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Wow! I love this topic!
When I am going to write a song, be it surf or
anything, I get an idea of what kind of song I want to
write (fast/slow, happy/sad . . . no that all songs
aspects of songs fall into 2 categories, but I find it
helps me come up with a more complete album, demo, EP
if the songs all convey a different feeling). Then I
listen to a bunch of music that conveys that sounds
like what I'd like to write. When I'm writing a surf
song, however, I DON'T LISTEN TO SURF MUSIC! For me
this is extremely important, because I don't want my
finished product to sound like anything thats already
been done. The way I see it, I'm a surf guitarist. I
play a jazzmaster through a reverb unit and an old
fender amp . . . the sound will be a surf sound
regardless of where I get the melodies (usually they
come partly from listening to music that inspires me
and partly from . . . out of thin air?). I wish there
were some way of explaining it without comparing
myself to people who are far more talented then
myself, but the Beatles, specifically John Lennon, use
to say that the best songs came from someplace
unknown. He woke up and they were there. Most of the
time I jam with my band and just keep messing around
'til I come up with something I can really get into.
Then I think of how to alter it to make more parts. I
don't know if this is helpful, but I usually can't
write a very good song when I just sit down and think
"I'm going to write a good song." Instead, they creep
up on me and surprise me. When I'm "in the zone" I
just roll with it til the songs done. My best advice
to anyone who wants to be a good song-writer is write
songs often. The more songs I have to draw from the
better my songs will be (just play the ones you still
like and leave the others on the cutting room floor),
not to mention the benefits of gaining more writing
experience. Trust yourself . . . you will write good
songs. Don't get frustrated. If guitar writing seems
like a chore, take a break.
Damon Devilsurf
--- One Four Six Oh <> wrote:
> Hello, I've got a question. I assume there's a
> bunch of people on this list
> that write surf songs. How do you go about doing
> it? Do you start with a
> chord progression and all the chord changes or does
> it start with a melody
> line and build off that? Do you take into
> consideration all of the
> instrumental parts simultaneously when making up
> parts or do you do one
> instruments part and then do the others? I'm just
> interesting in knowing
> how different people go about writing songs and what
> types of songs they
> write. Anybody know anything about how some famous
> classics were written?
>
> -Thor
>
>
>
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