So I finally got a cd from Amazon that could not be found in stores and started listening and really enjoying I'm leafing through the cd booklet and was surprised to see the artist who the CD is listed under as being their solo cd wrote none of the material. It brought up the question - Is it right to call it a solo album under a name when that person wrote nothing? I know many artists bring in writers but I'm curious what people think. One of the first times this really hit me was when I bought the first Jonny Lang cd when he was touted as being this brilliat up and comer and i found he wrote like 2 songs on the debut and it left a bad taste in my mouth and kinda felt duped after all the press he got. Really enjoying the cd but at same point I wonder if its right to call it a persons cd when they wrote none of ithttp://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,919968#msg-919968Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:14:30 +1000 Phorum 5.2.16 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920215#msg-920215 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920215#msg-920215 machinehead NoticeboardWed, 21 Nov 2012 21:15:32 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920115#msg-920115 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920115#msg-920115 Daredevil NoticeboardTue, 20 Nov 2012 23:18:34 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920113#msg-920113 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920113#msg-920113-------------------------------------------------------
> IMO the question is: why release a SOLO album (as
> a band member) when you don't use it as an outlet
> for your own ideas...?
>

Because you want to record a different style of music (but can't write it yourself)?
Because you want to establish your own name away from the band (possibly because you are sick of working with the rest of the band after so many years and want to set up your own career)?
Because a record company offered you money to record something while the band was taking a break?

I am sure there are many reasons.]]> Tony Bainbridge NoticeboardTue, 20 Nov 2012 23:12:16 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920111#msg-920111 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920111#msg-920111-------------------------------------------------------
> Daredevil,
>
> It does not make any difference if we are talking
> about solo artists or members of bands releasing
> solo albums - the question is do you have to write
> songs to be able to call it 'your album'.

I think it makes a difference. Maybe I got Bridgeofsighs wrong, but I understood it that way. IMO the question is: why release a SOLO album (as a band member) when you don't use it as an outlet for your own ideas...?



> I think that you can have a solo album even if you
> do not write anything, so therefore you can call
> an album by a band name even if not all (or indeed
> any) of the band members write the songs.

Totally agreed.]]> Daredevil NoticeboardTue, 20 Nov 2012 22:23:26 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920102#msg-920102 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920102#msg-920102
It does not make any difference if we are talking about solo artists or members of bands releasing solo albums - the question is do you have to write songs to be able to call it 'your album'.

I think that you can have a solo album even if you do not write anything, so therefore you can call an album by a band name even if not all (or indeed any) of the band members write the songs.]]> Tony Bainbridge NoticeboardTue, 20 Nov 2012 21:27:53 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920094#msg-920094 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920094#msg-920094
Usually when we are discussing Solo Albums it is an album by someone who's a musician or singer within a band releasing an album under his own name. That's a solo album. I didn't say it was wrong to bring Elton or Elvis into this, but those are solo artists not group members... The discussion doesn't make any sense (at least not to me) when you look at it that way. You could also argue, that you can't call an album by a groups name, when not all the members were involved in the writing process...]]> Daredevil NoticeboardTue, 20 Nov 2012 19:17:03 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920091#msg-920091 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920091#msg-920091 Tony Bainbridge NoticeboardTue, 20 Nov 2012 18:59:15 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920085#msg-920085 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920085#msg-920085 rocknut NoticeboardTue, 20 Nov 2012 17:55:46 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920066#msg-920066 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920066#msg-920066 the ORIGINAL brent NoticeboardTue, 20 Nov 2012 12:44:46 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920046#msg-920046 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920046#msg-920046 Tony Bainbridge NoticeboardTue, 20 Nov 2012 08:22:39 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920044#msg-920044 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920044#msg-920044 rocknut NoticeboardTue, 20 Nov 2012 08:21:21 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920041#msg-920041 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920041#msg-920041 Tony Bainbridge NoticeboardTue, 20 Nov 2012 08:18:09 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920033#msg-920033 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920033#msg-920033 JJ NoticeboardTue, 20 Nov 2012 06:01:05 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920030#msg-920030 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920030#msg-920030 Doug Wolfgang NoticeboardTue, 20 Nov 2012 04:46:31 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920026#msg-920026 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920026#msg-920026 Daredevil NoticeboardTue, 20 Nov 2012 04:11:57 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920016#msg-920016 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920016#msg-920016
Those are all interpretive artists. They're still expressing themselves through their choices in the material they sing, new arrangements of familiar songs, etc. At the same time there are lots of songwriters who could never do justice to their own material.]]> Todd S NoticeboardTue, 20 Nov 2012 02:22:38 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920013#msg-920013 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920013#msg-920013 Tony Bainbridge NoticeboardTue, 20 Nov 2012 01:46:43 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920010#msg-920010 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920010#msg-920010 Daredevil NoticeboardTue, 20 Nov 2012 00:52:13 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920007#msg-920007 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,920007#msg-920007Only kidding Bruce, it is a truly great album - wish I could find a two disc version cheap.]]> Tony Bainbridge NoticeboardTue, 20 Nov 2012 00:22:21 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,919999#msg-919999 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,919999#msg-919999 blm NoticeboardMon, 19 Nov 2012 23:34:55 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,919990#msg-919990 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,919990#msg-919990 Tony Bainbridge NoticeboardMon, 19 Nov 2012 22:18:53 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,919984#msg-919984 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,919984#msg-919984
That said, a solo album is usually the artist's excuse to outlet their creative juices to the max so it's just a little odd to me if that liberty is not exercised. But to each their own. Perhaps they just found a lot of good songs they wanted to do.]]> Steve_Roamer NoticeboardMon, 19 Nov 2012 21:12:22 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,919976#msg-919976 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,919976#msg-919976
But yes, it is still a solo album. I mean you have singers with solo albums like Bob Catley who aren't writers themselves.]]> Tom G NoticeboardMon, 19 Nov 2012 19:34:23 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,919975#msg-919975 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,919975#msg-919975 rocknut NoticeboardMon, 19 Nov 2012 19:29:45 +1100 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,919968#msg-919968 http://www.melodicrock.com/phorum52/read.php?1,919968,919968#msg-919968
I'm leafing through the cd booklet and was surprised to see the artist who the CD is listed under as being their solo cd wrote none of the material.
It brought up the question - Is it right to call it a solo album under a name when that person wrote nothing?

I know many artists bring in writers but I'm curious what people think.
One of the first times this really hit me was when I bought the first Jonny Lang cd when he was touted as being this brilliat up and comer and i found he wrote like 2 songs on the debut and it left a bad taste in my mouth and kinda felt duped after all the press he got.

Really enjoying the cd but at same point I wonder if its right to call it a persons cd when they wrote none of it]]> bridgeofsighs NoticeboardMon, 19 Nov 2012 17:41:24 +1100