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  cold comfort


JOINED:43 weeks ago
PROGRESS:82  82 songs  Winner!
LOCATION:alaska
WEBSITE:http://coldcomfort.bandcamp.com/

 
BIO:

i read about this and thought I'd take the challenge, and maybe modify it slightly.

Had a bit of a late start on day 20

i write lyrics. if anyone wants to add music, i'd be very happy - please let me know.

I'd love to hear what some of my words sound like with music by different composers/singers

All lyrics are open to multiple versions by different composers. If you chose one, please contact me, and be prepared to have someone else try their hand at the same set of words, including myself, at some time in the future. So, heads up.

The multiple version collab experiment has NOTHING to do with a better/worse comparison but as an exercise in how the same words might be interpreted by different musicians in differing styles, genre, production approaches, etc.

With your permission, the versions will appear on a listen only compilation album: here: http://coldcomfort.bandcamp.com/album/cold-comfort-1-collabs
So far some great artists and versions have made their way onto the album. Why not add yours? Entries welcome before or after the end of 50/90.

Locked place marker entries show people who have stepped up and not yet completed their collabs.

Contact me via button above if you'd like a shot at one of these lyrics.

please enjoy the words and music,
cold comfort

Songs: 82            ( + = Songs posted by a different Songwriter that you Collaborated on.)
Title Collaborators Comments Post date
1 cold comfort
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2 43 weeks 1 day
2 decide
linkLyrics Only
1 43 weeks 1 day
3 come storm
Lyrics Only
7 42 weeks 5 days
4 moment of silence, moment of glory
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2 42 weeks 5 days
5 heal with your touch
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0 42 weeks 5 days
6 hand me your heart
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1 42 weeks 4 days
7 many blessings
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1 42 weeks 4 days
8 i sing my song in vegas
Lyrics Only
4 42 weeks 4 days
9 there will be a fair
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1 42 weeks 4 days
10 never too late
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2 42 weeks 4 days
11 read it in your face
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0 42 weeks 4 days
12 a universe of stars
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1 42 weeks 4 days
13 it's chance that i'm chasing
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1 42 weeks 4 days
14 even when it rains
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8 42 weeks 4 days
15 is this what i've been waiting for?
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0 42 weeks 3 days
16 undisputed
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0 42 weeks 3 days
17 ten women couldn't
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1 42 weeks 2 days
18 this ship sails angry waters
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1 42 weeks 2 days
19 nail it to the fridge
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1 42 weeks 2 days
20 aunt christina's curse
Lyrics Only
1 42 weeks 2 days
21 do i hear a whisper? (rahkoi version)
Private
Rahkoi 0 42 weeks 2 days
22 in a sign
Lyrics Only
1 42 weeks 2 days
23 channeling charlie
Lyrics Only
0 42 weeks 2 days
24 my letter to maria
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2 42 weeks 2 days
25 suzanna was that kind of girl
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3 42 weeks 21 hours
26 do i hear a whisper? (johnny credit version)
link
Winner Johnny Credit 2 42 weeks 3 hours
27 less than nothing at all
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1 42 weeks 9 min
28 + Come Storm (JamKar version)
link
Winner cold comfort
JamKar
5 41 weeks 6 days
29 the trickster
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0 41 weeks 6 days
30 this ship sails angry waters (rahkoi version)
Lyrics OnlyPrivate
Rahkoi 0 41 weeks 6 days
31 this ships sails angry waters (blue haint 1...
Private
Blue Haint 1 0 41 weeks 6 days
32 a universe of stars (blue haint 1 version)
Private
Blue Haint 1 0 41 weeks 6 days
33 cornfields at the end of my street
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0 41 weeks 6 days
34 trouble in my grasp
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0 41 weeks 6 days
35 i sing my song in vegas (brzan version)
linkLyrics Only
brzan 0 41 weeks 6 days
36 take me to your leader
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4 41 weeks 5 days
37 sugar pie
Lyrics Only
0 41 weeks 5 days
38 reason lies beneath us
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1 41 weeks 5 days
39 aunt christina's curse (johnny credit...
link
Winner Johnny Credit 2 41 weeks 5 days
40 chance shapes this troubled path
Lyrics Only
0 41 weeks 5 days
41 cold comfort (roddy_ version)
Demo
Donated Roddy_ 3 41 weeks 5 days
42 sticky
Lyrics Only
11 41 weeks 4 days
43 these thoughts are scattered
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0 41 weeks 3 days
44 what's mine?
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3 41 weeks 3 days
45 the geat paper caper
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0 41 weeks 3 days
46 the woman's a liar
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3 41 weeks 2 days
47 simple act of imagination
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0 41 weeks 2 days
48 chasing my tail
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0 41 weeks 2 days
49 silent mary
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0 41 weeks 2 days
50 airplanes and taxi cabs (gently home)
Lyrics Only
0 40 weeks 6 days
51 take me to your leader (feat. airbagtester/...
Demo
11 40 weeks 6 days
52 suzanna was that kind of girl (segers41 version)
Demo
segers41 6 40 weeks 3 days
53 + sticky (wolf kier version)
link
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wolfkier
1 40 weeks 14 hours
54 + silent mary (wolf kier version)
link
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wolfkier
0 40 weeks 13 hours
55 + read it in your face (wolf kier version)
link
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wolfkier
1 39 weeks 6 days
56 + Sugar Pie (downburst version)
Demo
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downburst
9 39 weeks 4 days
57 + my letter to maria (gerrybhoy version)
link

gerrybhoy
4 39 weeks 4 days
58 airplanes and taxi cabs (gently home) (...
link
twelveninetysix 4 37 weeks 2 days
59 many blessings (rita witter version)
Demo
Donated ritawitter 2 37 weeks 2 days
60 + What's Mine
Demo
Winner cold comfort
airbagtester
3 37 weeks 3 hours
61 + Moment of silence, moment of glory
Demofav

Dragondreams
9 35 weeks 2 days
62 + The Woman's A Liar
Demo
Winner cold comfort
ritawitter
1 34 weeks 6 days
63 what the butler didn't see
Lyrics Only
0 34 weeks 4 days
64 there will be a fair (musicsongwriter + wolf kier...
link
1 33 weeks 6 days
65 Hand Me Your Heart (musicsongwriter + wolf kier...
link
1 33 weeks 6 days
66 Chance Strikes The Troubled Path ( Music...
linkfav
0 33 weeks 6 days
67 reason lies beneath us (wolf kier version)
link
Winner wolfkier 0 33 weeks 6 days
68 + 'A Universe of Stars'
linkfav
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musicsongwriter
0 33 weeks 5 days
69 a universe of stars (musicsongwriter + wolf kier...
linkfav
0 33 weeks 5 days
70 + What The Butler Didn't See
link
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rittmo
1 33 weeks 5 days
71 + Never Too Late (musicsongwriter + wolf kier...
linkfav

musicsongwriter
0 33 weeks 4 days
72 + channeling charlie (kylegreer version)
link
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kylegreer
1 33 weeks 3 days
73 nail it to the fridge (musicsongwriter + wolf...
linkfav
0 33 weeks 3 days
74 the great paper caper (dragondreams version)
Private
0 33 weeks 3 days
75 is this what I've been waiting for (rittmo...
link
Winner rittmo 0 33 weeks 2 days
76 + Reason Lies Beneth Us
linkfav

musicsongwriter
1 33 weeks 2 days
77 many blessings (musicsongwriter + wolf kier...
link
1 33 weeks 2 days
78 these thoughts are scattered (musicsongwriter +...
link
0 33 weeks 2 days
79 ten women couldn't (dragondreams version)
Private
0 33 weeks 2 days
80 even when it rains (musicsongwriter and wolf kier...
link
0 33 weeks 1 day
81 + In a sign
Demo

Dragondreams
2 33 weeks 1 day
82 take me to your leader (rittmo version)
link
Winner rittmo 0 33 weeks 1 day


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Thank you so much CC for your beautiful comment on my collaboration with Sheila on I believe in fairytales. Sheila's lyrics and vocals are absolutely gorgeous!

here's "many blessings" - http://soundcloud.com/kaigree78/many-blessings - i definitely would love to do a cold comfort EP - i've already got three, so, i might as well go for four (or more) :D

hey! thanks so much for adding me to the album :) - i tried my hands at "many blessings"; soundcloud is being weird right now, but as soon as it's back up, i'll send it your way. :) i also am working on "come storm" as well. :D

here's the soundcloud link - http://soundcloud.com/kaigree78/channeling-charlie - it's an mp3 (i hope that's okay). i only have an mp3 and aiff file versions

song is up! enjoy! definitely would love to be included on the online album! i'll make sure and send the windy city your love when i perform this! ;)

hey! i've written it and just need to finish recording it. i started laying down tracks last nite and should be able to finish it today. i'll upload it like you said as well as put it on my page. i'd love to be a part of the CD! :) i'd also love to have your permission to perform it as well (i'd give you lyric credits, of course). thanks!

Hi CC, yes, I've enjoyed collaborating with you and I'm looking forward to more collaborations. Thank you for inviting me to look at your beautiful work.

Re: another collab; I'll try, but I've been really busy (and I'll probably be even busier in October) so I probably won't get any of them done for 50/90. That of course won't stop me from trying some of your lyrics anyway if I get the time :)

Here you go: http://soundcloud.com/adam-randell/louder-wav-airplanes-and-taxi

Sorry it took me so long :')

Hey cc, the song you have me marked as a collab for... it's just never gonna happen. In the interest of my having an accurate song count, could you remove me please? Thanks.

Sounds good. Oh, would you like me to add a little gain to Airplanes before you use it? If I remember it was a little quiet.

Adam

I'd be flattered to have it included! As well as whatever else I can manage before the end.
With regards to that, I "Undisputed" mostly worked out, as a kind of straightforward power-pop song but since I don't own a drum kit I'll either have to conjour some up on the computer which I doubt will fit too well, or just go without.

Adam.

We could give it a shot! ;)

I have three collabs on the go at the moment, but two of those are in the "final polishing" stages.

Do you have a song in mind for us to work on?

DD

Quite possibly, quite possibly. I'll take a look :)

hey! thanks for the compliments! i would love to try my hand at channeling charlie! >:)

Glad you like what I did with "What's Mine..." I was nervous that maybe you had a special meaning in mind for the song that I didn't pick up on. I think my own interpretation was about what it's like to get older, and identifying with the things we call our own (that's probably what made me think of the band Fugazi, b/c of their whole "you are not what you own" thing.) But also, I think many of us forget how we can define ourselves and our values however we want to no matter what our situation (to some extent.) It might be a bit of a downer in getting older, but it's also quite liberating.

I finally put down something for "What's Mine" but I can't access the page you collab'ed me on to upload a demo... so I put it up on my page and added you as a collaborator. Can you delete the other locked page so it won't double count the song on my page? You're still linked and everything so it will show up on yours. I'm not going to make it to 50, but still just wanted to clean that up if possible :)

Congrats on finishing the 50

Regarding "Suzanna": thank you kindly for your words of encouragement. I hope so too.

Hi :)
So, I had a play with @airbagtester's retune and return and your lyrics for "Take me to your leader" and ended up with this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11428912/5090.2011/retune-and-return_feat-kiwafr...
I played around with the reverb in Audacity (after having to google how to use it)... What do you think? Maybe a little different to what the both of you were thinking hahaa

hey cc!
thanks for the offer but I'm a bit short on time at the moment as I'm moving house. just fitting in quick songs where I can. if I get more time before the challenge ends then I'll come back for a read through your stuff!
cheers,
tom

Hi CC, thanks for the kind comments on Tinam's "my toy phone" great lyrics make easy songs, much appreciated.

Hey! Senior you've locked me out, I can work with the title only if you like!! : )

WE WANT ANOTHER STICKY!!!
& your collaberating with wolf kier on the original!... that man is wicked.. watch him closely!

Hi CC thank you for the kind comment on "jealousy's an angry liar" needs some additional instrumentation could do with a nice atmospheric guitar part, would consider it a thumbnail at the moment.

i might just take you up on that- i've never used others lyrics in a song before but it might be a fun challenge- thx. i'll keep you posted of course!

Donated  Roddy_
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Thanks for your comments. I'd be happy to try some of your lyrics for a collab. I have some music ideas for your 'cold comfort' lyrics and should have a demo soon.

you've gotten so far for only have started on day 20?!?!?! wow!
and i like your idea of having different people put your words to music they have written. i love it when you can see how many ways something can be done.

Thank you for being the first to comment on "Early". I know it's short, but it's part of a suite that I'm gradually putting together.

And I've finally got a handle on "Moment of silence, moment of glory"! Working in on it right this minute. :)

CC thank you for the kind comments on 'sally men' your time and consideration is greatly appreciated.

Hey, and thanks for the kind words! Afraid I've got a lot on my plate at the moment, so can't really promise anything, not any time soon anyhow. I really like the lyrics and concept of the "do i hear a whisper?" though and I feel it'd be up my alley, so unless you find someone else to do it, I may be back at a later date and have a whirl at it. Until that, feel free to look for other people of course, and I'll let you know if/when that day comes. I'm also rather fond of "this ship sails angry waters", so that might be another one I'd be interested. But as said, it'll be at a later date, right now I can't promise anything.

Thank you for your nice comment about my music. I can see you have many collaborators already. Looking forward to hearing demos. As for me, I'm afraid I don't sing well enough and I can only offer the piano so see how it goes, you have multi-talented musicians now for your lyrics. Sounds cool:)

Thank you for your comments. I would love to work with your lyrics! I will add you to my watchlist and check out your songs tonight. If there are any songs you particularly like/want to hear music for, let me know =).

Hi CC!n And welcome. Thanks for the lovely words on "please release me" and for the invitation to come check out the possibility of a collab. I'm very flattered. I've been reading through your lyrics, and there were a few that spoke more strongly to me than the rest, e.g. "decide" and "heal with your touch" to name two. At the moment, though, I do have a collab effort in my court, and I have learned not to line up more than one at a time, and not too close together, or I can get cranky about wanting to write instead of do my recording, so let me not make any promises for the moment. I'll keep you on the watchlist and come back when I'm refreshed! You've got some fine words posted; I expect they'll do very well here!

Hi sorry I have not jumped right in, there are some writers whose work I am already following along with some of my own material, I appreciate your offer and will check back. Good luck.

Last night I decided to do the song in A. Progress!

Made it! I fixed that link (you're fast!) Thanks for taking a listen to it, and I'll check your stuff here. I love Alaska, been there a couple of times and entertain fantasies of escaping to the North.

Great!! We`ll save a steak and some champagne for you... hope the steak will not have become cold and the champagne warm till then... ;-)

I would like a crack at 'Come Storm' if I may?

how spooky is this! you asked me if i knew any fine musicians to put your lyrics to music & i thought of 4 & when i came hear to leave a message i see that 3 of them downburst dragondreams & brzan are already offering & the 4th gerrybhoy is here as well but just leaving a comment... i dont believe this is happening!

Thanks for your comment, and welcome to 5090. I look forward to looking through your stuff (though I'm trying to resist the urge to collaborate right now--it's so seductive...).

I would like to take a run at "moment of silence, moment of glory" if I may?

I'm up to my neck in domestic "issues" at the moment, so it may take me a while...

DD

Hoping you'll let me take a crack at "i sing my song in vegas". Some great lyrics there!

Thank you for the kind comment on my work, much appreciated.

Thanks for the kind words and the offer for collaboration. I'm in! Really like your lyrics. I'll get back to you tomorrow!

Thank you for commenting! I might be interested in collaboration, but not during the challenge. It's my own personal challenge to do every song by myself, including lyrics and arrangements. I'll get in touch if I have the right time and song to do collaboration afterwards :)

Hey CC! Welcome to 50/90, I am also just a "beginner" here, it`s my 1st 50/90, too... I have been reading a bit through your songtexts and first of all, I would like to tell you you are truely very talented and I found great stuff there (my favourite is your first, though ;-). IMHO your songtexts fulfill all the formal criteria to be able to be put to music, the meter is consitent, the structure is very good, and last but not least, they make sense, too (which is not always obligatory, however, I personally prefer songs that do make a sense). Unfortunately, I do not know who to recommend to you, most people here are very friendly and all the ones who collaborated with me, anyway (you can see it also on the way how they are commenting), so you could eventually try to leave them a note on their soundboard or send them a pm. I like your lyrics, and the way the lyrics are written often determines the music they will/can be put to (though many would contradict now, and also this is not always obligatory, but I would imagine it to be difficult to put country lyrics, for instance, to a heavy metal sound (though it is not impossible, but would sound "strange"). Why do I write all this? The problem is we write in a bit different styles (at least IMHO, I cannot still definitely determine the best genre where your lyrics would fit in, probably there are several, whereas I (not exclusively but mostly) write for country- and pop-music, so also the "audience among the musicians/composers" for your songtexts might differ from mine, which additionally makes it complicated for me to make recommendations. To make a long story short: most people here are extremely friendly. Listen to the music and if you like something try to get in touch with them. Have also a look at the soundcloud under the headline "needs-lyrics"(or something similar to that) or in the forum under the headline "collaborations". Good luck,
kind regards,
Arthur

Hey. Thanks for your message. I am truly flattered by your words. I feel that I am neither a musician or a vocalist and am collecting skills and building confidence at the moment. I'd love to collaborate and really enjoyed your lyrics but feel like I'm not able to add very much just now? It would be great to read more of your stuff and keep in touch for when I'm feeling more competent!
Thanks again
Emma

Hi back :)

Good to see you here! And thank you for the kind words.

Speaking of words, I'll take a read and see if anything tickles my muse and my guitar! :D