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Afterword: Yay, did it! I wrote a song last night and today (2nd March) to celebrate. I can't escape from songs! It hasn't got words yet, but I quite like it - I meant to do a fast, heavy rocker this year and didn't get round to it: https://yeslessness.bandcamp.com/track/out-of-air
I'm just a mild-mannered librarian, so please no loud noises.
I want to hear any suggestions you have to improve the songs btw, thanks!
I don't know who my influences are: I don't think I'm all that successful at sounding like other people, especially when I try. I like the Kinks though. Aphex Twins old stuff. Some Fleet Foxes. I had Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness in my walkman for most of 1996 (120 minute tape). I have a thing for Entombed. Fallin', the Teenage Fanclub/De La Soul crossover is rad. Just The Way You Are does strange things to me, as does almost the entirety of ABBA Gold.
[note to self: Titular suggested (or *suggested very similar) "Burn The Female"; "Only Christmas"; "If You Don't Forgive"; "Japanese Virgin Knights" (solid band name!); "We Are The Teenagers"; "Goodnight (gentle)"; *"Don't Fix Me Now"; "An Ode"; *"The Right Wrong Time"; "Ladies Without Roses"; *"Messiah, Moi?"; "Bethlehem Shuffle"; *"A Little Light Pollution"; "Missed A Bit"; "Peaches & Braids"; "Landslide in Me"; "I Feel Weird"; *"English Friendship"; *"Zephyr Falls"; "I Am Your Girlfriend"; "Leave To The Tides"; "Lock Me Up"; *"Gum Butcher"; *"Dear Idiot"
I'm just a mild-mannered librarian, so please no loud noises.
I want to hear any suggestions you have to improve the songs btw, thanks!
I don't know who my influences are: I don't think I'm all that successful at sounding like other people, especially when I try. I like the Kinks though. Aphex Twins old stuff. Some Fleet Foxes. I had Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness in my walkman for most of 1996 (120 minute tape). I have a thing for Entombed. Fallin', the Teenage Fanclub/De La Soul crossover is rad. Just The Way You Are does strange things to me, as does almost the entirety of ABBA Gold.
[note to self: Titular suggested (or *suggested very similar) "Burn The Female"; "Only Christmas"; "If You Don't Forgive"; "Japanese Virgin Knights" (solid band name!); "We Are The Teenagers"; "Goodnight (gentle)"; *"Don't Fix Me Now"; "An Ode"; *"The Right Wrong Time"; "Ladies Without Roses"; *"Messiah, Moi?"; "Bethlehem Shuffle"; *"A Little Light Pollution"; "Missed A Bit"; "Peaches & Braids"; "Landslide in Me"; "I Feel Weird"; *"English Friendship"; *"Zephyr Falls"; "I Am Your Girlfriend"; "Leave To The Tides"; "Lock Me Up"; *"Gum Butcher"; *"Dear Idiot"
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You should jump aboard the Discord thing - lots of discussion on there about the competition etc. You should have got an email invite from Micah, but if not, this will probably work: https://discord.gg/WBegn3NA Never created an invite before, so no idea if it will actually work...