What's your favorite way of composing metal/hard rock music?

[Nicksaf]

So how do you like to compose your music? Could be cool to hear your preferred methods!

[rtkeeling]

Watching this tutorial may help:



It's for Evolution Electric Guitar, but the way the guy puts his song together should work for almost any Kontakt guitar.

Roy

[Nicksaf]

Wow thanks! I think thats what i use!

[Nicksaf]

This video is pretty good. So basically it 8 bars and looping with little notes changes?


My progression is E7 Ebmaj7 Gsus4 D7 Cj7 G11 C B7 Cj7

How can I advance from here?

[jancivil]

well, understanding a guitar part is understanding a guitar part, you aren't going to come up with it out of nowhere.

Greg who make that product and made that video majored in music theory I believe, and plays the hell out of a keyboard and has obviously emulated a lot of other instruments on the instrument. that's really, no kidding, what it takes to create viable music. there are no shortcuts, there is nothing that will replace it, you get your hands dirty over years then you maybe have the ability to put it all together.

music isn't special compared to another art. you don't get to be a good visual artist on a computer without making a mess with the physical world awhile first...

[jancivil]

to learn how to edit it to be interesting.

edit someone else's progression?

tell us your understanding of that progression, why are these choices made? If you do not have that, the exercise is pointless.

[tapper mike]

Progressions are only part of the big picture.
Form is the big picture.
http://www.kvraudio.com/wiki/?id=Song+Form

[Nicksaf]

to learn how to edit it to be interesting.

edit someone else's progression?

tell us your understanding of that progression, why are these choices made? If you do not have that, the exercise is pointless.

What do you mean? I chose by ear until it sounded good, i didn't think of a progression, what should i consider in order for it not to be pointless?

Well actually that's what i'm asking, a good source of copying from, any song people think is appropriate for this situation and genre.

I understand the years required and said before that i don't expecting any shortcuts. But in order to get there you have to start somewhere. Im not planning to sound like a superstar from a few mouse clicks. But it doesn't mean i should drown in "you don't have the skills for it", the understanding of which is important tho.

[Nicksaf]

Progressions are only part of the big picture.
Form is the big picture.
http://www.kvraudio.com/wiki/?id=Song+Form

Thanks it's pretty informative.

[Nicksaf]

Any guitarists out there who can suggests good songs to practice guitar part structure? Something modern?