• From: BELGIUM
  • Registered: 2007-01-27
  • Posts: 3,403

Topic: COMPOSING OR WRITING A SONG

Which instrument is used most to write a song, even heavy metal or Techno songs are composed with or
1) A GUITAR?
2) A PIANO ?
3) INSIDE YOUR HEAD AND if you are good in writing music, you write that song OR sing it on tape recorder?

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- MY GUITAR PLAYS EVERY STYLE = BLUES, ROCK, METAL, so I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY IT.
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  • Registered: 2007-03-24
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Re: COMPOSING OR WRITING A SONG

I guess it depends what you're comfortable on. I use a guitar but I guess if I were a decent keyboardist I'd probably gravitate towards that. I'm not sure about in the head thing though.....doesn't work that way for anyone I know but I'm not privy to hanging out with prodigies either!!!

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  • From: The Land Of Song
  • Registered: 2007-12-10
  • Posts: 5,649

Re: COMPOSING OR WRITING A SONG

hi leiven,

there are so many ways that i write, i cant say i write one way more than another.

for example; i was laying in bed this morning when i had the first spark of a new song, i imagined how the intro would sound using Bb-F-Gm-Bb, in an eagles acoustic rhythm. i had no words at this time.

a couple of hours later, after breakfast, cleaning down the wall tiles in the kitchen and hoovering up, i retired to my studio [the front room] and began strumming the chords, which soon developed into some words, then i took it up a full tone to make it easier to sing, and once i finish here, i shall record the song.

i have also written songs on the piano, and once on the bass guitar!

no depends my friend

phill

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  • From: BELGIUM
  • Registered: 2007-01-27
  • Posts: 3,403

Re: COMPOSING OR WRITING A SONG

Dear colluege Phil, I WISH I COULD DO IT YOUR WAY.
WHY?
- I know most of the chords, but to write a song I use my guitar.
See addendum

[color=blue]- GITAARDOCPHIL SAIS: TO CONQUER DEAD, YOU HAVE TO DIE[/color]   AND [color=blue] we are born to die[/color]
- MY GUITAR PLAYS EVERY STYLE = BLUES, ROCK, METAL, so I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY IT.
[color=blue]Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.[/color]

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