Alan Hickey
New member
Hello everyone,
I like to write a lot of music. I usually can't help myself but try out tons of different genre's and with the software these days, you don't have to be able to play every instrument to pull it off!
Anyway, a problem I find a lot with writing music, is I write a 20-30 second part, and then realise I can't do anything with it! I either have no idea where the song should go from there, or I just don't think it sounds good with anything else.
What does work for me, is often I come back to these 'chunks' of songs, and throw them in to another idea I have, and it comes off well.
How many of you write songs in one go, or with the whole piece in mind, and how many of you put different parts of songs together (obviously changing the key, tempo, structure slightly to fit)?
I'm the same, I record everything I've done that I liked, every little riff, and then give it a time, date and chords used title and save it to external HD.
I have the philosophy that it piqued my interest when I was messing about on guitar or piano, so there's a good chance it might for other people. Then when I'm struggling for ideas I come back to them.