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Writing a Song-a-Day

John and Dan commit to writing a song every day. They finish one, “Electric Wheelchair,” before it becomes song-a-fortnight.

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#82. Almost midnight, half-a-song

November 28, 2005

JOHN: Dan, we have 10 minutes left before midnight and only half-a-song.
DAN: Well, instead of song-a-day, can't it be, like, song-every-24 hrs?

JOHN: Ooo... I like that. Yeah.
DAN: Well, OK, we started writing at 8:30. Then we watched "Monster Garage".

JOHN: Yeah, that clearly shouldn't count as part of the 24 hours.
DAN: Right, so 9:30. Though then I watched half of "Fools Rush In".

JOHN: I thought you were peeing.
DAN: Then "Iron Chef", "Good Eats"... whoa. We wrote this half-a-song in, like, 15 minutes!

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#83. Mom helps write

November 29, 2005

MOM: Honey, your soup is ready. And Daniel... play C#sus, NOT Dmin7.
JOHN: Jesus, Mom! Will you leave him alone?! Dan, man, sorry, dude....

DAN: No, she's right, it fits better with your melody....
JOHN: Man... do not encourage her...

MOM: Now, move to D, transition into picking, and alernate up- and downstrokes.

DAN: Move to... OK, wait, what?
MOM: And there's Cokes and juice in the fridge.
JOHN: There's carrots in here! Mom! Jesus!!

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#84. I Write the Lyrics

November 30, 2005

JOHN: Whoa. What's with the lyrics, man? I write the lyrics!
DAN: No, yeah, these're just filler lyrics.

JOHN: Filler lyrics are still lyrics! I write the lyrics! I'm the lyricist!
DAN: Fine, I'll just go "la la la" then...

JOHN: No! Not "la la la"! It's... it's "tee diddley dee"! I write the lyrics!
DAN: (sigh) Fine.

JOHN: "Tee diddley dee dah dee"! I write the lyrics! I'm the scribe! I'm the wordsmith!
DAN: It's 3am, man. I'm gonna go catch the bus....

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#85. Finishing during lunch hour

December 1, 2005

DAN: Hurry up with the last verse, dude. I only get an hour for lunch.
JOHN: (sigh) Dan. I will hurry as much as I can.

JOHN: But if you're serious about our song-a-day project, then stop putting limits on my creativity.
DAN: What "limits"?

JOHN: Uh, limits like lunch hours, limits like bar chords, limits like 3-person backing vocals!
DAN: I just think it's unrealistic to write parts for a children's choir!

JOHN: Build your walls high, Dan! I'lll happily hurdle them!
DAN: The bar chords is just 'til I can find my Curt Mitchell videos....

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#86. Reworking the deadline

December 2, 2005

Last verse of “Electric Wheelchair” complete! First song-a-day song: done!
DAN: Hey, by the way, I can’t meet to write tomorrow.

JOHN: And I'm busy Wednesday. Well, long as we do seven songs by next Monday, righyt?
DAN: Yeah. Yeah, totally.

JOHN: Or you know... no one knows about this song-a-day deadline... I could see, like, song-a-week working.
DAN: Ooo, or song-a-fortnight.

JOHN: Yeah... something we can follow through on, you know?
DAN: Hey, by the way, I'm gone all of February.

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