CSP2 – The Bird and the Monkey

I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend, I sure did… maybe a little too much, hence the late update.
but don’t worry, I have been busy with it.

Brendan replied to the fill in the gaps and did it better than I could possibly fathom!
If you guys didn’t read it, you might want to go back and check it out!

The idea was about a Phoenix who was setting the earth on fire and got help from an abominable snowman. The phoenix said thanks by lighting up the clouds with the pink orange color.    
Great job! Seriously. That could be a Disney movie. It actually inspired me to write lyrics on the spot! Originally I wanted to mix all the stories together.. but obviously that was an insane idea…I don’t know how that could have worked. I hope you guys don’t mind.

So the mission for you guys, is to read the lyrics below and make your comments, what do you like, what do you not like. Pick it apart and suggest edits. I would really like to know what you think of this first draft. ALSO WE NEED A TITLE!

 

EDITED: 13th of  June

cracked from an egg on the ground,
little bird didnt know how to fly
with no one around,
he relied on himself, to just get by

and when the sun goes down,
his light, starts to shine.
when the darks around,
he started to glow,
just to kill time.

When he was all grown up he, bacame quite sad,
the light in his heart, set fire
to the sea and the land.

everything he touched he, turned to flame.
was tired of being so lonley
and full of shame

I want to be, some place away from me.
and i dont know why, God is doing this to me.

——
rolled from a ball in the snow,
little monkey was really cold,
and with no place to go.
he built an igloe.

and when the sun went down.
monkey saw a faint glow,
in a land far far away,
from what he called his home..

I want to be, some place away from me.
and i dont know why, I have to be so lonely
——-

the monkey decided to go to the glow,
saw every thing on fire,
and put it out with his snow.

he saw a big bird, who was really sad.
and said, whats the matter with you bird.
your life cant be that bad.

bird, turned around and said you dont understand.
Im the one who set fire to everything in this land.

monkey knew what to do, and said “Bird follow me”.
I’ll take you to a place far above the trees.

and as they made their way to the mountain top,
they became best friends and the talking didnt stop.

——–
up on the cliff monkey said this might get rough,
and as the bird turned around, monkey pushed him
right off.

and as bird spiraled down, he was quite angry.
as he flapped his fire wings,
he began to feel free

i know now, who i was meant to be,
and i light up the clouds for snow monkey.

when your in trouble look towards the sky
and remember that there is always a snow monkey near by

 

All right thats it for now. Quite a long song eh?

Once again feel free to email me at music(at)adamhoek(dot)com if you feel the need.

I’m going to start working on the music.

-Adam

CSP2 – Fill in the “________”

Hey you creative people!

I know your dying to get creating so lets get right to it shall we!
This mission is by far going to be the most fun!
the mission is below the video

From last week you guys chose track 1!
A little funky, a little smooth. I thought it was going to be track 3 but hey…Its your song too so track 1 it is!
here it is again so you can hear it.

So the next part is for us to build the story! Ive set you up something to work from.
All you have to do is fill in the gaps! Pretty easy, and fun too…kind of like a game show.

So get crazy and fill the gaps in, in the comments below. If you think you know where the story should go after what Ive written up, go for it! Be as creative as possible. The more rediculous the better!

what we are going to do is get all your stories together and combine them! Take the strong elements from each one and make a master story we can all be proud of!

Tip: Feel free to use animals as characters, or objects even!
the main character is x and the 2nd character is y.

Once apon a time there was a _________(x) who didnt know how to ______________________.
they were very sad about it. One day whilst__________________, x came upon a ___________________(y)
who was very_________________.

x and y upon meeting imediatly ________________. x liked y but didnt feel that they were trustworthy.
y said ‘I think i can help you with your problem’. x replied “____________________”.

A little shocked y replied “__________________”

X agreed to recieve y’s help, but little did x know that y was ___________________.

Where should it go from here?!
Also make sure to read what others are saying in the comments and make suggestions off of their creative stories!

CSP2 – Guitar Tracks

Hey Gang,
Last week we were choosing what kind of fairytale song we were going to write,
The popular vote was a New Story. Ive still got no idea what the story will be about though.

So this week we will be looking at 3 tracks that can possibly be used for the song.
Maybe once it has been chosen we can use that to draw inspiration.

yes, one day you will...

Just so you know, these tracks are no where near finsihed…and Im not actually formulating words yet, just making a guiding principal for the song.
Rather like a lump of clay, right now its an ugly pile…but one day it will be something nice.
So lets choose which lump of a guitar track we want to use shall we?

Click the video below to listen to the tracks and then vote below in the comments for your favorite one to make a fairytale song out of.

we will keep this open for about a week or so.
-adam
Once again…feel free to email me for whatever you want at

CSP2 – Story Ideas

Community Songs

The voting was so close guys!

But in the end you guys chose fairytails, followed by a mashup of some sort. So fairytales it is.

To be honest, I didn’t think it would go that way. I never thought i would be a 24 year old man writing a fairytale song.

So I’m going to need your help. What I need from you guys is some kind of story idea.

We could do a ‘Where are they now’ story. Example: ‘What ever happened to Hansel and Gretel?‘

We could do a ‘Role Reversal’ story. Example: ‘It turns out the witch was the good guy, kids coming up and destroying her house! whats up with that?!‘

We could do a ‘New Story’. Come up with something totally fresh!

We could do a ‘Crossover’ story. Example: ‘Hansel meets Red Riding Hood in the Forrest‘

 

So, below please write up some ideas for the song. Tell me the direction you want it to go.

If you want to email me for some reason please send it to

Community Songs Project ROUND 2

Well, the wedding, is over and Bin Laden is dead and queens day has passed in the Netherlands….
Which means… Its time for the second ‘Community Songs Project’ Song!

Here is the last one, just in case you missed it…


Download it for 1Euro above or join my free members group and get it for freezies!(join my entering your email in the side bar)

For those, not in the know the ‘Community Songs Project’ is a project I have set up to help you explore your creativity.
There are a lot of people with the creative juices that don’t know what to do with them. So we focus it and create a song together as a group.
you can participate as much or as little as you want.Think visual creativity is more your thing? Make a drawing/painting/photo about the song and we will put it in the video! pretty awesome I think. When the song is all done, then you get the song for free! You can give it to your friends, put it on your Facebook, tweet it and everything! You can tell them.. “I was a part of that! That song would of sucked without me” 😀

So if it sounds like something you would be interested in put your email in that side bar (top right) and join me on this creative adventure!

Hope to see you soon in the members section soon!

Community Songs – part 2

Community Songs

Ok guys we are now at part 2 of the CSp (CommunitySongsProject)

Looking at what you said, I agree that the direction should be more celebratory.

Check out the video below to hear about whats going on in part 2.

 

If you want to download the tracks and play with them you can do so below.

http://www.box.net/shared/a3j06hoi9x

We also need to know whats going down in part 3!

Should we work on a title or on some lyrics next?

Personally I think moving into lyrics would be good, thats how I usually do things.

If you guys listen to the tracks and start feeling creative and coming up with titles and lyrics, then that is fantastic!

Write below what your coming up with and we can maybe put it into the song!

Community Songs

 

Community Songs

Thank you for your feedback about the Community Song Project.

Since this project is a brand new idea. I have to admit to you, that I have no idea of how it will progress. So all the feedback you can give me would be helpful. If you think there is an obvious thing missing in the project let me know in the comments all right? The more we work together the better the song(s) will be!

Earlier I asked you  to tell me what problems you are facing in your life at this moment. I asked this so that I could a theme for the song. Obviously all of you have different problems, but I did notice a similarity! Looking at all of your responses, the problems you seem to be facing, are not your own fault.

Its more a matter of the world acting out in a strange and unexpected way.  You are just doing what the world has been telling you to do, but still problems arise, and it doesn’t seem to make much sense.  For instance, You want to grow your own tomatoes. So you go out and buy a tomato plant, put it in the right soil, water it and wait. However for some reason unknown to you the plant doesn’t seem to be growing.

Would you agree that this seems to be the case?

If you agree or disagree let me know in the comments below. If you would prefer the song go in a different direction let me know as well! Maybe the song should be less of a motivation song and more of a celebration song!

This should be fun!

-Adam

Go to part 2