FAWM.ORG | Forum Thread: Paint Card Challenge

@tamsnumber4 3 weeks

A late entry into the challenges, hope that is ok!
I collect info and do prompt challenges for our Songwriting Group each month. This was my September Idea for the group and thought you might like to give it a go?
You know the paint samples at Home Depot and Lowes? They have GREAT names and they are all just crying out for a song of their own!!

I always stress that they can be inspiration, a hook or used as a line in a song, hope this can help take you somewhere and bring on another song. I am not assigning any to anyone, you have to choose one that brings on your next song. Have Fun!
#paintcardchallenge

PAINT CARD CHALLENGE!

Slice of Heaven
Blue Moon Glow
Pleasant Surprise
Lark Wing
Wave Hello
Meadow Thistle
Night's Blue Arch
Blue Magpie
Lady Ophelia
Enchanted Mermaid
Palace Walls
Sooty Lashes
Smoky Mountain Spring
Pay It Forward
Chasing Butterflies
Meet Me In Morocco
Shadows of Time
Angel of the North
All Aglow
Cloak of Midnight
Endless Shadows
Dog Rose
Cricket Field
Carriage Wheel
Lisa's Way
Quiet Rain
Tempt Me
Dante's Cardigan
Party Favour
Unlikely Hero
Howl at the Moon
Energetic Vibe
Indigo Flame
Fire Within
Deep Galaxy
Golden Sure
Lonesome Vale
Deep Ocean Floor
Endless Summer
Purple Storm
Burnt Orchid
Wooly Mint
Melting Sigh
Lights at Sea
Hinkypunk
Mayan Bubbles
Windswept Clouds
Optimistic Outlook
Deep in the Ice Cap
Bachelor's Button
Harp Strings
Evening Mist
Dressed to the Nines
Stay Awhile
Utopia Beckons
Spring Fever
All for Naught
Juneberry
Sir Drake
Roseland
Amulet
Ella Rose
Royal Iris
Wedding Band
Magnolia Green
Elephant's Breath
Julie's Dream
Dead Salmon
Nacho Cheese
Mirror, Mirror
Dragonfly
Blueberry Pie
Safe Harbor
Whiskers
Swirling Smoke
Weathered Wicker
Crushed Velvet

@coolparadiso 3 weeks

Very clever @tamsnumber4 we have a few different companies that have colour charts! So much inspiration! Theres a few belters on that list! I think Julies dream really grabs me!

@mikeb 2 weeks

Some inspirational paint names here!

@liz561 2 weeks

I might give it a go! Lark Wing is calling me.

@chroes 2 weeks

These are indeed super inspiring. Thanks, will try!

@tcelliott 2 weeks

That's awesome. I'm stealing this idea for song circle (or maybe even daily writing prompts, with your permission.)

THANKS!

@tamsnumber4 2 weeks

@tcelliott That is awesome, it is all about inspiring songwriters to get to their next song, please share!!

@hmstreetteam 2 weeks

I changed “Meet Me in Morocco” to “One Morning in Fez” and voila . . . (well, okay, a day later) I completed my first-ever power ballad love song in time for Valentine’s Day. https://fawm.org/songs/117527/ I was casting about late last night for an idea to get me unstuck on this particular song effort, and this challenge certainly did it.

@robynmackenzie 2 weeks

I tried to see how many I could use in this song and got up to about 5. https://fawm.org/songs/117603/

@regis 2 weeks

I think I just wrung a country song out of Lonesome Vale - I'll see if I can bang out a demo tomorrow,

@heuristicsinc 2 weeks

Interesting... I feel like we might have had a paint color challenge in 2018. I made some songs - "olive green", "graphite", and "vaporize"... or maybe I just had paint samples around the house and used the titles? Cool, I'll keep this in mind.

@regis 2 weeks

Here's my quick demo. This thing is begging for some lap steel - maybe in March?
https://fawm.org/songs/117775/

@cicpisces 2 weeks

So many good titles in that list. I went for Endless Shadows.
https://fawm.org/songs/118089/

@corinnecurcio 2 weeks

I like these Tammy - May give one a go!

@emkaydeebee 2 weeks

@tamsnumber4 Thank you so much for this! I've run with it and done a 10x10 using some of them (felt fitting, being shorts much like a paint card is merely a hint of something more...)

https://fawm.org/songs/118165/

@celineellis 2 weeks

Oooooo I like this challenge a lot!!! In another challenge, i created an alter persona by randomly selecting a Fake Band Name and creating a song by them. I think 'Mandolin Fire' (my fake band) will be writing another retro-pop-electro-folk song titled 'Indigo Flame' this week!!

@rwhosings 2 weeks

Gonna use this for a 10x10 to start, thanks @emkaydeebee for the idea, but I have another list that tug a little deeper, so who knows?

@aflinner 2 weeks

What an awesome idea!!!!! I think I gotta do this.

@rwhosings 2 weeks

Here's my 10x10 go. https://fawm.org/songs/118369/

@fearlessflight2014 2 weeks

I’m off and running, will post when I’m done!

@mikeb 2 weeks

I chose 'Roseland': https://fawm.org/songs/118530/

@fearlessflight2014 2 weeks

I chose 'Stay Awhile' and wrote a swinging little Chet Atkins style thang: https://fawm.org/songs/118819/

@berni1954 2 weeks

Here is my response to the challenge. I chose Indigo Flame and came up with this rocking love story from school to middle age.

https://fawm.org/songs/118880/

@the3queens 2 weeks

Love me a good paint card challenge. I'm in!

@splittybooms 2 weeks

@ndavies' song brought me here. This is a fun challenge! I want to do it, too! Hopefully I can do one before i tucker out.

@liz561 1 week

just posted my paint card challenge song-Lark Wing

@berni1954 1 week

I had an idea for a second go at this challenge. Hope you like it (it is a bit long.... But as it is dealing with "The Universe and Everything", perhaps you can forgive me.)

https://fawm.org/songs/119791/