what do you write songs in

[shane_b]

i currently have peices of paper spread every where of ideas etc.., but want a small book/diary lookin to take with me everywhere to write my stuff down, anyone know what these are called and where i can get one (well really i want a good one, cos my mate gran brought him this wicked lyrics book, it's got like scripture all over it looks amazin)

[Miss Pink]

my songs are written on my wall and in a school copy and stuff

[Jgrg1984]

i have peices of paper...notebooks, napkins, you name it...im very disorganized, but when i get a complete idea...i write it in this one notebook i have thats only finished works...doesnt have to be special...its not the look of the book, its whats inside that counts.

[mikeraff]

<DIV>I write my ideas on the first bit of paper I find, and once they're refined, I file them in a folder that's sectioned with different emotions and themes (happy; dark; love; relationships; break-ups; experiences and stuff)... Hopefully something will come together...[img]smileys/smiley5.gif[/img] </DIV>
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<DIV>It's mostly poetry that i've gotas I'm still working on how to read/write music.</DIV>

[SisterMidnight]

Wow you're organized! [img]smileys/smiley2.gif[/img]

Originally Posted by Miss Pink

my songs are written on my wall...

^I think this is so cool!


I write all the time. Sometimes a poem or song will come out of it but usually it's nothing. I just write to process events and thoughts and feelings with myself. I've kept a journal since I was 10. I like the smaller notebooks (6 x 8) better than the bigger ones. My thoughts just seem to fit better on those size pages. Sometimes I buy the clothbound or embossed ones from the bookstore or sometimes just the cheap spiral notebook kind from Wal-Mart. Though come to think of it I am more inclined to write in the nicer ones. [img]smileys/smiley24.gif[/img]

[Lynchpin]

Also when d inspiration comes, d old mobile phone comes in handy!

[Jgrg1984]

yes!! the memo pad and voice message feature in my phone is another frequent place to store my writing...

[Nathaniel]

usually cigarette packets or napkins to start with as I'm normally out (by out I mean in the pub) when I get the ideas - beer mats are a good one - I have now got the fav song I've written inscribed on my guitar


After the initial process I right them on a4 and keep them in a binder

[cille]

i usually write them in a small book. but sometimes i don't have it with me, and i have to write it on a note, which i later put in the book, just to keep it all just a tad organized. if i have an idea for a melody i sing it onto my old analogue microcassette recorder. if i don't have that with me i sometimes call my answering machine and sing to myself like that, sort of.


one's voice sounds pretty cool through the phone+answering machine, actually [img]smileys/smiley4.gif[/img]

[Lazy Life]

i got this super-cool mickey mouse notepad with ALL my ideas in, got like 40 songs in it [img]smileys/smiley36.gif[/img]

[Krystian]

how about a composition book... for your "compositions" [img]smileys/smiley2.gif[/img][img]smileys/smiley36.gif[/img]

[reyvee61]

Originally Posted by Jgrg1984

i have peices of paper...notebooks, napkins, you name it...im very disorganized, but when i get a complete idea...i write it in this one notebook i have thats only finished works...doesnt have to be special...its not the look of the book, its whats inside that counts.

I think we're all a bit like that, when inspiration hits there's no tellin'

[niallo]

bobby sands wrote on toilet paper,beautiful ,beautiful words and songs,[img]smileys/smiley2.gif[/img]

[samuelle]

when i started seriously writing, my grandfather gave me a moleskine pocket notebook, and it is one of my favorite things ever. i'vegone through several, butit issturdy, portable,it has an elastic band that holds it shut and keeps the pages from getting crinkled, and there's even a pocket in the back to stick those loose notes written on napkins and whatnot. i generally don't write my lyrics in it becauseconstant revision makes them look kind of messy and i'm kind of anal, but i write most everything else in it.


here's a link: http://www.kikkerland.com/moleskine.htm


although i must admit that the wall idea is most intriguing, Miss Pink [img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img]Edited by: samuelle

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[reyvee61]

Originally Posted by cillecille

i usually write them in a small book. but sometimes i don't have it with me, and i have to write it on a note, which i later put in the book, just to keep it all just a tad organized. if i have an idea for a melody i sing it onto my old analogue microcassette recorder. if i don't have that with me i sometimes call my answering machine and sing to myself like that, sort of.


one's voice sounds pretty cool through the phone+answering machine, actually [img]smileys/smiley4.gif[/img]

Hi,


Do you have any recordings we can listen to.......

[Miss Pink]

i write them on my wall

[SisterMidnight]

Originally Posted by samuelle

here's a link: http://www.kikkerland.com/moleskine.htm

These are so cool! Are they expensive? I like the Van Gogh series especially. [img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img](I guess it's the 5 x 8 size I like, and they have that size too!)

[samuelle]

they're not ungodly expensive. i bought my last one at a shop in seattle (the pocket size) for $9. but they will seriously last forever, so it's certainly worth the investment.


the van gogh ones are very cool - i'd never looked beyond the plain black ones. oh well, there's always the next notebook...[img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img]

[SisterMidnight]

That's not a bad price, they look quality and they even have a pocket! [img]smileys/smiley4.gif[/img]I want one now, next thingwhen I fill up the one I'm writing in now. [img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img]

[Krystian]

nice[img]smileys/smiley4.gif[/img]

[Livo]

i dunno, random stuff that's nearby really. i used to use a wee
notebook a woman i know gave me, but i don't use it anymore cos well i
don't bring it with me. the other day it was so great, i started
strumming away at a tune i had just made up and the words just fell
out.

[Donsie B!]

same wit me..it just comes..i had a great song written on my hand one
night..and den i had a shower without knowin it was there!![img]smileys/smiley9.gif[/img]

[Livo]

Originally Posted by samuelle

when i started seriously writing, my grandfather gave me a moleskine pocket notebook, and it is one of my favorite things ever. i'vegone through several, butit issturdy, portable,it has an elastic band that holds it shut and keeps the pages from getting crinkled, and there's even a pocket in the back to stick those loose notes written on napkins and whatnot. i generally don't write my lyrics in it becauseconstant revision makes them look kind of messy and i'm kind of anal, but i write most everything else in it.


here's a link: http://www.kikkerland.com/moleskine.htm


although i must admit that the wall idea is most intriguing, Miss Pink [img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img]

you can also get them for around £10 on www.iwantoneofthose.com

[pixilein]

a mole skin is definatley the way forward, got one a few months ago and its had such a terrible life.. probably seen more beer spilt on it than me! nearly finished now tho!! another chatper over ... [img]smileys/smiley5.gif[/img]