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tribeoftheliver OP t1_j6gd5iv wrote

Reply to Barrett Strong (Motown singer-songwriter) is dead at 81 by tribeoftheliver

You may not have heard of Barrett Strong, but his best known song was probably "Money (That's What I Want)" [Motown's first hit single, which he didn't write].

He also wrote, alongside Norman Whitfield, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Marvin Gaye), "Ball of Confusion", "Just My Imagination", and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" (The Temptations), and "War" (Edwin Starr), among other

Strong's songs have been sampled or covered by everyone from Tupac to Tom Jones.

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ivoiiovi t1_j6g952e wrote

Reply to What's the most emotional live performance you've ever seen? by MCU_historian

I attended a performance of Afghani folk musicians playing some traditional repertoire plus I believe some original works, various stringed instruments and percussion with a woman singing and playing something like a harmonium. some moments of that performance probably topped anything else in the emotion felt and I believe expressed. They also followed the performance with a talk about the oppression of musicians under the Taliban and their personal journeys to keep their traditions alive (this was maybe 10-15 years ago, when the Taliban were not in power but not particularly long after).

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WolflordBrimley t1_j6g87zr wrote

Reply to I have a question for the artists here by The-big-420

Slash playing guitar in front of the church in the November Rain video was the coolest thing I ever saw and I wanted to do that at all costs. That started my guitar playing career 30 years ago.

For writing: I find that writing songs comes easier when I have something I want to say or talk about. Trying to write lyrics without that doesn’t work for me. I need a theme or a message.

There’s no one answer to how to do this, you just have to start.

If you want to start with vocals, study melodies and hooks.

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