Members banjobach Posted January 30, 2008 Members Share Posted January 30, 2008 Every now and then I come up with a guitar diddy that I think sounds better without lyrics. This is a pretty rough demo of what it will generally sound like. So I implore you, please tell me if I should add lyrics or if you think the song would sound better as and instrumental. Its called "blues guitar diddy". SOUNDCLICK Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cjlinus Posted January 30, 2008 Members Share Posted January 30, 2008 NO...wait a minute...... no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeveryHarper Posted January 30, 2008 Members Share Posted January 30, 2008 What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members banjobach Posted January 30, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 30, 2008 What do you think? adding lyrics to this song would really push my songwriting ability. The little licks here and there are hard to write around. I'd be willing to give it a shot. But i also recognize this song could also be purely instrumental and be a legitimate song by itself. I just wanted some outside input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hisfiredancer Posted January 30, 2008 Members Share Posted January 30, 2008 Wow! I think it's great as an instrumental and that lyrics would take away from it and not add to it. (And that from someone who mostly writes lyrics!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesway Posted January 30, 2008 Members Share Posted January 30, 2008 no this is very michael hedges. michael hedges was amazing until he started writing lyrics. i love it as is. save the lyrics for another song, IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Joeytpg Posted January 30, 2008 Members Share Posted January 30, 2008 dude, leave it like it is..... I like it. Add another guitar, and I'd add some keys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members banjobach Posted January 30, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 30, 2008 no this is very michael hedges. michael hedges was amazing until he started writing lyrics. i love it as is. save the lyrics for another song, IMHO Haha ya got me. This song was inspired by Michael Hedges' song Maybe I'll come up with a rough demo of what it might sound like with lyrics and see if it detracts from the song. Thanks for le feedbach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Swingfinger Posted January 30, 2008 Members Share Posted January 30, 2008 no it sounds great as it is and lyrics would probably take away from it. Than again I'm a big fan of Michael Hedges and the guitarists signed to Candyrat. EDIT: I see no harm in experimenting though, do what feels right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted January 30, 2008 Moderators Share Posted January 30, 2008 I think if you did, you could have a very elongated rhythm for your melody. Depending on how you're counting... either quarter or half note values decending would sound cool. It's what I heard my my melon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhat Posted January 30, 2008 Members Share Posted January 30, 2008 I really dont think its developed enough to really be much of a song ,,,, very repetitious with little in the way of a musical hook. You have some riffage going on ,, but really not organized well enough for a good song. Its not bad playing ,,,,I would call it a starting point.....with some ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members banjobach Posted January 30, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 30, 2008 I really dont think its developed enough to really be much of a song ,,,, very repetitious with little in the way of a musical hook. You have some riffage going on ,, but really not organized well enough for a good song. Its not bad playing ,,,,I would call it a starting point.....with some ideas. fair enough. It is repetitive and I'll probably add a bar or something to break the song up a bit. I kinda thought what I had going was pretty catchy but I know it's not enough to be entire instrumental right now. I'll have to write more to it if I go that route. Thanks for the input guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mixman77 Posted January 31, 2008 Members Share Posted January 31, 2008 I think it sounds pretty good now, but you couldn't go wrong by writing lyrics to it. Because it's repetitive it would be easy to write lyrics for. Or as you've already said, maybe add some chord changes and breaks here and there. You are a good player and it never hurts to try different things. My take on it, add lyrics and see how it works. If it sux, drop the lyrics and you're where you are now. Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesway Posted January 31, 2008 Members Share Posted January 31, 2008 Haha ya got me. This song was inspired by Michael Hedges' songJitterboogieMaybe I'll come up with a rough demo of what it might sound like with lyrics and see if it detracts from the song. Thanks for le feedbach i'm so good, it scares me. lol j/k i like it. i think you have to play it a bit cleaner, but i think it's done. (contrary to a few of the others) if you were inspired by michael hedges, then anything more you do in terms of production will back away from that. (of course, i'm speaking from an emulative standpoint. feel FREE to experiment with lyrics. that's the beauty of it being YOUR song.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ijenneh Posted February 1, 2008 Members Share Posted February 1, 2008 Just love the guitar work on this piece. Beautiful on its own. Really good. If you decide to add vocals/lyrics make sure they are as strong and lovely as this guitar work. Good Job. IJenNeh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kennychaffin Posted February 5, 2008 Members Share Posted February 5, 2008 I really dont think its developed enough to really be much of a song ,,,, very repetitious with little in the way of a musical hook. You have some riffage going on ,, but really not organized well enough for a good song. Its not bad playing ,,,,I would call it a starting point.....with some ideas. I like this a lot, and think it could stand alone, but agree with rhat that it needs 1 or more contrasting sections. The dynamics changes just aren't taking it to where it needs to be musically. KAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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