15th August 2012
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#1 | | Gear nut
Joined: Apr 2012
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Thread Starter | name your most inspirational song writing influences
mines are as follows
Babayface
Van Hunt
Prince
Jane child
the El debarge / Bunny debarge duo
Anita baker /Michael j powell duo
any more i think of ill add
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15th August 2012
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#2 | | Lives for gear
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Did Jane Child have anything other than "Dont Wanna Fall In Love"?
(great song, though..always played it when I DJ'd.)
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16th August 2012
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#3 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Jun 2008
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Tori Amos,Sheila Davis
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16th August 2012
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#4 | | Gear nut
Joined: Nov 2009 Location: Greater San Jose Metroplex
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tom waits
lowell george
eric taylor
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16th August 2012
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#5 | | Gear Dreamer
Joined: Jun 2010 Location: San Diego
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Actually, the best song on her first album was "Hey,Mr. Jones" about Jim Jones, Guyana, etc..never really got airplay, though...She put out a second album, "here,not there" I believe was the title...brilliant album! Still poppy, but a shitload darker!
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16th August 2012
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#6 | | Gear nut
Joined: Apr 2012
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Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by jdsowa  Did Jane Child have anything other than "Dont Wanna Fall In Love"?
(great song, though..always played it when I DJ'd.) | smh are you serious man? shes has three incredibly brilliant albums man :smh: her second album in 93 was so ahead of its time people didnt even start using her production techniques until the 2000s and surge was and electronic masterpiece man. not to be funny but she couldnt be my inspiration or influence with just one song man. i think id need a little more than that  | |
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16th August 2012
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#7 | | Gear nut
Joined: Apr 2012
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Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by baphomet1313 Actually, the best song on her first album was "Hey,Mr. Jones" about Jim Jones, Guyana, etc..never really got airplay, though...She put out a second album, "here,not there" I believe was the title...brilliant album! Still poppy, but a shitload darker!
Sent from my SPH-M910 using Gearslutz App | why would you name yourself baphomet man im seriously curios.
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16th August 2012
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#8 | | Gear nut
Joined: Apr 2012
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great thread lets keep it going tell me why these influences of your resignate with you and influence you.
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16th August 2012
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#9 | | Gear Dreamer
Joined: Jun 2010 Location: San Diego
Posts: 34
| Because I can...hahaha!
"why would you name yourself baphomet man im seriously curios."
Do you want the long or short answer to that? It has been my internet nick for years and years on any and all message boards/forums. You do know what a baphomet is, yes? If not, google it. I'm into the darker stuff, so it just kinda fits. No, I'm not a satanist or anything like that. Also, Baphomet was the leader of the monsters of Midian, which is just cool. Thank you for enlightening us all (or, at least, me) that Jane had a 3rd album. I always thought "Here, not There" was her last... Fantastic album, BTW!
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16th August 2012
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#10 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Dec 2004 Location: Lake Charles
Posts: 1,417
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Originally Posted by SOUND BOMBING smh are you serious man? shes has three incredibly brilliant albums man :smh: her second album in 93 was so ahead of its time people didnt even start using her production techniques until the 2000s and surge was and electronic masterpiece man. not to be funny but she couldnt be my inspiration or influence with just one song man. i think id need a little more than that | Do you have any clips of your own music? Would be curious to hear.
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16th August 2012
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#11 | | Gear Head
Joined: May 2012 Location: Seattle, WA
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In no particular order:
David Hidalgo
Billy Strayhorn
George Harrison
Prokofiev
Tchaikovsky
Bob Dylan
Mingus
Chico Buarque
Jobim
Moacir Santos
This list could get really long............
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17th August 2012
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#12 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 170
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Jersey guy here, and while I'm not a huge fan of Bruce (I know, treason) he's a phenomenal songwriter.
If you know what he's talking about in "Spirit in the Night" it's incredible how he took these different parts and stereotypes of NJ and their communities and put it into a song. Greasy Lake refers to Lakewood, he takes a stab at the "pineys" here....
So while I don't always listen to his music, the man can write.
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21st August 2012
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#13 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Monica, CA
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Stephen Foster, Randy Newman, Lucinda Williams.
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21st August 2012
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#14 | | Gear interested
Joined: Jul 2007 Location: Seattle
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Brian Wilson
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21st August 2012
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#15 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Oct 2007 Location: philadelphia
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At the moment I'm thinking,
Burt Bacharach
Brian Wilson
Debussy
Elliot Smith
Ennio Morricone
Bill Callahan
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21st August 2012
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#16 | | Banned
Joined: Mar 2011 Location: Portland, Maine
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Wow, some great stuff on here.
Jonathan Richman
Milton Nascimento
Jens Lekman
Paul Simon
Bela Bartok
Wayne Shorter
etc
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23rd August 2012
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#17 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Apr 2012 Location: Örebro
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Lennon/McCartney
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23rd August 2012
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#18 | | Gear Head
Joined: Jul 2009 Location: Australia
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Neil Finn and Bob D......
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23rd August 2012
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#19 | | Gear Head
Joined: Aug 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA
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In no particular order: - Neil Young (and to a lesser extent Stephen Stills)
- Kris Kristofferson
- Paul Simon
- Lennon/McCartney
- Willie Nelson
- Bob Marley
- James McMurtry
- R.E.M.
- Gillian Welch/Dave Rawlings
- Hank Williams
- Tom Petty
- Richard Thompson
- Steve Earle
- Robert Earl Keen
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23rd August 2012
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#20 | | Gear nut
Joined: Oct 2011
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I think many of even the best songwriters strike gold maybe 5-10% of the time, while the rest of their output is underwhelming. As music fans, we tend to be very forgiving.
However, some that I've found consistently excellent:
Joni Mitchell
Nick Drake
Fiona Apple
Regina Spektor
Beatles
90s-era Dave Matthews
70s-era Pink Floyd
Rumours-era Fleetwood Mac
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23rd August 2012
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#21 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Jun 2011
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Stevie Wonder and Todd Rundgren. And I don't even do that kind of music today. Anyway, basically I like songwriters that could take a simple structure and twist it so it's refreshing again. Stevie Wonder is an excellent example as he uses jazz chords, even half-step scale changes for pop tunes. Todd is famous for his cluster chord structuring around pop songs even if he admits he got inspired by Laura Nyro for that.
It just shows that if you are creative you could turn a typical pop song so something really special. Another good example actually are all the XTC pop songs over the time. Pop but with a cool twist.
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25th August 2012
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#22 | | Gear nut
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 145
Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by baphomet1313 "why would you name yourself baphomet man im seriously curios."
Do you want the long or short answer to that? It has been my internet nick for years and years on any and all message boards/forums. You do know what a baphomet is, yes? If not, google it. I'm into the darker stuff, so it just kinda fits. No, I'm not a satanist or anything like that. Also, Baphomet was the leader of the monsters of Midian, which is just cool. Thank you for enlightening us all (or, at least, me) that Jane had a 3rd album. I always thought "Here, not There" was her last... Fantastic album, BTW! | yeah im very familiar with what a baphomet is thats why i asked why u called yourself that instead of what it is give me the long answer to i love to read on forums. And ephin wow your up on here not there?! that album was beyond incredible man. she had rock funk new jack swing elements everything on that album man. shes so brilliant man. How did you know about here not there? most of us jane fans are like a underground cult lol and your already enlightened bro if you atleast new abut or heard here not there so i cant take any credit also what do you play and what type of music you produce?
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25th August 2012
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#23 | | Gear nut
Joined: Apr 2012
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Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by jdsowa Do you have any clips of your own music? Would be curious to hear. | im not being disrespectful but im curious as to what would make you curious to hear my grooves   im being real id love to hear a answer.
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25th August 2012
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#24 | | Gear nut
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 145
Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by Irefay Agondray In no particular order:
David Hidalgo
Billy Strayhorn
George Harrison
Prokofiev
Tchaikovsky
Bob Dylan
Mingus
Chico Buarque
Jobim
Moacir Santos
This list could get really long............ |   havent seen anyone mention charlie on a board yet | |
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25th August 2012
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#25 | | Gear nut
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 145
Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by timsmolens Brian Wilson | brains a beast.
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25th August 2012
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#26 | | Gear nut
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 145
Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by sfsonarboy In no particular order: - Neil Young (and to a lesser extent Stephen Stills)
- Kris Kristofferson
- Paul Simon
- Lennon/McCartney
- Willie Nelson
- Bob Marley
- James McMurtry
- R.E.M.
- Gillian Welch/Dave Rawlings
- Hank Williams
- Tom Petty
- Richard Thompson
- Steve Earle
- Robert Earl Keen
| beautiful list. is it true i heard a while back neil wrote and arranged all the stuff or the monkeys?
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25th August 2012
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#27 | | Gear nut
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 145
Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by sfsonarboy In no particular order: - Neil Young (and to a lesser extent Stephen Stills)
- Kris Kristofferson
- Paul Simon
- Lennon/McCartney
- Willie Nelson
- Bob Marley
- James McMurtry
- R.E.M.
- Gillian Welch/Dave Rawlings
- Hank Williams
- Tom Petty
- Richard Thompson
- Steve Earle
- Robert Earl Keen
| also t petty is the shit. love him. i stick by this statement and ''i wont back down'' | |
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25th August 2012
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#28 | | Gear nut
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 145
Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by ksandvik Stevie Wonder and Todd Rundgren. And I don't even do that kind of music today. Anyway, basically I like songwriters that could take a simple structure and twist it so it's refreshing again. Stevie Wonder is an excellent example as he uses jazz chords, even half-step scale changes for pop tunes. Todd is famous for his cluster chord structuring around pop songs even if he admits he got inspired by Laura Nyro for that.
It just shows that if you are creative you could turn a typical pop song so something really special. Another good example actually are all the XTC pop songs over the time. Pop but with a cool twist. | Stevie is on a whole nother planet man. hes one of the few artist outside of Prince i dont even bring up in music discussions and frank zappa and roger troutman because its not fair to other musicians | |
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25th August 2012
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#29 | | Gear nut
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 145
Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by Miharbi I think many of even the best songwriters strike gold maybe 5-10% of the time, while the rest of their output is underwhelming. As music fans, we tend to be very forgiving.
However, some that I've found consistently excellent:
Joni Mitchell
Nick Drake
Fiona Apple
Regina Spektor
Beatles
90s-era Dave Matthews
70s-era Pink Floyd
Rumours-era Fleetwood Mac | joni is awesome
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25th August 2012
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#30 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Dec 2004 Location: Lake Charles
Posts: 1,417
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Originally Posted by SOUND BOMBING im not being disrespectful but im curious as to what would make you curious to hear my grooves im being real id love to hear a answer. | Because your influences are interesting and unusual.
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