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06-27-2006, 04:55 PM
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| ss.org Regular  Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hungary, Bicske city Posts: 530
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 | Read songs Hi there, Im new on the forum so sorry if I write on the wrong place or something... I played 1 year on bass and I startad playing on guitar... my question is that how do you write songs, how to begin, tipps, and such... Sorry again and thanks! Bye! |
 
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06-27-2006, 05:01 PM
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| The Church of SEVEN • Super Moderator •  Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Woodbridge, VA Posts: 10,615
Real Name: Mike Main Seven: Jackson CS Soloist 7 Rig: Mesa Triple Recto Thanked: 52
  | Welcome. Man, that's one of the hardest questions in music... My approach - find yourself a melody, something that keeps your attention. Ripping playing is all well and good, but it has to have meldoy to hold it together. The stuff I've written generally starts from something simple, and works it's way into having more "meat" on it, so to speak. I'm not sure any two people approach it the same way... Hope this helps! |
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06-27-2006, 05:07 PM
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| Adminishredder • Site Admin •  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Boston, Mass Posts: 25,938
Real Name: Mr. F. Johnson Main Seven: Sherman Custom Main ERG: Douglas 6ST Bass Rig: 2101 -> S160 -> Mesa Thanked: 556
| If you can play what's in your head, the best thing you can do is start practicing with a metronome. Hum the tune to yourself, dial in your metronome timing and get to work craftin' your masterpiece.  :: chrisquigley.com :: Sevenstring Registry :: Share Your Music :: Share Your Patches :: Sevenstring.org MySpace chmod +ax /bin/laden |
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06-27-2006, 06:37 PM
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| je t'aime   Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Issaquah, WA Posts: 4,225
Real Name: David Knise Main Seven: 2005 Ibanez RG1527 w/ Blazes Rig: POD XT Live > Carvin Thanked: 2 / 1
| I just start humming a melody like they've said. The ability to transfer that melody to a guitar, and add some extra kick to it, is how you're going to write an awesome song. Often times, I'll get chord progressions in my head, write those out, and then start imrpov'ing over them.  ss.org's official most photoshopped member |
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06-28-2006, 03:18 AM
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| ss.org Regular Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hungary, Bicske city Posts: 530
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| Thank you for writeing! Well I first tread reading songs that I sit down, just play something, and than it well become a riff (sorry if I read bad but I'm not good in English) but you know that they didn't fit together... Well I tried play that I hear in my head, but I get 2 riffs and I dont know how to continue them  Sorry again if you dont undestand what Im writeing! Have a nice day  |
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06-28-2006, 03:32 AM
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| je t'aime Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Issaquah, WA Posts: 4,225
Real Name: David Knise Main Seven: 2005 Ibanez RG1527 w/ Blazes Rig: POD XT Live > Carvin Thanked: 2 / 1
| actually, your english is superb. Hopefully you, can understand us. Well, once you got a main riff or melody down, expand on that in your head. Just think of all the possibilities that it could expand to. Often times, I'll know what I want next, and then I'll think of a line or phrase that mimmicks what I'm thinking the next part is. |
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06-30-2006, 04:16 PM
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| ss.org Regular Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hungary, Bicske city Posts: 530
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| And when did you write songs? I'm you say "now I gona sit down and write a song" or you something in your head and say "Ohhh thats cool, a do it on guitar" ooor you are just jamming along and something good comes out and you will use it when you want? I dont no... I fill myself tired in these days, I head starts hurting from the distorsion and I dont got any new idea... |
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06-30-2006, 04:36 PM
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| je t'aime Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Issaquah, WA Posts: 4,225
Real Name: David Knise Main Seven: 2005 Ibanez RG1527 w/ Blazes Rig: POD XT Live > Carvin Thanked: 2 / 1
| I write songs in my head, while I'm in the shower. I then write it out on my shower wall in tab, and a special notation for drums, which I then bring my laptop over... and put it into the computer. |
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07-18-2006, 10:50 AM
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| Sumerian 7string Sorcery   Join Date: May 2005 Location: The Eleven-day Empire Posts: 9,595
Real Name: I have many... Main Seven: C7 Hellraiser/LTD M207 Main ERG: Aria bass tuned in fifths Rig: POD v2.0 Thanked: 178
| WTF? You can play anything over any chord provided you make sure it resolves. Use your ears. If the result sounds musical then it's correct. 'If one octave isn't interesting then who the hell cares about the others?!' Diamanda Galas http://farsideguitars.blogspot.com/ |
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