Some New Stevie Demos - Page 4

foxyluva · #46 10-25-2006, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by paleshadow

I didn't see anything odd about the titles of the threads he started. If you mean how he capitalizes the first letter of every word in the title, that is just the formal way of writing a title. I can't comment on the spelling, since that is a weakness of my own.

Unless you are also an active member of the SevenWonders board, then you don't have any idea what I am talking about...

goldustsongbird · #47 10-25-2006, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by foxyluva

Unless you are also an active member of the SevenWonders board, then you don't have any idea what I am talking about...

yup. Sometimes he'll just do all caps, too... ie: WHAT SONG SHOULD I DO????!!

foxyluva · #48 10-25-2006, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by goldustsongbird

yup. Sometimes he'll just do all caps, too... ie: WHAT SONG SHOULD I DO????!!

Its not even that though. Its like he makes intentional mistakes in his writing to make it seem like he is young. Call it a gut-feeling - I don't think Ethan is in fact 15

AliceLover · #49 10-25-2006, 08:22 PM

This thread is hilarious....

To all my ledgie friends: You are about to experience a world or frustration and anger.

My advice: Put Ethan on your Ignore List right now.

Have a good day,
Warm Blessings,
Good Night,
Much Love,
Thanks,

Jimmy

irishgrl · #50 10-25-2006, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by foxyluva

Unless you are also an active member of the SevenWonders board, then you don't have any idea what I am talking about...

Well, Ive been on that board often enuff that its obvious to ME that Ethan gets more than his fair share of crapola slung at him. Ive seen him accused of all sorts of things and for the life of me I cant figure out WHY

He must have a pretty thick skin to have weathered all the abuse over on 7W and now he's getting the same treatment here. I havent seen him do anything wrong, why cant we give the guy a chance? So he's borrowed from Stevie. Stevie herself borrows and she admits it!

Im just amazed at the level of out and out animosity toward a newbie.

paleshadow · #51 10-25-2006, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by goldustsongbird

^^ Yeah, when I tried the whole songwriting thing, I probably ripped off of who I was listening to at the time, but I didn't put my lyrics online and claim that they were all my own.

I might be missing the point, but I thought the idea of a site like the one Ethan created was to promote original works? I'm not saying there's anything wrong with posting Stevie demos, but it's like nix4life said: He kinda mislead people by posting what he did. Why not just say, Yo, Ledgies, I've got a site with some of my writing on there. Could you check it out and give me feedback? It seems to me that Ethan is more concerned with visitor count and page ranking than he is with people looking at his so called work.

I don't really think what he is doing is ripping her off per se. I mean, if he were to actually have these songs recorded and published I think it would be pretty hard for Stevie to sue him because he used the words beautiful child in his lyrics. Do you remember when Michelle Branch came out with that song Sheryl Crow sang on also? I think it was "Love me like that " or something like that. There was a line in the song that went "Well I was your gypsy throwing diamnonds at your feet" or Good Fortune by P.J. Harvey "So I took my good fortune and I fantasize about leaving. Like some modern day gypsy landslide". To me it's kind of the same. I mean, can I never write a song with the word landslide in it because of Stevie and the fact I'm a fan? Sometimes I catch myself writing something that I feel is too similar to a song that's already out and I self edit, but I don't think that's unusual.
I do agree that it seems like he is more interested in how many people see his lyrics than what they think about them, but again, I chalk that up to age and inexperience. He probably views the rank in terms of success and attributes the success to the lyrics, which it's not.

carrie721 · #52 10-25-2006, 08:23 PM

seriously, i implore everyone to stop replying to these threads. THIS IS WHY ETHAN'S THREADS GET TO BE 45 PAGES LONG. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE JUST STOP ARGUING!

goldustsongbird · #53 10-25-2006, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by foxyluva

Its not even that though. Its like he makes intentional mistakes in his writing to make it seem like he is young. Call it a gut-feeling - I don't think Ethan is in fact 15

Yeah, sometimes I think he's just f*ckin' with us... lol. I don't know.

DrummerDeanna · #54 10-25-2006, 08:24 PM

I thought he was a kid from the get go...and I am taking that into account. There's a reason that 16 year old and 30s year old don't generally hang out in real life - I find that it's generally no different on here (with a few exceptions)

Of course I also thought another poster on here was a kid only to find out it was an adult so maybe I just don't know what I'm talking about

foxyluva · #55 10-25-2006, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by goldustsongbird

Yeah, sometimes I think he's just f*ckin' with us... lol. I don't know.

I think he is, there are just to many inconsistences. And to Irish, I don't give a flying **** about his lyrics

Thats all I have to say on the matter.

paleshadow · #56 10-25-2006, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by irishgrl

Well, Ive been on that board often enuff that its obvious to ME that Ethan gets more than his fair share of crapola slung at him. Ive seen him accused of all sorts of things and for the life of me I cant figure out WHY

He must have a pretty thick skin to have weathered all the abuse over on 7W and now he's getting the same treatment here. I havent seen him do anything wrong, why cant we give the guy a chance? So he's borrowed from Stevie. Stevie herself borrows and she admits it!

Im just amazed at the level of out and out animosity toward a newbie.

I am too. I was just thinking about it and realized that he has not been the least bit reactive about any of it! I mean, people are even mocking the way he closes his posts (which is specifically mentioned under "taunting" in the rules by the way) and he hasn't uttered a nasty word to anyone in response. Good for him.

irishgrl · #57 10-25-2006, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by foxyluva

I think he is, there are just to many inconsistences. And to Irish, I don't give a flying **** about his lyrics

Thats all I have to say on the matter.

I didnt say YOU necessarily cared about the lyrics, it was a comment in general. I dont know why anyone would think Ethan was anything other than what he says he is, a High School student who studies music and who has a love for Stevie Nicks.

I guess Im one of the lucky ones because he really doesnt bother me. I just feel bad that he's being ganged up on for seemingly no reason.

goldustsongbird · #58 10-25-2006, 08:37 PM

I'm echoing Foxy - I don't care if he's ripping off, or not ripping off lyrics, just the way he presented the thread.

Deanna - I know what you mean! Figuring out age online can be hard to do. I tend to not look at spelling and major punctuation and that sort of thing as an indicator, because that can be misleading. If they're tYpIng Like Dis and StufF lolz, then... well, that's obvious. But generally, it's hard to tell.

paleshadow · #59 10-25-2006, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by foxyluva

Unless you are also an active member of the SevenWonders board, then you don't have any idea what I am talking about...

If it happened there, why bring it up here?

JazmenFlowers · #60 10-25-2006, 08:45 PM

I'm drinking a Diet Sunkist. and it tastes like conshohocken.