Members riffy Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 What do you do to spark your creativity for a song? Or, what do you think of while playing and building a song?This really interests me as I want to know if I am the onlyone that thinks in terms of themes even for the clips I do. The last clip I did "Telly Roll" I thought as I played the bassline that I wanted the bass line to be a constant. Like someone chanting OHM. I did that and played a bubbling little rhythmline of broken arpeggiated chords. Then on another rhythm trackI put little harmonic stabs of two notes over that to bring outharmonic chime like everything was rolling along well in life. The solo was made to go along with those like things were just perfect. When it comes to the break. a little harmonized guitar trill suggested that something was changing. The bass kept doing its OHM type thing, but the bubbling little guitar line changed to mirror the bass lines OHM. The little harmonic stabs changed to an octave harmony type things to add a little more spice in the background. At this point the lead tried to go on its merry way fora few notes but then found the going rough and started struggling. It ended up fighting against the change, It started making a few crys and then at the shortened fade out it gave up and gave an in key trill...Is this silly? Am I the only one that thinks this way about music? I hope not...lol Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members insurrection Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 Originally posted by Highgrade Damn you HG, you beat me to it In all honesty though, chronic is the ultimate way to sit down and have your mind take your music in directions that you would have NEVER though about otherwise. All the marijuana hating propaganda can bitch all they want, but it's a solid fact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SteveVHT Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 I usually spark a fatty, then pop open a beer...Usually, drums first, then guitar, then bass...But that is working with drum loops and writing to the drumming...Live, it just has to happen.Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrelusive Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 man, i was gonna stay out of this thread for the simple reason that someone was gonna just post the word "weed" and think it was funny. or maybe even a two-word post like "weed, brotha!" everytime i mention anything about being a musician or being in a band or writing songs or anything like that, someone inevitably asks me if i smoke pot... i wish people could seperate these two things somehow. If you need to use chemicals to make yourself creative, then it's not you that's creating, it's the chemical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bartfast Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 Inspirations: 1. A fresh drum groove. 2. A bad case of the Flu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cas Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 writing for me is like how an oyster makes a pearl. it starts with a vision and after that i begin building on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrelusive Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 cas.... you're in big rapids? which state? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cas Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 Originally posted by mrelusive cas.... you're in big rapids? which state? michigan. big rapids is where i'm going to school right now, but i live in lake orion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrelusive Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 dude, that's where i'm livin... got a degree in music industry management from Ferris and i'm workin in town waiting for my GF to finish school. Where you livin? what music are ya playin? i need someone to jam with sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cas Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 i play metal, i'm living in cramer hall right now, but by the looks of it I won't be going there next year. their music industry management degree is too business oriented and is for people who like music but have no talent. i wanna go into recording arts , possibly thinking of transferring to indiana university. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OverDriven Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 For me its always a drum beat. I'll mess around in Fruity Loops till I have a good groove, then just play over that. -Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrelusive Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 Originally posted by Cas i play metal, i'm living in cramer hall right now, but by the looks of it I won't be going there next year. their music industry management degree is too business oriented and is for people who like music but have no talent. i wanna go into recording arts , possibly thinking of transferring to indiana university. too true, man. most of the people in the program are talentless scenesters who wanna get their band or their best friends band heard. I mainly did it for a retail management degree, cuz for some {censored}ed up reason i like retail. I'm the assistant manager at Sam Goody in BR, if you've ever been there... also, give me your mark iv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The*Ataris Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 How about other musicians? No one perceives music the same way, and it can be really beneficial to have someone elses input. I'm quite fond of a few beers though myself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrelusive Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 {censored}, i've been turning this worthwhile thread into a conversation... sorry bout that. For me, writing is a constant thing. I have notebook upon notebook filled with couplets and choruses and themes... and a hard drive filled with music ideas that i record whenever something solidifies in my head. The best songs, it seems, are the ones that just flood to me all at once. i'll make a drum loop or write a guitar riff... and run with it, layering everything on top of everything else and hen trimming the fat to see what actually sounds good. I'll return to it a couple days later and re-evaluate it... So i guess i'm more like a sculptor, chiseling away everything that doesn't look write to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members '63-Strat Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 Originally posted by mrelusive man, i was gonna stay out of this thread for the simple reason that someone was gonna just post the word "weed" and think it was funny. or maybe even a two-word post like "weed, brotha!" everytime i mention anything about being a musician or being in a band or writing songs or anything like that, someone inevitably asks me if i smoke pot... i wish people could seperate these two things somehow. If you need to use chemicals to make yourself creative, then it's not you that's creating, it's the chemical. Uh no. Chemicals don't think for themselves. I guess writers like Byron and Shelley didn't actually write themselves, it was the booze, laudunum and opium, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrelusive Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 Originally posted by '63-Strat Uh no. Chemicals don't think for themselves. I guess writers like Byron and Shelley didn't actually write themselves, it was the booze, laudunum and opium, right? heh, i guess to me it'd feel more like "co-writing" a song with someone who's helped a million other people write stuff... so maybe half the money you make should go to weed... if it doesn't already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members riffy Posted March 11, 2006 Author Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 This thread took a wrong turn and Ganga Ave. and High Times Blvd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Woodshed Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 If I like the tone of my amp or even just my acoustic guitar's tone, songs seem to just start flowing out of me usually. You never know, some of my best ideas come to me while driving and I have no way to record it or write it down, so I forget most of them. bad tone = I can't write Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mongoloid Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 I go and play the piano, and Im not very good at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members '63-Strat Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 Originally posted by mrelusive heh, i guess to me it'd feel more like "co-writing" a song with someone who's helped a million other people write stuff... so maybe half the money you make should go to weed... if it doesn't already I spend next to nothing on weed btw. Just stating the facts: THC, alcohol, etc... none of them are capable of creating a song, so I'd have to disagree with your statement. Saying something like lots of people use the mental state that drugs put them in as a crutch to be creative would be far more accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shredhead666 Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 I play with someone who's better than me. Not even just guitarists either. Pianists are notoriously good inspiration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shredhead666 Posted March 11, 2006 Members Share Posted March 11, 2006 Originally posted by riffy Is this silly? Am I the only one that thinks this way about music? I hope not...lolGary Oh god no! This is pretty much how ALL our band practice/rehearsal/writing conversations sound during songwriting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Highgrade Posted March 12, 2006 Members Share Posted March 12, 2006 It is my experience, and those of many others that weed enhances creativity as no other substance can. Alcohol on the other hand does not enhance didly but deadens creativity instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members riffy Posted March 12, 2006 Author Members Share Posted March 12, 2006 Splashing to the surface again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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