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 Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:04 pm
Hey guys.
I've been trying to write some songs lately and as a bass player, I thought it would be a good idea to start there and then work my way up once I got the notes and stuff all worked out.
It didn't really work that well, so I grabbed my acoustic guitar and just played out the chords I wanted and sang instead of picking out the notes. It's actually turning out pretty well and I figure that once I can get it sounding like I want to I'll probably just improvise on the bass whenever I get around to recording it.
What do you guys do?
Or do you guys even write songs?
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 3:36 am
I always start with the rythm guitar. Then add the bass to give me a set pattern, then I add my drums and then I layer my lead guitar onto the top. Then I fiddle with that for a while until it sounds alright, and then add my lyrics. It's pretty easy when you get used to it! Practice makes perfect!
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:34 am
write song on insterments then lyrics
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:52 am
Lyrics definitely come first, then we fiddle around with various beats and melodies, then we try to cram the two pieces together strictly following the rythm style laid out by the lyrics and then smoothen out all the "bumps" in the would-be song. Once we have a basic steady beat and rythm that co-exist as perfectly as possible, we then flare the song up with complexity (trills, drum rolls, more obvious breaks, and of course the various madd bass, guitar and drum solos) cool
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:24 pm
I always like to start with a solid bassline, it gives me a foundation for the song.
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:25 pm
TheDarkMercenary I always start with the rythm guitar. Then add the bass to give me a set pattern, then I add my drums and then I layer my lead guitar onto the top. Then I fiddle with that for a while until it sounds alright, and then add my lyrics. It's pretty easy when you get used to it! Practice makes perfect! that's what i do as well
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Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:27 am
i set up a beat on the drum machine... jam on that for a while... get a cool idea and then hit record... then i listen back and think of other things and then i organize it... after that i get my pops to lay down a guitar track (because he's an awsome guitarist) i got this idea from an interview i saw with steve vai... he loops a track and then jams until he get something he wants to keep... its a good method
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Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 4:14 pm
I usually just come up with a beat in my head, write lyrics to it, then mimic the sounds on the bass. Sure the songs usually turn out crappy, but beggars can't be choosers... Unless... They're KING!!
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:56 am
I started writing song lyrics long before I learned how to play bass. So I take my lyrics and find a meody. Grab my bass and create a beat. Go on this guitar thing on the web where you write the notes and it playes it back, and I create a song. The guitar part however, is tricky since I dont play. But I play around with the web site, find what i want, use it, give a guitarist that I know the tabs, and WAH-LA!! I've got a song.
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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 7:55 pm
I like to come up with a distorted driving line, or a clean funk influenced piece. The band I play in usually turns every idea we get into a song, so there's never anybody who writes all the material.
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 1:30 am
I find it easy to start with a drum beat and write a bass groove to go with that. But I write mostly funk.
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:50 pm
Sometimes I do lyrics first, sometimes I do lyrics last. I usually start with a basic chord progression playing notes on bass, like A, C, F, E. Then I try different bass chords to try and get a feel for what the guitar will be like, and give me a solid set of notes to use for the bassline. I go to guitar next and find all the right chords I want, major, minor or whatever, then I go back to bass and funk up the line a bit, unless I'm singing and playing. For my own recording purposes, I get guitar and bass in first, drums next, which are loop based since I don't have a band yet, and lastly I put in vocals. If you wanna know more about bass chords PM me, or if you just wanna chat.
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Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 12:00 am
Yeah it depends I find it easier to write stuff when im with my entire band. Most of the stuff that I create is from just listening to records for years. you get lots of little ideas subconsciously that you'll remeber later. But yah acoustic and picing out the notes is a great tool but that can also lead to your bass sounding really basic (unless you play pop punk or something).
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Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 9:10 am
i dont know, lately we have been writing music and rythim first then improvising words. but i think that kyrenex is right words should come before music.
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Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 4:42 pm
I find that when I write on bass (all I own is a bass) I make it way to technical and it's hard for the people I jam with to follow along... also... ive been trying to write guitar parts on the higher octives of my bass and strum... Im going through a hard time with writing right now
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