Hey Phill, Thanks I think so too. With the radio, the people with the job of picking what was played usually went with what they felt would make the most commercial sense for the radio station. I enjoy all the options I have to choose from which really makes me feel like I'm in power for a change.
1,477 2009-03-03 02:33:49
Re: "Drinking From the Ocean" (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Kenny and Selso - I am just thankful that there is so much music out here to explore.
1,478 2009-03-01 21:25:04
Re: A Challenge - Story Songs (10 replies, posted in Songwriting)
daddycool wrote:
hi jeff i've written a lovely story/song after watching blazing saddles,its called baked bean chorus,i shall post it in songwriting....stay cool
Hey Robert - It's a great one too. Well done
1,479 2009-02-27 04:40:19
Re: "Drinking From the Ocean" (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Lena - There is so much music I listen to now and the funny thing is I usually only listen to the news on the radio.
1,480 2009-02-27 03:55:32
Re: Road songs (40 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I thought the line was My Goat knows the bowling score?
1,481 2009-02-26 01:29:47
Re: "Drinking From the Ocean" (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Robert - I just get mad for all the great thinkers and artist who never get to the airwaves because someone thinks they are not commercial enough... Not sure where I fit in there now but I for sure know where I would have fit in the 60s and 70s.
1,482 2009-02-26 01:26:24
Re: A Challenge - Story Songs (10 replies, posted in Songwriting)
It's all good selso! It took me forever when I first started here.
1,483 2009-02-25 12:38:11
Re: A Challenge - Story Songs (10 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Spot on Roger! I'm sure there are stories in our collective heads out there that need to end up as songs. I really love story songs.
1,484 2009-02-25 04:54:15
Topic: "Drinking From the Ocean" (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
There is a limitless amount of music out here on the World Wide Web and I am finding that there were and still are a great many talented singers and songwriters who have some very thought provoking ideas that I would have never heard if I hadn’t found them on the various music pages out here on the internet. I find it very irritating that I was forced to listen to what a relatively small number of people felt was safe to play or deemed radio worthy.
Drinking From the Ocean By Jeff Gilpin
February 24th, 2009
Verse 1
[Am]I grew up believing [G]that
The [Am]world was out there for me [G]living
[Am]Life out there for me to see [G]and
[C]Find out what [G]I was meant to [F]be [G]
Verse 2
[Am]Thought I’d seen all that’s out [G]there
The [Am]thoughts and words for me to [G]hear
And [Am]make my mind up for my[G]self
[C]If I under[G]stood the meaning [F]clear [G]
Chorus
But [F]clarity’s evasive
If the [C]governor is on
[G]Filtering what’s played
De[F]nying oh so many [Am]songs [G]
Verse 3
[Am]Words some don’t agree with
[G]Someone [Am]else’s grandiose i[G]deas
[Am]These just mightbe [G]dangerous
[C]So they thought it [G]best to steer us [F]clear [G]
Verse 4
[Am]Me I prefer to [G]steer
[Am]When the boat I’m steering [G]is my
[Am]Mind so I can find my way [G]not some
[C]Other’s view of [G]what I need [F]find [G]
Chorus
[F]Drinking from a trickling faucet
Was an [C]ocean out there
Drips [G]dropped not satisfying
But now the [F]answer to my [Am]prayers [G]
Verse 5
To[Am]day I listen wide and [G]far
To [Am]all that I have time to [G]hear and
[Am]Think about con[G]sidering
[C]Other’s thoughts from [G]far and [F]wide[G]
Verse 6
I [Am]do not always agree [G]with the
[Am]Thoughts so far away from [G]me but
[Am]Considering where they’re coming [G]from
I [C]try and keep [G]my mind far from [F]shut [G]
Chorus
[F]Drinking from the ocean
[C]So long denied
Not [G]withered as I feared
A [F]healthy spark of life still in[G]side [Am]
© Jeff Gilpin 2009
1,485 2009-02-25 00:04:59
Re: Saturday Night..challenge (7 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Yep I've been to a party or two like that...something tells me the rest of the night was less eventful... Good song and good story
1,486 2009-02-24 04:26:19
Topic: A Challenge - Story Songs (10 replies, posted in Songwriting)
So this is a challenge to all who frequent this forum. If you don't take this challenge I will go on about my life just fine and I will not feel any different towards you. The challenge is simple: write a story song. What is a story song? I am glad you...err...I asked! A story song is a song that is as good as a short story in my opinion. Some of my current favorites are: Cold Missouri Water, 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, A Boy Named Sue...there are many out there. Use whatever chords you want and tell a story in a song. That's it....on your mark...get set ...go! I'll try too but I sometimes find it tough...but I'll try.
1,487 2009-02-24 01:44:16
Re: "Looking Up" (25 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thank you very much Phill. I was fortunate enough to get some great great backing tracks.
1,488 2009-02-22 23:52:39
Re: "Looking Up" (25 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hey Selso - Thanks - Better coming too. There are a few tracks in work that are better than this in my opinion but not quite finished mixing yet.
1,489 2009-02-22 21:01:18
Re: "Value Her" (13 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hey Roger - I need to go to the other forum sometime because I missed this one. I will play it later but fingers are a little tender right now from practice today. Phill did a very good job on these words though.
1,490 2009-02-22 20:57:39
Re: "Looking Up" (25 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Ken -Yep very pleased. We still have quite a few more tracks to complete but if the first one out of the shoot is any indication of how the rest will turn out it should be a pretty good set of my music.
1,491 2009-02-22 15:29:48
Re: "Looking Up" (25 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Ark and Russ - It took a lot of work and a great job mixing which I owe to Mike Trella. Both Jan and Mike is a MySpace Friends of mine if you and they have great music of their own as well. Check them out: www.myspace.com/stupidsexytrella & www.myspace.com/lovingit_music
1,492 2009-02-21 21:04:03
Re: "Looking Up" (25 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks very much Roger. The backing singer is Jan Delucien. She has a much better singing voice than me in my opinion and was gracious enough to give me a hand or her voice in this case.
1,493 2009-02-21 14:45:51
Re: "Looking Up" (25 replies, posted in Songwriting)
I just wanted to let everyone know that "Looking Up" has now been properly mixed and is up on my myspace artist page at http://www.myspace.com/stilljeffgilpin
Stop by, have a listen and let me know what you think.
Thanks,
Jeff/jets60
1,494 2009-02-15 17:32:32
Re: "Don’t Want to Chase Sam Adams" (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hey Selso. Thanks, I'd be honored so please share.
1,495 2009-02-15 03:26:49
Re: "Don’t Want to Chase Sam Adams" (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks you all. There are sure better ways to get back up but I understand and sympathize with those who have fallen due to drink and drugs. Sorry to be slow responding. I've been spending time with the wife after a bit of working odd shifts.
1,496 2009-02-12 17:45:30
Re: "Outside My Comfort Zone" (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Robert and Russ - It is something that the things we are most afraid of ends up such a large part of our lives.
1,497 2009-02-12 17:37:30
Topic: "Don’t Want to Chase Sam Adams" (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
So I was driving to work yesterday when this yellow mustang flies past me and I see this Samuel Adams beer truck up ahead and it looked like this mustang was chasing the beer truck. That got me to thinking and one thing led to another and there you go. For the rest of the song well I was fortunate enough to grow up with a father who was able to recover from serious troubles with drinking that could have ended his life way before I was ever born. So I grew up around his constant struggles to resist the urges that for some are pretty strong. It always helps me to remind myself that self destruction is never too far away and the only one keeping me from it is me.
Don’t Want to Chase Sam Adams By Jeff Gilpin
February 12th, 2009
Verse 1
Don’t [D]want to chase Sam Adams
[A]Only to find Jim [G]Beam
A [D]dangerous path to be going [A]down
Don’t want to [G]drown away my [D]sorrows
[A]Try and forget my [G]pain
In [D]places where no [A]solace can be [G]found [A]
Verse 2
Don’t [D]wanna take a ride down those
[A]Self destructive [G]roads
That [D]lead only to where the desperate [A]meet
Just de[G]nial and dis[D]tractions
And a [A]bad end in the [G]end
There [D]is no for[A]giveness on the [G]streets [A]
Chorus
[G]Gotta live with the peaks and the [D]valleys
[A]Even those valleys oh so [G]low [A]
[G]Bad times and good times keep no [D]tallies
[Bm]So either hang out at the bottom or you [A]go [A7]
Verse 3
[D]Try to find a way
That’s [A]much more posi[G]tive
[D]Away from that spiral going [A]down
[G]The rugged slope you’re [D]climbing
Will [A]level off in [G]time
And you’ll [D]find yourself a[A]gain on level [G]ground
Verse 4
[D]Unless you let despair in
By [A]digging at your [G]wounds
[D]Worrying what worries got you [A]to
[G]Better ways and [D]better days
Can [A]rise and shine if [G]you
[D]Pull yourself out [A]of that pitty [G]pool
Chorus
[G]Climb back to the peaks out of the [D]valleys
[A]Even though you think that you can’t [G]go [A]
[G]Only one way to get out of [D]these
[A]One step … than a[G]nother…there you [D]go
1,498 2009-02-12 06:42:20
Re: Someone asked me a question - Promoting your recording efforts (4 replies, posted in Recording)
Thanks Toney and Russ - I know I have to get into performing (what my latest song is a little about) so I just need to find a place. The CD is about half done right now and pretty good if I do say so. Russ I'll send you an email tomorrow to catch you up on the details. Needless to say I could never have gotten this far without Chordie and all my Chordie friends like you two.
Take care,
Jeff
1,499 2009-02-11 18:48:19
Topic: Someone asked me a question - Promoting your recording efforts (4 replies, posted in Recording)
Okay so I was at a recording session this weekend where we were recording the drum tracks for my songs I'll Never Get Tired of You, Unspoken Thoughts of Mortality and You'll Come Back Home. While we were between songs the drummer asked me what I plan on doing once I get the CD done and my answer was that I hadn't really thought it through. So how does one go about promoting your music? I have some ideas but really zero experience at it. By the way the CD is coming along and sounding real good but it sure has been a slow process. Any I have 4 songs complete, 3 near, and 3 with a lot of work to do.
1,500 2009-02-11 18:39:39
Re: Gaza (10 replies, posted in Poems)
Russell_Harding wrote:
yes it is getting deep, must put my boots on
LMAO...funny Russ