Song titles

[wperkins]

Whenever I get stuck trying to come up with a name of a song I end up listening to it over and over until a name comes to me. Most of the time this doesn't happen, the song name just pops out while I'm working on a track.

What helps you come up with song titles?
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[Farq]

For the most part, the same thing happens to me. Usually I'm able to find out what the song is saying.

When I'm on the spot for a name (i.e. must save NOW) and don't have one, I'll type in some gibberish that happens to be (barely) pronouncable. Sometimes this is pleasing enough to be retained. That's actually how I got my nick... I wrote a mod, saved it (as farq.it) and it stuck in my head. I was looking for a new nick at the time... so...
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[Mirfus]

Yeah I just come up with a work in progress title, something that will remind me what the track sounds like.

Can't say I really bother naming them properly.

[wayfinder]

I think that's how I do it as well: Listen to the song until something good appears in my brain. I usually go for short song titles. When I'm saving the file, I just use increasing numbers for the increasing savestates in a directory named after the day and the number of songs i started on that day, so I'll have a dir called 20040909-01 with files 001.bmx, 002.bmx, 003.bmx etc. No need for names at that stage, although I sometimes do come up with something silly. Usually, the first naming starts when I'm giving out previews.

When I was still using IT, it was different, I just used made-up words that came to my mind back then. I have a lot of songs that are named polopo.it or piloko.it or booooo.it etc , they got renamed in time for their releases
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[Farq]

[wayfinder]

hahaha I never noticed that, but you're right! HAHAH what the fuck!
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[relativeq]

my song titles come from either what the song is about, or they are meant to imply lyrics that don't exist. yes, it's pretentious and arty, and no, i don't give a fuck what you think.
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[mute]

my song titles usually tend to come from deeply rooted issues , thoughts, concerns, etc. I tend to usually keep it vague tho. Othertimes its humor or the first thing that comes to mind.

my filenames on the other hand usually come from a random keyboard attack by my fingers followed by the Enter key. ASDGFSDJIoEWRGFE.bmx

Often I forget to rename the bmx to the song name that I pick (which is what the .wav and .mp3s, etc get labeled). This wrecks havok when i need to rerecord or multitrack the song later on. I organize my song files into semi-monthly folders and subcategories in those so its usually pretty easy to dig something out.
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[Xenobioz]

I use names that might describe what instruments or what style the song is. Jacinthbeat 2 or something hehe.

When I release it, I try to find a name that fits the mood of the song.
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[KoDream]

[usr]

there is absolutely nothing wrong with naming your next song "last night i dreamt of jed and it was wonderful"
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[KoDream]

Well certainly, I could just use a different persons name, or write a different song, and keep the same name.

I suppose my point was that the name and the song together were important.

What about Jen, could Jed interpret the replacement name as slander?

[paniq]

STAGE 1: when saving the bmx for the first time, i usually save it as quick as possible to r:\, giving it either a date, something that i plan it to become or something that relates to the content of the track - and mostly to the feeling i have while being on the groove trip. here are some examples:

909delight.bmx
ambientdings.bmx
amen1992.bmx
babongel.bmx
bachbass.bmx
bass_meditation.bmx
bastardass.bmx
bean-machine.bmx
bouncebouncebounce.bmx
bp2004beatsssss.bmx
bp2004nasdnfnd.bmx
bp2004wildcompo.bmx
bummbumm.bmx
chaotic_angst.bmx
clickidi.bmx
darkvibration.bmx
der_beweis.bmx
desparation_of_a_saturday_evening.bmx
destiny_6_hours_later.bmx
dreamon2.bmx
drsnuggles2.bmx
emineminem.bmx
fake2.bmx
fats.bmx
fats2.bmx
frozenremix5.bmx
fuckyoucrazy.bmx
goranger.bmx
hiphop_song.bmx
hooveracid.bmx
in_den_arsch.bmx
in_den_arsch2.bmx
kickdrum3000.bmx
knightrider6000.bmx
life2.bmx
masterbot_multitrack.bmx
meaningless.bmx
mozart_cheap_motherfucker.bmx
muriddim.bmx
mysaturday.bmx
nbasaslfda.bmx
ninjarastafaray.bmx
now_you_surrender.bmx
oneminutemassacre.bmx
optimierung.bmx
progressiveschinken2.bmx
psychedelic_yoga.bmx
psy_march.bmx
reggaegoa.bmx
schinken30493.bmx
schmutz.bmx
schrimps.bmx
sex girl2.bmx
silent_shuffle.bmx
slowmotodeep.bmx
speedtrack.bmx
test.bmx
thepostcard.bmx
the_mad_professor.bmx
to_deep.bmx
to_the_core.bmx
traditional303.bmx
unausweichlich.bmx
v2_kindergarden.bmx
whitestar.bmx
yeah2.bmx
zucker.bmx

great huh? then there is STAGE 2, where i write down the .wav to disk, to show off a preview or give some first impressions, where i use pretty much the same scheme.

finally, STAGE 3. a final wav has been written for post production. this time
- i listen to the track until i have an association with the track that fits (BOOOOORRRRIIIING)
- i pick something from my chamber of religious words(tm), a section inside my mind that has formed through repetitive drug abuse
- i name it after something i talked with people on IRC (e.g. occams razor, after someone explained the term to me) or current world events.
- i pick something from my digibrain.txt, which is a file gathering all kind of chaotic organized information that i randomly need access to. i have a section "cool song names i want to use", where i pick one if i'm in the mood for it. i usually write titles there when i'm on irc and have a good idea for a title, but no track.

and then, finally, months later, i search for the fucking bmx...
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