Developing Our Songwriting Skills, what was the last song you learned? |
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Sep 7 2011, 12:54 PM
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If we want to progress as songwriters we need to learn at least the basics of chords, harmony, even if it means that we have to come up with some of the rules that exist in formal theory on our own.
When writings songs, it's always good to see how great songs were written. What type of songs do we want to create, what is the structure of such a song, how many choruses, how many verses, do we have a bridge, how is energy distributed throughout the song etc. All these things, if analyzed from other famous songs, can help us boost some of our own ideas as well. What do you think about this topic? What was the last song you learned to play from beginning to an end? -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Sep 8 2011, 09:15 AM
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Well, it all depends on the goals really. Someones goal is to become a virtuoso, someones to become a composer. Check out Satriani for example. The guy is both virtuoso and great composer. What makes him a good composer are his great tunes. Yes you can find lots of flashy stuff in there, but they are very carefully composed and beside that there are so many memorable vocal-like guitar themes that make them almost popular music in some moments. Well, it is popular music, it's social music today, you can hear Satch's songs everywhere on the radio, as background music in TV shows etc..
I think every famous guitar player was famous because of the great compositions. Those compositions usually contain some type of simplified theme that can catch the ear of the mass. Next to that, there is always room for demonstrating the skills on the instrument. -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Ivan Milenkovic Developing Our Songwriting Skills Sep 7 2011, 12:54 PM
Daniel Realpe I'm currently learning Bastards of the machine... Sep 7 2011, 01:20 PM
Ben Higgins QUOTE (Daniel Realpe @ Sep 7 2011, 01:20 ... Sep 8 2011, 09:44 AM
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Ivan Milenkovic Wow, that's a great song for learning man Sep 7 2011, 05:12 PM Sinisa Cekic Prove it ! Sep 7 2011, 11:29 PM JamesT This is a great topic. I'd like to get more in... Sep 8 2011, 02:30 AM
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