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fatjack · Unread post by **fatjack** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 2:08 am

mbgreen wrote:I liked it iissaaacc. I think the simplicity of the progression/strumming pattern suited the lyrics very nicely...it had a good groove, but allowed me to hear what you were saying. I think a lot of guitarists get too caught up in writing overly-intricate, complicated compositions. Not every song has to challenge the boundaries of music theory to be good (in fact, most that do so really arent too fun to listen to if you dont play music.) Great lyrics, and I'd agree with making it a little longer.

i wasn't saying that his song wasn't "complicated enough", i was just saying that it sounded a little common (though it was rather creative overall). i was giving him a little push to strive to be different, because, so far, his songs have proven to do be quite unique, its just that this song has a rhythm that is used very often in popular music

mbgreen · Unread post by **mbgreen** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 2:23 am

Oh I know you weren't knocking the song...I'm just trying to say that its good to write a lyrics-focused piece with a more common progression every now and then. (Just not a whole album full of them.)

isaac · Unread post by **isaac** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 3:09 am

lol. something being complicated enough is entirely subjective, and i know i can't do extremely complicated pieces yet, anyway.

i definitely didn't take offense to fatjack's comment, and completely understood it. i really appreciate/am flattered by the comment on being unique and also the push towards "more complexity", but i think i needed to take a more simplistic approach to work on a firmer foundation and also wanted the lyrics to take more of a forefront, as mbgreen noted, but also as he said, can't do a full album of 'em or they'd be very uninteresting.

hm. should i thank you guys again? i keep saying it.

*chuckles* but i couldn't improve on my own, so uh...danke!

firedancer86 · Unread post by **firedancer86** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 11:07 am

Isaac...only dl'd it now budy, and SWEEEET

I really enjoyed hearing a song that is well composed...your voice fits the song too...keep this kinda stuff up

what did you use for purcussion?
well written tune man...
nice melodic melodies...instruments and vocals...
awesome job man...MAKE MORE :lol:

*two thumbs up*

paywad927 · Unread post by **paywad927** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 1:36 pm

thats was really good. i dont know too much about writing music so i cant critique you, but i really liked it keep it up.

isaac · Unread post by **isaac** » Sun Sep 07, 2003 3:22 pm

haha, thanks guys.

i'm glad you liked my uh..."melodic melodies" fire.

as for the percussion, i used my keyboard. it was actually a "thumpin' techno beat" but i slowed it down by ear to the regular tempo of the song. my parents invested in this keyboard a few years ago, so it's an ol' thing, but it's still great. it has different beats i can mess around with, speed it up, slow it down to my liking. it also let's me pick certain parts of the percussion to play. it's called "part control" and that's how i got the percussion to come in piece by piece at the beginning, then i just left it alone for the rest of the song.

then i used the keyboard to write up a piano melody, then switched it to a synth pad for the stuff inbetween the verses.

taylor for rhythm guitar and uh...me for vocals.

hope that didn't spoil too much of the song. :lol:

anyway, thank so much again everyone. you guys rock.

Als6StringRoars · Unread post by **Als6StringRoars** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 9:08 pm

sounds good man...first thing i thought of when i heard the chord progression was Howie Day, also that synthesized beat or whatever reminded me of how Howie will beat on his guitar and make a beat out of it...

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