How Exactly do you WRITE this stuff?

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Brian Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19321 Des Moines, Iowa, USA	Posted on Oct 17 2006 06:50 PM Like this? Ferenc on Songwriting — Site dude - S3 Agent #202 Need help with the site? SG101 FAQ - Send me a private message - Email me "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea Top
outsides Joined: Jul 08, 2006 Posts: 460 NorCal	Posted on Oct 17 2006 06:56 PM Duuuuuude! Thanks! -outsides- Top
SurfBandBill Joined: Mar 15, 2006 Posts: 1487 San Francisco	Posted on Oct 17 2006 07:23 PM Yeah, that's always what I hearken back to. As I recall, it was actually a response to a similar question which I'd posed to the yahoo group some years back when I started. In many ways, that's a lot of why I wanted to add my two cents in this thread -- I remember how much help that was to me at the time. ~B~ Top
nocoastsurfer Joined: Oct 30, 2006 Posts: 8 midwest	Posted on Oct 30 2006 09:06 PM if you are new, and which by the way, new to the forum here folks!, anyway, new to surf like i was not too long ago, just write a song like you would normally, chord prog. first then come up with a melody and play it with the guitar rather than sing it. it works every time and its awesome! — get coosta mingy!!! www.myspace.com/nocoastsurfers Top
badash Joined: Aug 18, 2006 Posts: 1732	Posted on Nov 07 2006 11:03 AM rent lots of late 60s italian and euro influenced movies. Fun ones, not dark ones... Between songs provide your own soundtrack by whistling. You'll come up with any number of hooks... It's not just the music, but once you've absorbed the music and combined it with the surf music in your head, even the visuals, clothes, hair, everything just puts me in a certain headspace... Top
ghunt Joined: Nov 09, 2006 Posts: 37 Alhambra, CA	Posted on Nov 09 2006 01:45 PM There's a lot of inspiration to be found in traditional folk songs, particularly the melody & structure. Talip Ozkan from Turkey plays an instrument called a saz and I'm surprised his songs haven't been covered by a surf band yet. Top

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