You know what is kinda sad? (composing related stuff)

[ahjteam]

I have this female friend that I "use" to measure how good my songs are (I don't make metal, but more pop'ish rock stuff), because she is kinda on the target audience. I was playing some of my riffs around for this female friend of mine unplugged with my guitar one day, then suddenly with one riff she said "that one sounds kinda nice". I demoed the riff down a moment ago, it was this. Well, it was one of the riffs she liked the most. The sad part is that it was the same four chord progession (but with a small twist) as on 90% of the big hits, like Lady Gaga's Poker Face. I, V, VI, IV. They fall for it all the time

 

[ParsonsMatt]

One-Four-Dominant 5th-One... always works.

 

[LeSedna]

I know, I try to fight but it's always a lot of deception. It's actually easy to write a hit, I'm sure it's 99% about knowing the right persons to produce it...

 

[LeSedna]

I-IV-V songs from the french wiki page :

# The Jack - AC/DC
# There's gonna be some rockin' - AC/DC
# I Feel Good - James Brown
# Night Train - James Brown
# Travellin' Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival
# Bullwinkle Part II - Centurians (voir Pulp Fiction)
# Maybe I'm A Leo - Deep Purple
# Lazy - Deep Purple
# Cresoxipropanediol en capsules - Ginette Garcin
# C'est lundi - Jesse Garon
# Rock'n Roll - Led Zepplin
# Moby Dick - Led Zepplin
# Marylène - Martin Circus
# Little Girl - Modry Efekt
# I've got my Mojo Working - Modry Efekt
# Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
# Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
# Music is the Victim - Scissor Sisters
# Constipation Blues - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
# Bustin' Surfboards - Tornadoes (voir Pulp Fiction)
# I want to break free - Queen
# Man on the Prowl - Queen
# Sleeping on the Sidewalk - Queen
# Ice Cream Man - Van Halen
# Heavies - Frank Zappa
# Penguin in Bondage - Frank Zappa [1

 

[narcossintese]

Ah, fuck, just do it anyway. Check out this video:

I like a lot of the songs that he mashups and have never noticed that they had a similar chord progression. Don´t think you should care about it on your songs either.

 

[LeSedna]

This guy is amazing !

 

[ahjteam]

I-IV-V songs from the french wiki page :

# The Jack - AC/DC
# There's gonna be some rockin' - AC/DC
# I Feel Good - James Brown
# Night Train - James Brown
# Travellin' Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival
# Bullwinkle Part II - Centurians (voir Pulp Fiction)
# Maybe I'm A Leo - Deep Purple
# Lazy - Deep Purple
# Cresoxipropanediol en capsules - Ginette Garcin
# C'est lundi - Jesse Garon
# Rock'n Roll - Led Zepplin
# Moby Dick - Led Zepplin
# Marylène - Martin Circus
# Little Girl - Modry Efekt
# I've got my Mojo Working - Modry Efekt
# Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
# Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
# Music is the Victim - Scissor Sisters
# Constipation Blues - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
# Bustin' Surfboards - Tornadoes (voir Pulp Fiction)
# I want to break free - Queen
# Man on the Prowl - Queen
# Sleeping on the Sidewalk - Queen
# Ice Cream Man - Van Halen
# Heavies - Frank Zappa
# Penguin in Bondage - Frank Zappa [1

I-V-VI-IV songs:

 

[DaWolf]

And there`s probably a ton more....didn`t see Streets of London