Golgi Body
New member
Hi, I'm new to the forums so let me first provide a little background information. I've been playing guitar for 10+ years and have been in several bands. In high school (8 years ago) I began using my computer to record music and slowly transitioned into a more electronic based songs. Well, I've grown up quite a bit and now crave more fundamental natural music. Anyway, on to my question.
When the bands I was in broke up or whatever and I began writing everything on my own it was great. The smallest achievement felt like a milestone. Back then if someone asked me how many "songs" I'd written, I would have said hundreds. But to be honest, in the four or five years I've been producing music (or whatever you want to call it) I've only written maybe 6 whole/complete songs.
I have hundreds of great melodies or ideas that I've always wanted to turn into complete songs, but I struggle and end up abandoning them. It wasn't until 8 months ago that I began recording again (women trouble, great inspiration ). I'm more focused now and want to write songs, not snippets. So I come to you, people of the internet for help.
I have no problem with intros and verses. Hell sometimes I can come up with a chorus I'm not ashamed of, but a lot of the times my music is so short sighted. It'll just consist of the same 3 or 4 chord progressions in different variations. In the past I'd lie to myself and say I didn't want to be rigid in my compositions, and that there wasn't a formula to writing music. I still agree with that, but the few songs I've been able to write that have verses, a chorus, a bridge, and an outro are so much more interesting. They sound like real songs and not some guys sad attempt at a hobbie.
For example, right now I'm working on a piece that starts with a little guitar melody revolving around an E minor and A. I've built some nice bass lines around it along with a rhythm section and leads. I love the feel of this one, but can't break out of this 2 chord progression without losing the tone I want.
I don't know much about music theory and hope that perhaps that could help. So any advice or information anyone could steer me towards would be greatly appreciated. In the past I realize it was much easier to write music with other people, but that's not an option right now.
Thanks,
Golgi Body
When the bands I was in broke up or whatever and I began writing everything on my own it was great. The smallest achievement felt like a milestone. Back then if someone asked me how many "songs" I'd written, I would have said hundreds. But to be honest, in the four or five years I've been producing music (or whatever you want to call it) I've only written maybe 6 whole/complete songs.
I have hundreds of great melodies or ideas that I've always wanted to turn into complete songs, but I struggle and end up abandoning them. It wasn't until 8 months ago that I began recording again (women trouble, great inspiration ). I'm more focused now and want to write songs, not snippets. So I come to you, people of the internet for help.
I have no problem with intros and verses. Hell sometimes I can come up with a chorus I'm not ashamed of, but a lot of the times my music is so short sighted. It'll just consist of the same 3 or 4 chord progressions in different variations. In the past I'd lie to myself and say I didn't want to be rigid in my compositions, and that there wasn't a formula to writing music. I still agree with that, but the few songs I've been able to write that have verses, a chorus, a bridge, and an outro are so much more interesting. They sound like real songs and not some guys sad attempt at a hobbie.
For example, right now I'm working on a piece that starts with a little guitar melody revolving around an E minor and A. I've built some nice bass lines around it along with a rhythm section and leads. I love the feel of this one, but can't break out of this 2 chord progression without losing the tone I want.
I don't know much about music theory and hope that perhaps that could help. So any advice or information anyone could steer me towards would be greatly appreciated. In the past I realize it was much easier to write music with other people, but that's not an option right now.
Thanks,
Golgi Body