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Let's have a contest! The first five people to post, on this thread, a link to a rough demo will be entered into a poll. Whoever then gets the most votes will win. I'll do the winner a one man band demo with guitars and/or midi instruments. If it's a male vocal I'll sing it. Heck, if it's a female vocal, I'll pay Heather Cowles to sing it.

So here are the rules. It must be a full song, lyrics, melody and chords. You must post a link so we can hear a work demo of it (guitar or keyboard and rough vocal...don't worry about the performance, we'll be judging the song). Only one song per person. The first five posted here will then be put into a separate post with a poll. Then people will have a week to vote for their favorite. We can vote in the poll anonymously if we wish. Whoever wins in a week...gets the demo.

Once we get the first five songs I'll start up a polling thread.

EDIT Well the first five are up, you can go here and vote for your favorites:
http://www.jpfolks.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/621844/page/1#Post621844


All the Best,
Mike

Mike, I'm jumpin' in this contest feet first...i wrote this lyric a few weeks ago, thought i had a co-writer in Nashville, they got busy and backed out, i woke up thismorning , wrote this music and did this rough worktape myself....thanks for the opportunity...Moker

here's the link....

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6592517



The Other Side of Love



You stood there in the doorway and I thought...Wow

If I could work my charms and you needed me somehow

It sure would feel good to be in Love again

things'd brighten up, my friends'd wonder where I been



Nothin' beats the mystery of the moment when you know

your starin' in your lovers eyes and about to let go

all the fear is set aside it feels good to lose control

nothing can convince away what your body tells your soul

But the magic of it all only lasts so long

and the Other Side of Love, yeah the Other Side of Love

is when you wonder where love's gone



I remember little things like it was yesterday

how we'd get up for breakfast and go back to bed to play

'n' I reckon there's a part of me that's sad it's through

'n' I figure you ain't comin' back, but still I hope you do



cos...

Nothin' beats the mystery of the moment when you know

your starin' in your lovers eyes and about to let go

all the fear is set aside it feels good to lose control

nothing can convince away what your body tells your soul

But the magic of it all only lasts so long

and the Other Side of Love, yeah the Other Side of Love

is when you wonder where love's gone



Bridge:

I may be one of a million fools for settin' my heart up to break

but I've laughed away my tears and that's a chance I'll take



cos...

Nothin' beats the mystery of the moment when you know

your starin' in your lovers eyes and about to let go

all the fear is set aside it feels good to lose control

nothing can convince away what your body tells your soul

But the magic of it all only lasts so long

and the Other Side of Love, yeah the Other Side of Love

is when you wonder where love's gone


(C)2008 Moker Jarrett/ASCAP

all rights reserved

Hi Mike,

I'm throwing Janice and me into this lil contest.

Link to song is: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=839890&songID=6584343

Thanks fo doing this for us!

John

I Played A Round
John Crandall & Janice Hopkins

[v]
I needed a change, a pick me up
Something to break the routine
Caught in the same ol' day to day
Could I be losing my steam
I hadn't played in over ten years
Since she wore her weddin' gown
Left work early, thinkin' single
Been too long since I played a round

So I headed out to the edge of town
If she found out, I may never live it down

[Chorus]
I Played A Round
Put together a twosome
Been needin' a change
Life's been gettin' gruesome
Bored with the same ol' thing
Needed to know if I still could swing
Yeah....I Played A Round
Forgive me...but, I Played A Round

[v]
I got home late, she asked where I'd been
Said, "I called your work today"
They told her I skipped out 'bout two
With a devilish smile on my face
Now I'm hooked on something exciting
Don't care 'bout the hazards ahead
May be in the rough with a bad lie
Ain't thinkin' what's 'round the bend

Short on my strokes, I'll be chippin' away
I may not be playin' in a fair way

[Chorus]

[bridge]
I came home early, with some player's remorse
Handed her flowers when she opened the door
I said...Let's ship the kids off..It'll do us both good
Baby tonight...I'm playin' my favorite course

[Final Chorus]
Then I Played A Round
Made us a twosome
Been needin' a change
Life's been gettin' gruesome
Bored with the same ol' thing
Needed to know if we still could swing
Yeah...I Played A Round
uhh...huh...
We're quite a twosome...we got down
That's right...I Played A Round
Yeah I Played A Round

I think this is one of my better lyrics -- not perfect, but OK. This line "Too far from last weekend to remember a thrill" is a little long, but I was figurig it out by the song's end.

Edit: I have a word version with the chords written in. It can be sung by a male or a female.

MP3: http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6312081

Kevin

***************************************************
A Wednesday Type of a Girl
(c) Kevin Emmrich 2008

(v1) She was stuck in the middle
Never left or right
Her emotions were a prairie
No mountain or valley in sight

(v2)It was not long ago
When she took stock of her life
And knew she was missing
Some of the best Saturday nights

(chorus) She was a Wednesday type of girl
Too far from last weekend to remember a thrill
Too far from the next one to get even a chill
But she swears ------ that’s all over
And the time now has come
She’s Looking for her fun
The change to a Saturday girl has begun

(v3)So she changed her hairstyle
Went for bold colors and bright
So maybe those new jeans she bought
Just fit her ---- a little too tight

(v4) She took up dancing and the gym
And met a young man named Bill
He thought her exciting and fresh
He was so happy to have a Saturday girl

(chorus again)

Instrumental Break (chorus)

(Bridge) After many calendar pages have been turned
and grandchildren look at her for guiding words
she looks back at them and smiles
and just says, "Be a Saturday child"

(chorus again)

The change to a Saturday girl has been done ----------

********************************************************

count me in! chart available. (if I'm lucky enough to win, I'd like do the vocals on the demo) Thanks for the chance, Mike!

100 Million Memories of You

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6552760

it's nine am
and the bills slide through the door
it's nine am
phone bill's on the floor
don't want to look at all the calls I made
begging you to come back, so afraid
to be alone

it's ten am
and my coffee is stone cold
it's ten am
hear the freight train roll
don't want to look at all the ways I failed
can't change the past no more, that boat's sailed
it's just too late

(CH)
there's been a hundred million love songs
about feeling blue
'bout cold rain falling
and feeling like a fool,
there's been a hundred million melodies
as sad as sad can be
violins sweetly playing
'if only' fantasies,
like my hundred million memories of you

it's one pm
I should get up from this chair
it's one pm
time to comb my hair
don't want to look at all the things I miss
no point in imagining no wish list
gotta move on

(CH)
there's been a hundred million love songs
about feeling blue
'bout cold rain falling
and feeling like a fool,
there's been a hundred million melodies
as sad as sad can be
violins sweetly playing
'if only' fantasies,
like my hundred million memories of you
like my hundred million memories of you

(c) 2006, V.L. Flawith (Socan, Ascap). All Rights Reserved.

I think I might be the fifth and final one. This is a demo I did with piano and a bad drum machine (and myself as the demo singer) -- would love to hear it with a guitar player in more of a country style. Thanks for the opportunity Mike!

THEY BUILT THIS WORLD (YOU'RE JUST LIVING IN IT)

http://www.broadjam.com/player/playerhosting.asp?play_file=12663_371987

When that pinstriped banker, failed to even thank her,
My mama finally spoke.
She told him to his face, "Boss, it's a disgrace,
How you treat the working folk."
He said "They should be thanking me,
What I've done for the economy,
If they weren' there, I' never know they're gone."
She said "That's wrong!"

CHORUS
'Cause there's no such thing as a self-made man,
We're all helped by someone else's hand,
You're not alone, not for a minute.
From the blue collar boys that built each bridge,
To the farming families that fill your fridge,
There's someone you owe, time to admit it.
Yeah, they built this world, you're just living in it.

Well I heard those words before, the night I slammed the door,
In my teenage rage.
Told my folks I didn't need, their money to succeed,
I'd earn my own damn wage.
My mama said "I know it seems,
We're just an ATM machine,
But there's certain things that money just can't buy,
And son that's why."

CHORUS
There's no such thing as a self-made man,
We're all helped by someone else's hand,
You're not alone, not for a minute.
From the prayers I taught you in the second grade,
To the lessons in life that your daddy gave.
There's someone you owe, time to admit it.
Yeah, we built this world, you're just living in it.

So when my youngest son, asks where we come from,
Are we a grand design, or just a twist of fate?
That's when I say.

CHORUS
There's no such thing as a self-made man,
We'e all made by his strong hand,
You're not alone, not for a minute.
From the hills and valleys of this green earth,
To the miracle of your brother's birth
There's someone you owe, time to admit it.
Yeah, he built this world, we're just living in it.

(c) 2007 Music and Lyrics by David Kraut

>>>>>>>>
www.davidkraut.com
www.myspace.com/dkraut

Looks like you got 5, Mike. Just wanted to say how cool it is that you are doing this....

Scott

Mike:

This really rings my chimes. You've done something very special... and you've received some exceptional entries.

Dave

Well, We've got five. Thanks to all the entrants.

You'll find a separate thread called, immodestly, Dunbar's Song Contest. There you can read the rules and vote on your favorites.

Thanks Scott and Dave. If this gets a good response, I might do it again.

All the Best,
Mike

I just want to say, I think this is a wonderful thing....

Thanks Kristi,

Folks, make sure you go here and vote for your favorites:
http://www.jpfolks.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/621844/page/1#Post621844

I already have a project in the works with Mike, so I'm kinda backin' off of this venture, but I do want to say the best of luck to all of you who enter....