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2006-02-26, 22:36
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Ive been sitting with my guitar for a good few hours and when normally I can write riffs and solos, my brain just isnt working with me anymore. I either find myself playing random notes that just sound like shit  . I need a sorce of inspiration to make me want to play somehting cool again, could anyone help re-inspire me?  |
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2006-02-27, 03:58
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2006-02-27, 04:45
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go listen to shit you like but haven't listened to in a while...go to a concert...or watch a video of some guitarist you fucking love
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2006-02-27, 04:49
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Haha, great site.
Don't force yourself to play, make the music flow naturally out of you, like lava.
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2006-02-27, 05:22
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Talk about inspiration. Time to find some dirty leg!
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2006-03-05, 13:59
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Haha, great site.
Don't force yourself to play, make the music flow naturally out of you, like lava.
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That is where its at man, The best shit Ive written has come to me just improvising, and my fingers do all the work. Listen to some music for inspiration as well before hand, and maby try writing to a metronome/drum machine, that helps sometimes. |
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2006-03-05, 16:25
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Trey Azagthoth describes his writing procedure as "playing the spaces in between thoughts". Couldn't have said it better. If you're constantly thinking "Ok, I have my guitar in front of me, now I need to play a riff" then that's way too focused and it probably wont yield anything good.
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2006-03-05, 18:28
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hmm, getting inspiration is a huge problem for me too, i dont have any inspiration i usualy just sit there and play some random shit (not rilli random i follow scales and stuff).
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2006-03-06, 06:58
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I say look to theory.. It has many guidelines on composition. I personally love medium length tremolo riffs followed by some staccato dischords. So basically look to theory, and maybe even other forms of music.
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2006-03-06, 18:02
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smoke weed!
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2006-03-06, 20:09
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Got an effects pedal? They help
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2006-03-06, 20:37
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Trey Azagthoth describes his writing procedure as "playing the spaces in between thoughts". Couldn't have said it better. If you're constantly thinking "Ok, I have my guitar in front of me, now I need to play a riff" then that's way too focused and it probably wont yield anything good.
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Yeah, I'd tend to agree with this. I produce decent stuff when I'm not focused on actually producing decent stuff. |
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2006-03-07, 05:26
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just sit there and watch tv or somthing and not even look at your guitar and start playing it with out paying attention to it. thats what i do.  |
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2006-03-07, 05:42
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I knew someone was going to say this ... make sure you know what you're doing if you take this route. Smoking marijuana makes my writing while sober a little different, as opposed to literally writing while being blasted ( I'm in no condition to do ANYTHING while stoned ). Find what works for you!
Listen to music intently. Make a hard effort to decipher everything that's going on. That's another thing that helps for me.
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