Suggestions for future festivals

[Jean Pierre]

Frank 53 said

Canada Fest, eh? - So many great artists to choose from

Yes I agree, but including Quebec ...so many great artists are in Quebec

[kenny mac]

Frank 53 said

Canada Fest, eh? - So many great artists to choose from

Yes I agree, but including Quebec ...so many great artists are in Quebec

And Rush

[T.C. Elliott]

Maybe we should give Prog Snippets another try in the next poll.

Maybe just do a prog fest and then in the description clarify that snippets and partials etc., are all okay.

I know that I shy away from writing/covering progressive rock even though I'm fully aware that it's a mental hang up and not rooted in logic. It just SEEMS complicated even though there are tons of accessible songs to like/cover/emulate.

[64Guitars]

Rockabilly Fest and Canada Fest are good ideas. Thanks.

Maybe just do a prog fest and then in the description clarify that snippets and partials etc., are all okay.

Yes, that's a good idea too. Thanks.

[Hilary]

What about a chord progression fest - we all get say 3 sets of chord progressions and we have to write a song with them.

[T.C. Elliott]

What about a chord progression fest - we all get say 3 sets of chord progressions and we have to write a song with them.

How about a Sensitive Female Chord Progression Challenge:
"A common ordering of the progression, "vi–IV–I–V", was dubbed the "sensitive female chord progression" by Boston Globe Columnist Marc Hirsh."

[Jean Pierre]

"vi–IV–I–V",

excellent!
the chord progression idea for fest  and the occasion for us amateur musician to review a little bit the harmonic theory

an article on wiki to serve as a basis for your work

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chord_progression

there is no shortage of songs using harmonic suites...

NB also called I VI IV V exemple  C Am F G like for exemple "Let it Be"

[Greeny]

Cut-up Fest.

Random lyrics generated from the Burroughs / Bowie cut-up technique. There's even tools to do it online:

http://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/cutup/text-mixing-desk

https://stickbucket.com/cut-up-technique-generator/

[Flash Harry]

Cut-up Fest.

Random lyrics generated from the Burroughs / Bowie cut-up technique. There's even tools to do it online:

http://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/cutup/text-mixing-desk

https://stickbucket.com/cut-up-technique-generator/

Splendid Idea.

[Ted]

Cut-up Fest.

Random lyrics generated from the Burroughs / Bowie cut-up technique. There's even tools to do it online:

http://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/cutup/text-mixing-desk

https://stickbucket.com/cut-up-technique-generator/

I like this idea in principle. I used to use Web searches to help me think creatively, to find concepts related to the words in my song. If I was writing a song about bananas, I'd search for that and then look on the second or third page of results to see some way off-topic page that was loosely related to bananas. I know that's not exactly what is being proposed here, but I love the idea of scrambling my own in-progress songs and seeing what happens.

Splendid Idea.