbor discovers a sacred face in his bad stucco job... just... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:08:55 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=37636 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=35793 tunesmiff (George) Well, actually, my co-writer and I've gotten a nibble... of sorts... This outfit in Littleton, Colorado, called Original Source Music, places songs in movies, TV, and commercials... and made us an offer on 11 songs... It doesn't mean anything right now financially as it only allows 'em to shop our music. If they manage to place anything, we'll get 50% of their deal and still own the songs for later if/when somebody finally hears 'em and wants to cut a cover of their very own. This is a... Tue, 27 May 2008 22:53:46 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=35793 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=33985 tunesmiff (George) I went on down to a book-signing AJAX and Denise were doin' in Newnan this afternoon, it being only about twenty or so miles south of whar I hangs me hat these days... pulled together a copy of the CD package I left with his busdriver in the sleet in January, rewroting the cover letter, fine-tuning the label layout, and then heading off I to South Court Square... I got there 25 minutes after things had started... and stood in line for another hour and a half... it wrapped down along La Grang... Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:07:24 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=33985 http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=29142 tunesmiff (George) Well, it's been two weeks plus now, and the music bidness didn't come crashing down... or knocking on my door, either, for that matter. I was forwarded an e-mail about CMT's taping of their "By Invitation Only" show with Alan Jackson. Well, on a whim and a prayer, I applied, figuring, what the heck, we did go to school together, and maybe I'll get to ask a question that'll let me bring that up... along with "pitching" a CD of current things that fit his sound. Nothing happened until the ... Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:54:05 EST http://www.soundclick.com/members/default.cfm?member=tunesmiff&content=myBlogs&id=29142