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Monthly Song Challenges for 2010
- January 8 Leaving Write a song about the parting of the ways. It could be
sad, wistful, happy, hopeful, anything.
- February 6 Start a new song with the chorus
- March 5 Major/Minor Write a song with the verses in the major key and the
chorus in the minor key, or vice-versa.
- April 3 Tax Time! Write a song about money.
Money:
(a) is funny sometimes, or
(b) makes the world go round, or
(c) talks.
- May 1 Gimme a Fiver. May is the fifth month of the year. So...
- - write a song in 5/4 or 5/8 time or,
- - write a song using a pentatonic scale of your choice or,
- - write a song where each line begins with one of the five vowels
or,
- - write a song which has 5 stanzas consisting of 5 lines each or,
- - write a song about a fist fight
- June 5 Write a phone answering machine jingle for yourself
- July 3 Tardiness. Bring a new song about being late.
- August 7 Bad Man/Girl Ballad Bring a song about a villain, either fictional,
or true to life.
- September 4 Overheard phone call...a song in which the audience only hears half of
a phone conversation, but still can fill in the rest of the story.
- October 2 Where I Live Bring a song describing where you live, what you like or
don't like about it.
- November 6 Way Out West Bring a song that has a western theme to it.
- December 4 Questions? Write a song that asks a question.
All song circles will be held at:
the Americana Music Academy
1419 Massachusetts St.
Lawrence, KS
7:00-11:00 PM
Support local music by joining the Americana Music Academy and the Kansas City Songwriters' Circle. Find directions to the Americana Music Academy here.
2009 Song Challenges
- Jan. 3 2009 Song Challenge: "A fresh start" Bring a new song about starting all over.
- Feb. 7 Song Challenge: "My Funny Valentine" Bring a love song to celebrate St. Valentine's Day
- Mar. 7 Song Challenge: "Erin go braugh!" Bring a song inspired by something Celtic
in honor of St. Patrick's Day
- April 4 Song Challenge "April Fool" Bring a funny song
- May 2 Song Challenge "Car Talk" Bring a song that is either about a car, or uses a car as a metaphore
- June 6 Song Challenge: "Odd Meter" Bring a song in a meter you don't usually write in
- July 4 Happy Independence Day! No Song Circle
- Aug. 1 Song Challenge "In the good old summertime" a song about summer or that uses summer imagery, or metaphore.
- Sept. 6 Happy Labor Day! Bring a new song about your job, or the world of work in general.
- Oct. 3 Song Challenge: "When fall comes to the prairie" a song about autumn, or that uses autumnal imagery
- Nov. 7 Song Challenge: "Sing along" a song with a sing along chorus, or refrain.
- Dec. 5 Song Challenge: "Winter Song" a song about winter, or that uses winter as an image
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