#musical process

[sirensongstriss]

Writing a bridge for a potential song, unnamed so far. Really trying to step out of my comfort zone and try some different ranges and pitches that i don’t usually touch. I think I’ll keep it and just work harder on my head voice! Enjoy!

Loving waves, S!REN

[lysermorke]

Junkie is a song about how addictive love and being in love is! The way you can loose your mind when you don't get what you want or get it how you want it to go… It's like a junkie fiending for its drug... it's a song I wrote quite a while ago and I kept going back to it because it was stuck to my brain."

- Medina on "Junkie"

[chixie-roixmr]

I don't have either of those things but I am curious. How do you come up with songs? Is it easy or difficult to put it all together?

Well, think of it this way:

It”s sort of like Momentum. It’s difficult to start, especially if you don’t know where to start. You have so many different possible directions, but you’ll find that sometimes you’ll have to change directions, or even stop and turn a 180 if you want to find a space where you’re comfortable in, and the ways you get there are almost infinite too. Synths, filters, etc. This is sound composition.

The music composition itself is the direction, the emotion, and the style of the way you get there. If you want to convey a sad emotion, it’s a slow walk, kind of lumbering and lonely. Simplistic in the styling. Happy is sort of swingy and bouncy, moderate to fast, and extremely style dependent (Like that sort of feeling where you want to do parkour, but you know you can so you kind of do a simple hop from here-to-there while running in a direction.) The signature style is found through the obstacles and the style that you try and find through your inspiration. Once you find the style, it’s kind of like a slight downhill roll. you pick up more and more knowledge and you get better and better at things that were once complicated to you, and things become a lot more sophisticated in the way you make them, but not leaving out the personal touch you bring to the table. Musicians who gain this are those who want to learn, want to gain more to make more, despite how much effort it takes.

The way I come up with songs, is either a looping melody in my head (Thank goodness for my insomnia, otherwise I’d actually be tired when i come up with these), or finding inspiration from the musicians I listen to often. There’s no better thing than being able to get a feeling of inspiration, and that rush of motivation is just enough to push the project further, to, for relation to the metaphor, provide that running start that you might need to get things going.

Things may slow down, or even stop altogether, but for those projects that don’t, it’s really amazing to be able to share them with others, and know that other people enjoy something you made. While people may dislike it, that’s their opinion, and i respect it. if they have anything to say about what could be improved, i take it into consideration and move on. This is sort of the collecting part of the process. you collect knowledge from listeners who can provide educated critiques on such, and it lets you know you can improve, and that’s just a part of being creative. You can always improve, and when you think you can’t, you’re only holding yourself back. As much as I’d like to say I’m a good musician, I’m still far off from where I want to be, and I hope that when I get there, I’ll still have a lot to learn.

[bramasmusic]

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I found this in my itunes. I must have recorded this in hopes of writing a more concrete tune. I may have to write said tune.

[fallingskin]

for when you are stuck. the musical process can be frustrating when we don't approach it in a patient way.