The Best Way To Ruin A Good Song...

...is to swear in it. I mean really. There are a handful of said words that ruin a song, but the worst by far is the bomb, the mother of all swear words. You know, that one that seems to be used by the unintelligent or uninspired lyricist (and equally unintelligent English speakers) as a noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, appositive, conjunction, interjection...(did I miss any?)

My momma used to say "Cussing is a sign of a dull mind." I must agree. Apparently the English language, according to the Oxford Dictionary, has more than 220,000 words (words that are currently in use, obsolete, and derivatives). Plenty of other words to fit the bill out there. Let's use 'em.

I've also noticed that non-native English speakers seem to feel that they are not properly "speaking the lingo" if they don't throw that word in multiple places in every sentence they utter. Important speaking tip: if you really want to sound fluent (and intelligent too), don't use that word. It just makes you sound like you're trying too hard and that your vocabulary is severely stunted.

Oh, and if you're swearing because you wanna be "different" or "fly" or whatever, guess what? Unfortunately, that's not gonna do it for you. Too many people use inappropriate speech nowadays. You wanna be your own person? Expand your vocabulary. Stay away from those "common" words. Especially that one common word. You know which one I mean....

NoiseFloor9

I'm doing all of my final mix/mastering at the NoiseFloor9 studio, with Randy Graves at the producer helm. He's been absolutely fantastic to work with. Not only are the masters spot on, he's also been educating me in the art and science of music production, which has definitely improved my music writing and production skills.

NoiseFloor9 has a section on it's website dedicated to my current project. You can check it out here (Noisefloor9-M31Music). While you're there also check out the other services the studio offers.