QUOTE (Narzsa @ Jun 18 2012, 09:27 PM)
No no, thats actually pretty good cheer ben
So what your saying, is, to process what i've learned i should being flexing my creativity by writing
It also ties in with my thinking of that i've gotten too dependant on guitar pro and "parroting" lessons as a posed to applying the methods
so i might start looking at what i want to do, learning a few songs in that vein, then creating something of my own in that style from what i've learnt?
Yes I'd definitely start whacking some ideas down.. doesn't matter if you scrap them. The more you get out, the closer you will get to the good stuff.
One thing that I used to try to hold on to was when I was writing riffs, if I ever came up with a progression that sounded exactly like another song by Maiden or Metallica or whoever, then I would change it. I always used to try to avoid cliche chord progressions. It forces you to come up with something new. You don't always have to do this, though.. sometimes you will put together some chords that follow the same progression as something else, but it may be a different rhythm, tempo, different key.
At first, you probably shouldn't try too hard to think about the things I just mentioned. You just want to start allowing the creativity to flow. After a while you'll start honing what you've got and start trimming the fat.. re arranging and improving what you've got
I think it's always good to learn other people's songs as well.. it helps introduce you to many classic chord progression possibilities.. and rhythms and pick patterns that you can apply to your own riffs. If you balance this out with your own composing you'll start coming up with ideas quickly !
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