Gotta bring Springsteen into it. ALWAYS has to.

The truth is, my mentioning Bruce often goes back to TS. They used to mention alot of songwriters. Billy Joe Shaver, WIllie Nelson, Merle, and never considered other genres. They believed country songwriters were superior. Which is a serious delusion. So i brought him up alot, he has the respect of most country songwriters anyway. but I brought him up much to their chagrin. Seems it still serves to tick people off, which is fun, Im a big fan, but I like many artists and kinds of music

If I were to comment on your song, it wouldnt be me looking for you to be a Springsteen. I have even outgrown his influence, Here and there it will show up.

And any comment I give, does not mean I know more, or think I know more, or that im better than anyone.,,

You say you want it to sound as good as possible. Are you aware that how you write, what your write, how you play, what you play, how you sing, what you sing affects the "sound" of it? If your melody goes nowhere, that sounds bad to a listener, if it doesnt build, it bores the listener. Its not all tech wizardry. Rhymes have sound, words have syntax.

Think of all the great rock songs that have lines in there that make zero sense, but they SOUND great. This is done on purpose, hey i dont care if it dont make sense it sounds great. Its not always meaning that matters. I think, especially in pop music, how the words sound are more important than what they mean

Anyway, what you want from the site, is not what everybody else wants. Its kind of funny to me that some of the folks still here, are so old, they probably havent written anything in ten, twenty years, but still hang around. I guess old habits die hard.

Your best stuff was marfa plane, and that time frame. There were a coupIe song. I remember hearing that, and thinking that song has something interesting. I didnt think much of your stuff prior to that, and I was very surprised to hear it. I dont know if it was craft or not, in the end if the song makes you think or feel something its good. Thats my main criteria, too much stuff here is completely made up.

Which can work if you are really really good at it.But, all you need is an ounce of "hey this is happening" to make it interesting.

Alot of people on songwriting sites never post anything. Always baffled me why they hang around. Not writing, not listening, not commenting on songs. But they will say something about politics.

Why dont you post marfa plain? Why didnt you use that to go on distrokid, it sounds better than anything else you have.

Last edited by Fdemetrio; 03/12/21 11:24 AM.