Musical Instrument

The guitar chose me.

- Charlie Byrd

Today In Music History

I’m hoping that by reading these facts every day you are inspired by one of the pieces of information  to go out and check out something musically that you may not have thought about had you not read this post.  Maybe you’ll read decide to dig deeper into a piece of history, or you’ll decide to check out a band mentioned in one of the facts.  No matter how this inspires you, I hope you enjoy what you read!

Check back every day at around 6:00 PM Central time for new facts!

1942 – Al Jardine, Lima Oh, guitarist/singer (Beach Boys-Surfin, In My Room) was born
1971 – John Lennon leaves UK for NYC, never to return
1990 – Helen Hudson sings national anthem in 26th park of year (San Diego)

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Song Title Ideas

Hello

Here are some more song title ideas. Try not to look at them so literally. Read the idea, and if nothing usable jumps out at you, try to twist it around and look at it from different angles. Keep in mind I’m trying to inspire some creative thought, rather than just trying to give you some free song titles.

-I Left My Heart In Connecticut

-Across Honolulu

-Time Steers

-Our Sin

-Ordinary Diamond

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Inspiration

My dad’s music was a great inspiration to me.

- Julian Lennon

Today In Music History

I’m hoping that by reading these facts every day you are inspired by one of the pieces of information  to go out and check out something musically that you may not have thought about had you not read this post.  Maybe you’ll read decide to dig deeper into a piece of history, or you’ll decide to check out a band mentioned in one of the facts.  No matter how this inspires you, I hope you enjoy what you read!

Check back every day at around 6:00 PM Central time for new facts!

1922 – Pres Ebert declares “Deutschland uber alas” as German national anthem
1929 – WOR (NYC) ends affiliation with CBS radio network
1982 – Rolling Stone Keith Richard’s house burns down
1993 – 10th MTV Awards: Pearl Jam, En Vogue wins

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The information above is gathered from http://www.musicorb.com/.
Check out their site for more information about today, including musicians deaths and births that happened on this date and other great information!

Topic Ideas

Hey all

Here are some more writing topic ideas for you.  Use these as writing prompts to exercise your creativity.  Change it up:  Sometimes you should try to write short songs, or maybe poems, or perhaps sometimes you can write a short story about it instead.  The basic ideas is to get the words flowing out of your brain in creative ways.

Try not to look at them literally (unless of course the literal meaning inspires you!) Twist the meaning of the words… see what you can come up with!

-Write about having the ability to fly

-Write a song about life in a small Japanese town

-Write a song about spending a day in Illinois

-Write about something that makes you feel sad.

-Pick up your favorite CD.  Read the title of the first track.  Write about that title, but make it about a completely different topic than the song on the CD

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Musicians and Music

I think one of the great moments of my life was when I could write musician on my passport.

- Jon Anderson

Today In Music History

I’m hoping that by reading these facts every day you are inspired by one of the pieces of information  to go out and check out something musically that you may not have thought about had you not read this post.  Maybe you’ll read decide to dig deeper into a piece of history, or you’ll decide to check out a band mentioned in one of the facts.  No matter how this inspires you, I hope you enjoy what you read!

Check back every day at around 6:00 PM Central time for new facts!

1927 – Tommy Evans, rocker (Drifters) was born
1931 – “Boxcar” Willie, singer was born
1933 – Conway Twitty, [Harold Jenkins], Miss, country singer (Hello Darlin’) was born
1968 – Pirate Radio Marina (Netherlands) begins transmitting
1971 – Rolling Stones sue manager Allen Klein
1974 – Dutch law against pirate radio goes into effect
1981 – RKO radio network is 1st to offer 2 separate overnight services
1995 – Infinity Radio agrees to voluntarily pay $1.7 million to US Treasury

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The information above is gathered from http://www.musicorb.com/.
Check out their site for more information about today, including musicians deaths and births that happened on this date and other great information!

Song Title Ideas

Hello

Here are some more song title ideas. Try not to look at them so literally. Read the idea, and if nothing usable jumps out at you, try to twist it around and look at it from different angles. Keep in mind I’m trying to inspire some creative thought, rather than just trying to give you some free song titles.

-September In D# Minor

-Today’s Hate is Tomorrow’s Regret

-Creeping Me Out

-Scraping By

-Worrying Softly

Click here to see previous song title ideas

Topic Ideas

Hey all

Here are some more writing topic ideas for you.  Use these as writing prompts to exercise your creativity.  Change it up:  Sometimes you should try to write short songs, or maybe poems, or perhaps sometimes you can write a short story about it instead.  The basic ideas is to get the words flowing out of your brain in creative ways.

Try not to look at them literally (unless of course the literal meaning inspires you!) Twist the meaning of the words… see what you can come up with!

-Write from the point of view of someone who is in prison

-Write a song about why I should vote for your friend Amy for President

-Write about life as an old person

-Write about how you can’t live without Amazon.com

-Write about your favorite childhood activity

Click here to see the previous Song Topic Ideas