Lets say we've got a real simple I guess "thrash punk" progression going on. Power chords, E to F, E to G#, with a kind of "resolving" A to G# to E.
I don't know if I'm really giving enough to explain, but the basic problem is this, and I bring it up because its been a common road block for me, and I think a lot of other people out there too probably. We have some idea and lets say in this case its "man this sounds good as a verse riff". And even though we can vary what we have with palm muting, substitution, and rhythm changes, its still the same idea.
What I have trouble finding is how one takes a musical concept and finds its counterpart, like "how does this idea change and become a chorus".
So to the GMC'ers out there who jam/write their own stuff, how do you do it? Messing around and just playing sometimes finds where I want to go on its own, but there must be a more thought out way.