How long was it before you started writing your own music?

Necromancer · 02-16-2014, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Alice in Chains

A good point made, indeed. My poetry, though, would sound pretty dumb. That, and I can't play any instruments anymore so I'd be stuck with a couple of acapella songs.

you're just being modest.

Moss · 02-16-2014, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Alice in Chains

Are you trying to make me laugh?

Not even kind of although if it did I'm glad. Lyrics cant be poetry or the other way around?

Fixums · 02-21-2014, 12:01 AM

Hey, thanks for all the replies everyone! Glad to hear the experiences of everyone else. Seems like it'll be a long road, but I'm having fun messing about. I feel like I'd make some quicker progress if I had some more people to play with, but as of now I'm my own band. I've added keys to the mix of things I'm teaching myself, which hopefully won't slow any one thing down too much. I feel like those three things will get me covered though.

Pet_Sounds · 02-21-2014, 10:16 PM

It's ceetainly important to try multiple instruments. I'm a pianist by trade (classically-trained), but I've also dabbled in guitar (didn't interest me, not sure why) and saxophone. The nice thing about a piano is that it can play just about anything any (non-percussion) instrument can. Not as well, or with the same attitude, but it's a useful tool for arranging basslines, riffs, chords, etc.
And I haven't written anything serious yet, but give me a song's chord progression, and I can arrange it for a band.

**Frownland** · 02-21-2014, 10:25 PM

^if you're playing a prepared piano, you can also make several percussive noises.

Prepared piano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 02-28-2014, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Alice in Chains

I don't really write songs anymore. I used to when I was little but realized I could say more with poetry. That and nobody really understood my esoteric themes. With poetry, no one has to.

I feel the same, I find songs can be too forced. Poetry however, has no limits. I began writing poetry from about 13. I was getting pretty serious about it and managed to get a poetry editor interested in my work but I lost steam once at University. I'd really like to get back into writing, my most ideal time to write is on the bus/train to class.

Taxman · 03-01-2014, 07:31 AM

the first thing i did when i started to play guitar was to try to write a song. I have wrirtten 120_140, who can tell, so far, and none of them is actually good, so i guess it is about talent. Which i have not. But still, only trying to create something by yourself is more satisfying than if you do not even try.

Black Francis · 03-01-2014, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Taxman

the first thing i did when i started to play guitar was to try to write a song. I have wrirtten 120_140, who can tell, so far, and none of them is actually good, so i guess it is about talent. Which i have not. But still, only trying to create something by yourself is more satisfying than if you do not even try.

i think you are being too humble with so many songs a couple of them have to be good lol

But i agree with you i think is best to try and fail than to never try at all

Alice in Chains · 03-31-2014, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

I feel the same, I find songs can be too forced. Poetry however, has no limits. I began writing poetry from about 13. I was getting pretty serious about it and managed to get a poetry editor interested in my work but I lost steam once at University. I'd really like to get back into writing, my most ideal time to write is on the bus/train to class.

My thoughts exactly.

I'm totally down with turning songs into poetry but I think that both mediums should be separate. When it comes to me, at least. If you've got some lines that sound like sing song tunes then go for it, but I think that the two are very separate. Like sculpting with ice and and doing woodwork.

Moss · 03-31-2014, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Taxman

the first thing i did when i started to play guitar was to write a song. I have wrirtten 120_140, who can tell, so far, and none of them is actually good, so i guess it is about talent. Which i have not. But still, only trying to create something by yourself is more satisfying than if you do not even try.

Now that is a refreshing attitude and actually inspires me to give it a shot. Part of why I have not tried is a fear of failure I think. Im not really an artist in any way. And im sure there is a gem among all those songs you have written. Maybe you need a Walter Becker to your Donald ***an self.

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Fixums Groupie Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 3	Hey, thanks for all the replies everyone! Glad to hear the experiences of everyone else. Seems like it'll be a long road, but I'm having fun messing about. I feel like I'd make some quicker progress if I had some more people to play with, but as of now I'm my own band. I've added keys to the mix of things I'm teaching myself, which hopefully won't slow any one thing down too much. I feel like those three things will get me covered though.