Comments on: You Can’t Trust Your Memory When You’re Writing a Song

By: Tony Conniff

Tony Conniff — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 18:10:21 +0000

In reply to Jon Gordon. Great points from one who knows. Thanks, Jon. TC

By: Tony Conniff

Tony Conniff — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 18:09:35 +0000

In reply to Barrett Zinn.

Thanks for the international angle on this, Barrett!
Get home safe,
Tony

By: Tony Conniff

Tony Conniff — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 18:08:50 +0000

In reply to Annie Dinerman. Thanks for the concurrence, Annie! Tony

By: Tony Conniff

Tony Conniff — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 18:08:28 +0000

In reply to Robert Berardi.

I think it’s a common delusion!
Thanks for reading and for your comments, Robert.
Best wishes,
Tony

By: Tony Conniff

Tony Conniff — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 18:07:45 +0000

In reply to Mark Permann. Thanks, Mark! Tony

By: Jon Gordon

Jon Gordon — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 17:59:19 +0000

I’m working on a song right now abetted by a couple of voice messages I sent myself from a train platform, and a video I shot of myself in Photo Booth, because it just happened to be the thing handiest that would make an audio recording.
There’s a scat melody in the middle of one of my library songs that I had to fight to recall, because my ex picked the moment I was starting to think of it to start a serious discussion and thought I was BS-ing her when I said I was in the middle of working on a melody. I forget how it resolved, but I think I braved the woman’s wrath to quickly record it.
Yes these ideas are fleeting, and yes, you WILL forget them if you don’t jot them down or record them.
Fortunately there is technology all around you that will record things. So you have no excuse not to record every little stray thought, and I encourage you to do so.

By: Barrett Zinn

Barrett Zinn — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 11:21:01 +0000

Nice post Tony. I especially like the bus metaphor, having been taking buses all over Berlin the last few days. Yesterday I missed a bus AND got on one going the wrong way which nearly caused me to miss a concert despite leaving VERY early. Oh, and I had another thought to share when I saw the post a few days ago, but I forgot to write it down. Cheers!

By: Annie Dinerman

Annie Dinerman — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 22:27:52 +0000

I agree wholeheartedly. Write it down or sing it into your phone.

By: Robert Berardi

Robert Berardi — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 20:56:38 +0000

Soooo true. I never realized others had this exact same delusion: “Oh, but THIS one I’ll remember… “

By: Mark Permann

Mark Permann — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 19:06:53 +0000

Observed and articulated with the sane insightfulness and precision I experienced in your class Tony! E.g.. (paraphrasing) “that particular bus”.

Hmm, I wonder if this bus, whose number I’ve not seen before, will take me “there”? Only way to know is hop on..

Happy holidays!