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Old 03-01-2006, 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by mikegee
that's a cool idea, bellringer! reminds me of how i use refrigerator magnets of different words, move them around to make new sentences... i wrote an entire song, lyrically using refrigerator magnets on my refrigerator, and i think it sounds pretty cool. oh yea, another good lyric brainstormer is to go to your local used book store and check out used reference books, for instance i found the complete book of english-american slang (published 1949), and it is 4 inches thick! imagine that, so much american slang, so little time to write new lyrics mmhhmm
I like that! I have a lot of books I am inspired by. Old reference books sound like an interesting idea. It would be cool to study movies from the 1940's and write a song with that slang. "That dame had a set of pins. Whattahyah a wise guy!WHY I OUGHTA". Good Stuff!!!
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