Quoting "Leslie P. Polzer" <sky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Hi folks, > > I'm looking for hints that will help me get started in composing > a piece all of my own. > > I'm just a hobby musician with modest guitar and keyboard > skills and just enough drum knowledge to get something > acceptable in Hydrogen. > > How do you start? Percussion, Bass, Lead? How do you continue? > How do you actually get something together? :) > > I find I can do nice separate pieces but have trouble to come > up with something coherent... > > Thanks for any hints! > > Leslie > > -- > LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/polzer > Xing Profile: https://www.xing.com/profile/LeslieP_Polzer > Blog: http://blog.viridian-project.de/ My 2 cents, for what it's worth. I first think about the lyrics. While writing them I also think about the rhythm. Then I write the rhythm (using my tool vdm, with which you write rhythms as if they were pieces of C code). Then I launch songs (another tool of mine, a mini ardour) and think about some music, playing the guitar with the rhythm in my ears (or a simplified version of the rhythm). When I'm satisfied with a line/riff, I record it. Generally twice, one for the left channel and one for the right. Then I add some other guitar parts, like kind of "solos." Then I record the voice, with the guitar+drums in background. (So I need a full-duplex soundcard.) But I guess I am not very representative of folks on the list. I mean, if I want some effects or something I first have to write some software for it, so... And I mostly do metal stuff. Some variations are possible. For example, for the next piece, I already know I will put some 7/8, 9/8, 10/8 and 12/8 rhythms, because turkish music and flamenco have funny rhythms I want to have fun with. But I first need to let my tools work under windows, since I lost my computer. I will do it all with someone else's computer, which does not run linux, and I can do nothing about that. Anyway, that's it. Take care, Cedric. Oh yeah, my software are at: http://sed.free.fr but they are very minimalistic, so you surely don't need them. You may want to take a look at vdm, it's a funny drum machine (well, funny for me...). _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
