When writing love songs, who do you hear sing your song?

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   darrylcrawfordposted 13 years ago

   I here from Janet Jackson to Maxwell to SADE mostly. Who do you hear?

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      Hokeyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I hear me.

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         darrylcrawfordposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         That's cool!

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         blondepoetposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         I am with Hokey it is all me.

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   MJFandeposted 13 years ago

   I'm going to have to say Tim McGraw on this one. He just has this voice that really brings you in to the words of his songs.

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      darrylcrawfordposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I agree he does have a smooth voice.

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   Sunshyne1975posted 13 years ago

   It depends on the song. Definately not me, that's for sure. I wish I was born with a natural talent like that. But it's funny how when you write the song you immediately know who should sing it, or at least I do. lol.

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      darrylcrawfordposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Me too. I have quite a few people in mind when I create the song but those three mentioned first are the main three I hear.

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   Gabriel Wilsonposted 13 years ago

   I hear the whispers of a lover in my ear,the ebb of waves to a rocky shore and the lilt of a blackbird as the day dawns...

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      darrylcrawfordposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Cool!

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   Lecieposted 13 years ago

   celine dion

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      darrylcrawfordposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      That's cool

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   Millionheirposted 13 years ago

   i hear myself singing them, if I am writing them for me assuming...

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      darrylcrawfordposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Very cool

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   jamorrisposted 13 years ago

   Luther Vandross

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      darrylcrawfordposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I can relate to that one.

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   alternate poetposted 13 years ago

   I try to get a basic rhythm to the idea and then write to that - trying to keep it broadly within one of the classic styles, but usually end up in some kind of variation on a sonnet theme.

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      darrylcrawfordposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Very interesting. Well said. I can relate to that as well.

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   Will Say Plentyposted 13 years ago

   I was once actually paid cash to sing both here in America and in the UK.  because of this and my songwriting partnerships in the past, if it is a love song I am co-writing then I hear ME singing it.

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      darrylcrawfordposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Very cool

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         Will Say Plentyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         thanks but it was a lot less cool then you think . . . still, it was nice to technically have someone put money in your hand for doing nothing more than standing up and singing . . .

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    Noble Mongooseposted 13 years ago

    Sometimes I envision Amy Lee or Imogen Heap singing them. And with one song I wrote, Taylor Swift.
    
    But normally, I can only see myself singing my songs. It's like hearing someone else recite one of my poems; something just feels off.

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       darrylcrawfordposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Very interesting and cool.  Liking your own singing is a wonderful feeling.

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    Falsor Wingposted 13 years ago

    Ewen Mcgregor

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    Bard of Elyposted 13 years ago

    I hear myself! lol

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    dyonderposted 13 years ago

    Nick Cave, Steve Kilbey, or Elizabeth Fraser, depending on my mood & the tone of the song.

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    blake4dposted 13 years ago

    Mostly Alvin and the Chipmunks, or Barry White.

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    Jayne Lancerposted 13 years ago

    Some of my favourite love songs are the old ones; Nat King Cole and 'When I Fall in Love', 'Misty' by Johnny Mathis, '... Loving You Too Long' by Otis Redding ... I just melt when I hear them.

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    PAPA-BEARposted 13 years ago

    I write a lot of stuff, it pops out my head into a lyrical mess in a notebook. Weeks later for no planned reason I return to it, this time it is placed in order with the tune.

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    Adoniyahu Navonposted 13 years ago

    When ever I write about love or love songs in particular, I hear the average man or women riding in their cars or bathing in the shower singing with passion(but off-key as hell LOL) every lyric i write. As a matter of fact, I'm usually the first one to do it!

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    Madison22posted 13 years ago

    Gosh so many. Barbara Streisand, Whitney Houston, Fleetwood Mac, Zepplin has a few good ones. I could go on. :-)

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    karebear8303posted 13 years ago

    monica or xscape....

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    SomewayOuttaHereposted 13 years ago

    i hear Neil Young crooonning!

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    spk124posted 12 years ago

    Barry Manilow

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    LeanManposted 12 years ago

    I always hear myself singing.... However when I sing it for real it's not me!!!!!

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    ladypantposted 12 years ago

    It depends on the song.  I have one song that I wrote that is about youth violence.  that is the type of song i woold want to hear various artists sing. ( A "We are the world" type scenario.) When to love songs "Jennifer Hudson, Jasmine Sullivan, and Maxwell etc.)

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    hoodieweatherposted 12 years ago

    I hear Sade and Mayer Hawthorne.

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