HELP: writing your own tunes

[Davy28]

I find if you just hum with the main chord progression you can figure out what will sound good and put words to the rythm of the humming. If that makes sense to anyone else but me.

Thats where pot, booze, and a tape recorder come in.

[c_tietze]

One of the hardest things I've found is finding a vocal melody that goes with music I write. It can be very tough at first when you write cool, complicated chord pregressions and riffs and can't figure out how to sing along with them. Sometimes you have to bite the bullet, step back and keep the riffs simpler so that coming up with a main melody is easier.

Definitely!

With a framework, or basic progression you can do more with the melody and your words/lyrics and then deviate towards something a little more complex. Personally I have always felt myself as a "performer" more than a guitarist. I never try to do much more than keep time and play what can accompany my songs/voice/lyrics the best.

[MWR]

One of the hardest things I've found is finding a vocal melody that goes with music I write. It can be very tough at first when you write cool, complicated chord pregressions and riffs and can't figure out how to sing along with them. Sometimes you have to bite the bullet, step back and keep the riffs simpler so that coming up with a main melody is easier.

Definitely!

With a framework, or basic progression you can do more with the melody and your words/lyrics and then deviate towards something a little more complex. Personally I have always felt myself as a "performer" more than a guitarist. I never try to do much more than keep time and play what can accompany my songs/voice/lyrics the best.

Some good points. You can always do vocals and guitar seperately that way you're not compromising either. I know I have a really hard time singing while playing even slightly syncopated rhythms. When you have the melody written then you can go back and practice putting them together.