I had a cool idea (well at least I think it's cool.) Everyone's always wondering where Ron gets his crazy ideas for songs, and luckily for us he (~foolishly 
~) let us in on one of his methods, The Circle of 12 Tones. I'm sure by now, we've all read it and have been confused, but hopefully understand it now. So now we can finally think like The Man.
We should have a game where we all use the same 'key', then see who can write the best riffs out of them. (you gotta post them here, too, obviously)
Every round we'll switch to a new key. (you can still go back and write something for an old key, if you miss it or suddenly think of something good.)
Rules:
1.Any style is permitted (although it could get hard to get certain styles with certain clusters)
2.Can use different octaves
3.MIDI's OK
4.Don't be a bitch and steal someone else's material.
5.Little licks and solos (whether they're over a riff/progression or not) must also follow the note cluster.
6.You can use a cluster in as many different ways as you want before moving to the next cluster.
Only 1 track needed, though if you want, include more tracks, but we'll only be judging by the 12 tone track.
Hopefully this will build creativity in all of our writing. There won't be any official voting, just discussion, praise, and CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. I don't want to play by myself, so... is anyone else interested? Oh, and both Ron and Rudolph can play in our game.
~) let us in on one of his methods, The Circle of 12 Tones. I'm sure by now, we've all read it and have been confused, but hopefully understand it now. So now we can finally think like The Man.We should have a game where we all use the same 'key', then see who can write the best riffs out of them. (you gotta post them here, too, obviously)
Every round we'll switch to a new key. (you can still go back and write something for an old key, if you miss it or suddenly think of something good.)
Rules:
1.Any style is permitted (although it could get hard to get certain styles with certain clusters)
2.Can use different octaves
3.MIDI's OK
4.Don't be a bitch and steal someone else's material.
5.Little licks and solos (whether they're over a riff/progression or not) must also follow the note cluster.
6.You can use a cluster in as many different ways as you want before moving to the next cluster.
Only 1 track needed, though if you want, include more tracks, but we'll only be judging by the 12 tone track.
Hopefully this will build creativity in all of our writing. There won't be any official voting, just discussion, praise, and CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. I don't want to play by myself, so... is anyone else interested? Oh, and both Ron and Rudolph can play in our game.
