Hardcore grants us immediate legitimacy for just doing the damn thing. For those of us who came to punk as neglected kids, that can be easy to get forget.
Chuckled at the mention of Washburn..lots of folks in punk bands here seemed to be playing them for a while and I was actually looking at one for like 100euros one buy n'sell website here last night thinking "hmmm..that might be a bargain"
This is such a lovely piece. I'm having to reteach myself how to play bass; I injured my right wrist in a way that means playing left handed is the only option. It's been a really eye-opening experience. I used to be really precise, a big perfectionist I think to my detriment. Now having to relearn left handed, it's more loose, just about knowing I can still *play* somehow, and I actually think I'm a better player. Maybe not technically anymore, but I feel the vibes are better.
I relate heavily to your writing process of making shit up and if it sounds good it is good. My songwriting brain works exclusively on fretboard patterns and not notes. I rarely know the notes in my chords. It results in something interesting and emotionally driven where I follow the feeling I'm trying to convey.
Obviously, this is a much different kind of music, but your brother's comments about your guitar playing reminded me of a composer who arranged Aphex Twin songs for string quartet. She had to try using conventional music notation, but they just don't fit - she said someone who read and wrote music would never have composed these songs.
Norman, I just have a observation maybe there is a question in there somewhere. In this article you mentioned the Dead Kennedys. The mentioning of the Dead Kennedys reminded me of an article I read In the February 2000 issue of spin magazine entitled "Punk on trial". Basically it was about the Dead Kennedys suing jello Biafra in regards over who owns the rights to the DK songs. If you ever come across the article it is quite fascinating. I'm not a songwriter and only have a little bit of an idea about what music collaboration actually entails but the DK song writing process was quite interesting. Jello would "hum" what he wanted the music to sound like and the rest of the DK would turn these "hums" into music. The judge in the case cited with the other members of DK and took ownership of DK songs out of Jello's hands because "The hums" didn't merit that Jello was involved in "the actual song writing process." What is your opinion? For some reason while writing this I am reminded of something Buckmister Fuller, the architect, said in an interview with Playboy magazine in their Feb. 1972 issue. "Something hit me very hard once, thinking about what one little man could do. Think of the Queen Elizabeth. The whole ship goes by and then comes the rudder. And there's a tiny thing on the edge of the rudder called a trim tab. It's a miniature rudder. Just moving that little trim tab builds a low pressure that pulls the rudder around. It takes almost no effort at all. So I said that the individual can be a trim tab. ...If you're doing dynamic things mentally the fact is that you can just put your foot out like that, and the whole ship of state is going to turn around. So I said, 'Call me Trim Tab.'" Would jello Biafra be the trim tab in the DK song writing process?
Humming is writing. Absolutely. In fact, there is a pop songwriter named Benny Blanco who has written hit songs for Maroon 5, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Rihanna, and many others and very proudly says that he is incapable of playing any instrument well. I remember listening to a podcast interview with him where he talks about humming a lot. A lot of people I know (including myself) have tons of Voice Notes on our phones with us humming parts. I have beatboxed drum parts that I cannot play on the drums; that doesn't mean I didn't "write" that part. Songwriting is about using every tool you have to make the thing.
Chuckled at the mention of Washburn..lots of folks in punk bands here seemed to be playing them for a while and I was actually looking at one for like 100euros one buy n'sell website here last night thinking "hmmm..that might be a bargain"
This is such a lovely piece. I'm having to reteach myself how to play bass; I injured my right wrist in a way that means playing left handed is the only option. It's been a really eye-opening experience. I used to be really precise, a big perfectionist I think to my detriment. Now having to relearn left handed, it's more loose, just about knowing I can still *play* somehow, and I actually think I'm a better player. Maybe not technically anymore, but I feel the vibes are better.
I relate heavily to your writing process of making shit up and if it sounds good it is good. My songwriting brain works exclusively on fretboard patterns and not notes. I rarely know the notes in my chords. It results in something interesting and emotionally driven where I follow the feeling I'm trying to convey.
Obviously, this is a much different kind of music, but your brother's comments about your guitar playing reminded me of a composer who arranged Aphex Twin songs for string quartet. She had to try using conventional music notation, but they just don't fit - she said someone who read and wrote music would never have composed these songs.
Recently I picked up the guitar for the first time in around 20 years. Gonna come back to this when I get frustrated. Thank you.
Norman, I just have a observation maybe there is a question in there somewhere. In this article you mentioned the Dead Kennedys. The mentioning of the Dead Kennedys reminded me of an article I read In the February 2000 issue of spin magazine entitled "Punk on trial". Basically it was about the Dead Kennedys suing jello Biafra in regards over who owns the rights to the DK songs. If you ever come across the article it is quite fascinating. I'm not a songwriter and only have a little bit of an idea about what music collaboration actually entails but the DK song writing process was quite interesting. Jello would "hum" what he wanted the music to sound like and the rest of the DK would turn these "hums" into music. The judge in the case cited with the other members of DK and took ownership of DK songs out of Jello's hands because "The hums" didn't merit that Jello was involved in "the actual song writing process." What is your opinion? For some reason while writing this I am reminded of something Buckmister Fuller, the architect, said in an interview with Playboy magazine in their Feb. 1972 issue. "Something hit me very hard once, thinking about what one little man could do. Think of the Queen Elizabeth. The whole ship goes by and then comes the rudder. And there's a tiny thing on the edge of the rudder called a trim tab. It's a miniature rudder. Just moving that little trim tab builds a low pressure that pulls the rudder around. It takes almost no effort at all. So I said that the individual can be a trim tab. ...If you're doing dynamic things mentally the fact is that you can just put your foot out like that, and the whole ship of state is going to turn around. So I said, 'Call me Trim Tab.'" Would jello Biafra be the trim tab in the DK song writing process?
Humming is writing. Absolutely. In fact, there is a pop songwriter named Benny Blanco who has written hit songs for Maroon 5, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Rihanna, and many others and very proudly says that he is incapable of playing any instrument well. I remember listening to a podcast interview with him where he talks about humming a lot. A lot of people I know (including myself) have tons of Voice Notes on our phones with us humming parts. I have beatboxed drum parts that I cannot play on the drums; that doesn't mean I didn't "write" that part. Songwriting is about using every tool you have to make the thing.