Happy Anniversary To Me!
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 7:19 am
Today is my ten year anniversary at SongFight!. I had actually bumped into it a couple of months prior, but the 7th was the day that I signed up.
While going to community college in Albuquerque in the mid 90's, I took a music class that required us to compose a piece of music. We performed the compositions in class. I titled mine "Hounded By A Duck In C# Minor". Oddly, I was the only one that titled their song. That night while in bed, I was thinking of the day's music and wondering what people would have called their songs. I got myself to laughing so much that I got up and wrote all of the titles down. I swore that I'd write songs to the titles, which I did. This proved quite successful, so I started writing 10 to 12 titles on a piece of paper, then write and (4-track) record the songs. Write another 10 to 12 titles, repeat. Eventually it turned into composition books full of titles, then songs, etc. Fast forward several years, and hundreds and hundreds of songs later to when I met SongFight! and discovered the title first approach here. Imagine my delight! Heaven.
I wrote and recorded four or five songs, Shoot For Tuesday was one, but didn't submit until I thought I had one good enough. I also wrote reviews before sending in my first song as well. I took some deserved punches, got a few nods of approval, and settled in. I have covered dozens of other fighters and 'real' artists songs while here, won a few fights eventually, Blue Lang awarded me a guitar pedal in a coverfight, I was the unofficial Mr.10,000 for the 10,000th song submitted, have forgotten many of the aliases that I've submitted as and have of course, the most submissions by a single artist so far. Ha. Good luck beating me there!
So. Here I am. I've learned a lot, a real lot, and made a fan or two while punishing many an ear drum in the process. I am a fan of most everyone here's music, love the process involved, and respect everyone's opinions and perspectives. Thank you all for a great ten years. Here's to another ten years and LONG LIVE SONGFIGHT!
While going to community college in Albuquerque in the mid 90's, I took a music class that required us to compose a piece of music. We performed the compositions in class. I titled mine "Hounded By A Duck In C# Minor". Oddly, I was the only one that titled their song. That night while in bed, I was thinking of the day's music and wondering what people would have called their songs. I got myself to laughing so much that I got up and wrote all of the titles down. I swore that I'd write songs to the titles, which I did. This proved quite successful, so I started writing 10 to 12 titles on a piece of paper, then write and (4-track) record the songs. Write another 10 to 12 titles, repeat. Eventually it turned into composition books full of titles, then songs, etc. Fast forward several years, and hundreds and hundreds of songs later to when I met SongFight! and discovered the title first approach here. Imagine my delight! Heaven.
I wrote and recorded four or five songs, Shoot For Tuesday was one, but didn't submit until I thought I had one good enough. I also wrote reviews before sending in my first song as well. I took some deserved punches, got a few nods of approval, and settled in. I have covered dozens of other fighters and 'real' artists songs while here, won a few fights eventually, Blue Lang awarded me a guitar pedal in a coverfight, I was the unofficial Mr.10,000 for the 10,000th song submitted, have forgotten many of the aliases that I've submitted as and have of course, the most submissions by a single artist so far. Ha. Good luck beating me there!
So. Here I am. I've learned a lot, a real lot, and made a fan or two while punishing many an ear drum in the process. I am a fan of most everyone here's music, love the process involved, and respect everyone's opinions and perspectives. Thank you all for a great ten years. Here's to another ten years and LONG LIVE SONGFIGHT!