Figured I would post here since this is the more song oriented forum
Im having trouble getting ideas down, and I'm sure this is a common problem.
I've got some pretty decent tones going on in my DAW with amp sims and impulses.
I usually play along with mp3's but I'm getting tired of being a rip-off artist.
Whenever I try to compose something though I just end up playing a lame riff and repeating it like an android. It doesn't help that the software works easiest when you play to a click track and 4/4 time.
So how do you guys start off when you come up with these great clips with complex changes and all this polyrhythmic stuf?
Do you just play a scratch track and pick out the best parts and expand on them?
Any help or ideas here would be appreciated, or links to great info on composing and arranging.
thanks
Im having trouble getting ideas down, and I'm sure this is a common problem.
I've got some pretty decent tones going on in my DAW with amp sims and impulses.
I usually play along with mp3's but I'm getting tired of being a rip-off artist.
Whenever I try to compose something though I just end up playing a lame riff and repeating it like an android. It doesn't help that the software works easiest when you play to a click track and 4/4 time.
So how do you guys start off when you come up with these great clips with complex changes and all this polyrhythmic stuf?
Do you just play a scratch track and pick out the best parts and expand on them?
Any help or ideas here would be appreciated, or links to great info on composing and arranging.
thanks