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i_sometimes

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3. I was a punk rocker

Reply to GReedDiamond (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 09:40 AM

Jan 2012

before I got into The Dead! I had to learn more than three chords though to follow along.

I have no tips for writing lyrics though, my head is full of songs, so much so that when I do write, I can see the traces of them, especially the Indigo Girls.

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I wanna write some lyrics. Give me some homework! [View all] Taverner Jan 2012 OP

Oh and please don't say Dylan. Only Dylan can write like Dylan. Taverner Jan 2012 #1

I was a Deadhead before I was a "punk rocker"... GReedDiamond Jan 2012 #2

I was a punk rocker i_sometimes Jan 2012 #3

Some of my favorite song writers? jeepnstein Jan 2012 #4

how about Tom Petty or Neil Young? try to make it rhyme. limpyhobbler Jan 2012 #5

how about Leonard Cohen Whisp Jan 2012 #6

Ooh. OK. That works. Everybody knows.... Taverner Jan 2012 #7

Tower of Song, yum Whisp Jan 2012 #8

ok, I'll give you some homework. Whisp Jan 2012 #9

I tried this and it worked! Taverner Feb 2012 #11

yay. you going to post what you did? Whisp Feb 2012 #12

The Church, Steve Kilbey is an excellent lyricist. Saving Hawaii Feb 2012 #10