Spooky Tendrils

Oh happy day! Our Halloween album "Spooky Tendrils" is available for download from: www.beattheindiedrum.com

my sleeve tattoo

my girlfriend she shows her ink

she don't care what others think

she don't care, she wears a sleeve tattoo

my boyfriend he looks so mean

but his heart is on his sleeve

he wears his heart on his sleeve tattoo

my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, tattoo

my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, tattoo

my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, tattoo

my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, tattoo

the girls they spike and dye their hair

the boys they dress so debonair

we don't care we wear our sleeve tattoos

and when you give me the deuce

i know my heart won't be removed

i see it there its on your sleeve tattoo

my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, tattoo

my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, tattoo

my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, tattoo

my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, my sleeve, tattoo

What is your song idea?

Similar to Peter, Bjorn & John's "YOUNG FOLKS", it's a catchy whistling tune with a solid drum beat. It is to introduce a character in a short film. We've been using "YOUNG FOLKS" as a temp track, but are looking for something we can have permission for. It would be featured in a short film that would make it to festivals starting in 2011. Indie-rock sound with a head-bopping beat that will gear audiences!

describe your song in one word

Rocking

Kuma's

words and lyrics by Scrand

kumas is a metal bar

in chicago

and kumas is the best metal bar in the world

and kumas has the hottest girls

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh

the best metal hamburgers

the best best burger in the world

kumas is the best bar the best metal bar in chicago in the world

and its the best metal bar in the world

kuma's dayenu

What is your song idea?

I made the unbrutal but necessary move out of Chicago almost a year ago. There's lots of things I miss--awful public transit, politeness--but the one thing that has no equal is the greatest metal bar on the planet, Kuma's Corner (2900 W Belmont).

Good bars do one thing well, and bad bars just serve alcohol. On any characteristic, Kuma's destroys other bars. Your favorite bar has a nice jukebox? Kuma's plays ear-splitting death metal from open to close. Your bar has hot waitresses? Kuma's waitresses are hotter, and will beat yours in a knife fight. Your bar serves food? Kuma's has the best burgers, universally acknowledge by god and man.

Any one of these things would be enough, but the fact that Kuma's does all of these better than any other bar proves that there is a god, and he's a metal god. Maybe Cthulhu or Odin.

Can you write me a song that's a tribute to Kuma's? The word 'dayenu' should be in the chorus. It can be straight description or a narrative (possibly about the waitresses or the customers). Or you can just steal lyrics off the menu. Actually, steal a lot of lyrics from the website, because it's chock full of their philosophies. (e.g. "death to miller and budweiser", "die, emo, die", etc.)

The style should be metal, obviously. True norwegian black optional.

describe your song in one word

dayenu

The Mystery Kids

Student 1: Hey Roommate, I just had an idea for a TV show.

Student 2: Tell me more.

Who spiked the punch at the sorority

Who switched the marxists with the borgouisie

Who swiped the tenure from our faculty

Two kids can help us solve the mystery

When there's a mystery

When there's a mystery

When there's a mystery

We call the mystery kids

Student 2: That sounds great, but who's going to write it

Student 1: We will!

Student 2: Can we do that?

Student 1: Sure we can!

We'll pitch the script to folks at A&E

I'll call my mom to say I'm on TV

When there's a mystery

When there's a mystery

When there's a mystery

We call the mystery...

Hey mom i'm on TV

We call the mystery kids

The Request:

What is your song idea?

A song about two college kids who are trying to write a TV show about two college kids that solve crimes.

Describe your song in one word

Mystery

Dancing Plague of 1518

What is your song idea?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_Plague_of_1518

describe your song in one word

rocking

The Brink

words and lyrics by Rachelintrees

sometimes it's harder than we think

to stay afloat and not to sink

sometimes the whole world seems on the brink

you'll always be

part of our family

Letting go can make you blind

those who have left and those left behind

but we've got to change some things to survive

you'll always be

part of our family

our life has lows and times that try

our spirits grow and then they die

when everything you've done seems to dematerialize

you'll always be

part of our family

sometimes it's harder than we think

to stay afloat and not to sink

sometimes the whole world seems on the brink

What is your song idea?

Layoffs... they really hurt. Everyone is unhappy that we have to say goodbye, both those who are leaving and those who are left behind.

...we have to make these changes in order to survive.

Thank you for your talent and energy and friendship and all the years of hard work.

You will always be part of our family.

describe your song in one word

Englishcountrydance

My Onetime Friend

you might come with me, i'm never far

or we might never speak again

but either way, i'm happy you are

my onetime friend

but let me say that to me it felt right

when we both rode the SkyTrain tonight

and found the fine line between love and like

my onetime friend

or sometimes friend

my onetime friend

or sometimes friend

when you speak to me, you chill my bones

and i can barely move

but if you want, i'll leave you alone

i've got other stuff to do

and i'll just say that to me it felt right

when we both rode the SkyTrain that night

it was the fine line between love and like

my onetime friend

or sometimes friend

my onetime friend

or sometimes friend

and i'll just say that to me it felt right

when we both rode the SkyTrain that night

it was the fine line between love and like

What is your song idea?

I wrote some lyrics and I was wondering if you could put a melody to it. I was really feeling a happy and upbeat vibe to it. Please change the lyrics as you see fit or add to it.

You could come with me, I'm never far

or you could never speak with me again

either way, you'll still be here

and i'll be happy that you are.

but let me say...

When you speak to me, chills go down my bone

but I can tell, you want me out of your life

either way, never fear

I will leave you alone

(I don't have a chorus yet)

describe your song in one word

upbeat

An American Man

i heard of a person, an american man

who perjured himself like anyone can

and he said to himself i'm oh so shameful

and then the worst of it was that he didn't respond

for he'd broken his word and his word is his bond

and he thought to himself i'm oh so shameful

and i heard from a friend that he once played bar

and that no one had come to hear his guitar

just two girls, two girls at a table

and both of them smiled and clapped through his set

and when at the end he learned they were deaf

he said to himself, i'm oh so shameful

and we're the same he and me, we serve the same lord

the trinity: melody, lyric and chord

and we all do our best, the best we're able

and when you screw up, like all of us can

humble yourself, you're just an american man

you're doing your best, the best you're able

and when you screw up, like all of us can

humble yourself, you're just an american man

you're doing your best, the best you're able

Dieter's request

What is your song idea?

I feel terrible that I didn't write that song you sent me. And I feel even worse that I didn't respond to your email about it (like a year ago...). I'm sorry about that. I feel like all I do is email people all day long, and yet I'm still horrible at technology-based correspondence. Why am I not getting better at it?

describe your song in one word

e-shameful

Spooky Tendrils

It's been a busy weekend here at TWT HQ. We're putting the finishing touches on our latest Album, "Spooky Tendrils," due out this week. The Album celebrates the Halloween season with 14 original songs to sing in the dark.

Check back for the official release on Thursday October 7th at www.beattheindiedrum.com

Greener than Thou

words and music by rachelintrees

I've got solar panels on my roof

do you do you do you?

My water boils clean

from the suns rays my heat

you cannot beat

We're both good for the earth

but I'm better than you I'm better than you

We're both good for the earth but I'm better than you

I don't need a car

my veggies grow in my back yard

Cabbages and beets, oh

what a treat I eat

local and sweet

We're both good for the earth

but I'm better than you I'm better than you

We're both good for the earth but I'm better than you

If it's yellow I let it mellow

and if it's brown I flush it down

I've xeriscaped my yard

it isn't hard my sprouts

can stand a drought

Paper and metal organic material

I know you do your best

to recycle the goods that you use

but you'll always be second to who

guess who it's me that's right it's

me

We're both good for the earth

but I'm better than you

I'm better than you I'm better than you

What is your song idea?

A song about a self-righteous environmentalist who is perpetually "greener than thou."

describe your song in one word

unsustainable