Song idea

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Song idea
Topic Started: Jul 12 2008, 11:04 PM (133 Views)
Ryan0rz	Jul 12 2008, 11:04 PM Post #1
Newbie Posts: 14 Group: Members Member #8,659 Joined: July 12, 2008	http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=853609 I know its short - its just an idea for a song. I often record something like this, then completely forget to go back and finish it :p Any comments welcome. Sorry about the poor recording.



monwobobbo	Jul 13 2008, 11:59 AM Post #2
Advanced Member Posts: 172 Group: Members Member #8,625 Joined: June 23, 2008	not bad. needs some work but the idea is solid. don't worry about the sound we all don't have a recording studio inthe bedroom. i just got a Zoom digital 8-track and will be learning to use it. once i do i'll post some of my stuff.



Ryan0rz	Jul 13 2008, 12:27 PM Post #3
Newbie Posts: 14 Group: Members Member #8,659 Joined: July 12, 2008	cheers for the reply. Yeh I know it needs some work, i just thought id record it before I forgot the idea! I'll improve it at some point though and ill post it up!



Bullet	Jul 13 2008, 02:27 PM Post #4
Admin Posts: 1,791 Group: Admin Member #183 Joined: January 13, 2007	ooooo, I like It's obviously not structured and sounds quite random at the moment but the minute I heard it, I can hear an awesome song when it's finished Keep up the good work



Ryan0rz	Jul 13 2008, 05:49 PM Post #5
Newbie Posts: 14 Group: Members Member #8,659 Joined: July 12, 2008	I always found structuring a song the hardest part, anyone got any tips?



monwobobbo	Jul 14 2008, 12:24 AM Post #6
Advanced Member Posts: 172 Group: Members Member #8,625 Joined: June 23, 2008	do what you're doing, if you get an idea get it down after a while you'll find a bunch of ideas and it may make you think hey idea 1 could be a chorus and idea 5 could be the main riff etc. this is how i do it. it is tough to just sit down and say hmm.. i think i'll write a classic for the ages today. as far as structure goes listen to some of you fav songs for structure and start to think about why they may have put it together that way. this will get you to think in terms of structure and flow. it doesn't hurt to try to put together a song using the same structure as one of your favs for practice. remember its a process and requires some practice like anything else. also to begin with keep it simple. many of the best songs have a simple but catchy riff, chorus etc. if you try to write say in the DRAGONFORCE style you probably won't get anywhere. one more thing remeber that songs have words and shouldn't be so busy guitar wise that there are no room for them. when i play just the music for a song people say well... its kind of repititious etc but when the wrds are added hey thats pretty good. yeah when i get some decent tracks laid on my Zoom i'll post them.


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