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SO Tommy Crumpler

tommy talks poetry & music

Tommy Crumpler © https://allpoetry
Included is my featured link To the all poetry switch chords fast enough but my right hand
website. There’s also a well favored song I wrote as a stumbles with speed it takes to hold the beat. Also
reconciliation to my wife. This was before I learned called “Bad Flow”. So I’ve heard. I joined ten
anything about music but I could sing this song and songwriting or musician groups on Face book and
it sounded like I was a radio. A vocal without music! I met many new friends. But most of those groups
were people blasting their own promotions without
Then The Music: A few years after that I had an much (if any) of their contributions to aid, review
insane craving to be adulated and addicted, staying other people’s creations. So I’m at three good groups
up late there more than 14 straight hours some days. on Facebook now, Band Mix, which is quiet unless
Then I saw that my brother picked up playing music you join their premier club for a price, Sound Cloud
on his guitar and even his own songs! I was in which is a favorite, Reverbnation which promotes
complete astonishment! So I started recording his and bombards your emails daily about 15 messages
music with a VHS tape recorder and they were not and I saved the best for last. It was because I saw so
that bad but he had lyrics I thought were many banners about them, I had to join to see if it
questionable. I had him hooked up with a church was good for me, And it is! Members get tons of ex-
music group but he would not listen to a word I said. posure on a 24 hour dailymradio play of your songs!
That and the fact that his chords were so common It is totally free but they have promotional tools you
and slightly boring, I chose to start writing my own can purchase. And there are many many song and
songs. The first was a country song we recorded lyric writing workshops! You’ll learn the seven modes
called “Wrong Again”. And I was thrilled that I of music, music theory, basic chord progressions and
created that song! From there I have written 200+ the talent is out of this world! So I brought about 15
songs and poems. The poemsmwere easy. The songs of my musician group friends there. Because I was so
were nearly impossible! There is a huge divide excited about being there myself!
between poetry writing and song writing! In poetry,
you choose fancy words with strong metaphors-
(imagery). But just a regular guy does not get that if Time - 3 lines
you use that in music. The stanzas or verses in poetry
are longer. Because verses in songs must be in time,
you don’t get as much free space per line. I have Time... you echo laughter over my every endeavour
proven myself well in writing poetry and songs at the As I’m fleeting here, like a fast fading flower
site and at song writing groups. But music is a whole In dreams though, my moment will last forever
new world of rules, theories, formulas and so much
more! Thomas Crumpler © 2006

Learning About Music: Finally since I had no map to
go by, I chose YouTube to learn hands on about how Conclusion: Like Jane feels, I think it is a real shame
to play music. Learning tabs and the staff are very how song lyrics are so butchered lately! And that is
complicated. But chords are fairly easy to play. So I why I beg of you to keep being studious and creative
learn chords. If you want more, go in as deeply as you with your lyrics! Rap has nearly killed rhyme and
wish but it might take your whole lifetime to be that is terrible! I’m not saying you need perfect
a true master of music. Poetry is so much easier or rhyme but don’t just toss it aside! It was the first part
it was for me. It is now 2020 and I started writing in of the beauty in poetry. Songwriting is a little bit dif-
2000. It was only maybe four years ago,I became ferent because your verses may rhyme but the chorus
enlightened to incorporate my lyrics into good usually does not have to. As the songwriter, it is
musical compositions. Even now, I struggle with my totally your choice. And for me if there ever comes
guitar because of rhythm and meter issues. I can

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