Silenced Fred Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 I am noticing a vast difference between my acoustic stuff and my electric stuff. First of all, it is way easier to write acoustic stuff for me, and I really don't know what is going on. I think I might just work on releasing an acoustic album or something... I can't seem to write any good stuff for electric of late. Help? Tips? Ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Write your stuff acoustic. Then try different arrangements/styles, including different arrangements/styles on the electric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbabig Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Semi-Hollow body? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shnate McDuanus Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Back off on the gain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbabig Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 sell your soul to the devil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 sell your soul to the devil? . . . . . . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 Back off on the gain. I don't use too much gain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Try writing electric music "Bass First". Even if you don't have a bass, try coming up with a Bass Line on your guitar then write the guitar part around it. I have similar trouble writing from the electric guitar, it comes out blues most of the time. So when I want a rock tune or metal or whatever I have to write a bass line first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 Try writing electric music "Bass First". Even if you don't have a bass, try coming up with a Bass Line on your guitar then write the guitar part around it. I have similar trouble writing from the electric guitar, it comes out blues most of the time. So when I want a rock tune or metal or whatever I have to write a bass line first. Yeah, I'll have to try that. I do have a bass, I'll have to play around with the bass lines then. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I write everything on acoustic guitar even for electric. Then i work the song and phrasing up to electric if thats what the song is going to end up as. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman5293 Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Semi-Hollow body? sell your soul to the devil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I think in ways there's a tendency to think "folkie" when one is playing an acoustic. At least that's definitely the case for me. I wrote a piece with an acoustic that I want to be more "electric" if you will - and concluded it's entirely a matter of changing the whole arrangement and adding more rhythm "thump" to it. Just a thought. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golem Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 sell your soul to the devil? Even the devil is getting tighter with a dollar these days. Even when you've got an infinite supply of dollars, they still keep depreciating, relative to other currencies .... He may be "a man of wealth and taste", but he's been getting a bit tattered around the edges lately. ` Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golem Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I am noticing a vast difference between my acoustic stuff and my electric stuff. First of all, it is way easier to write acoustic stuff for me, and I really don't know what is going on. ...... I can't seem to write any good stuff for electric of late. Help? Tips? Ideas? Get a cheapo KB and write on that, whether you can play it or not. It's a neutral ax relative to your acoustic-electric quandry, and you don't need to be a gigworthy player on it just to use it for writing. You'll start thinking of music more broadly, not just as the voice of one of your guitars. IOW, you can take advantage of the fact that you "really don't know what is going on". Sneak up on yourself and take you by sooprise ! You won't even know what hit you. Then will come the magic day when you can "write" a tune just by humming it or scatting it [pocket recorder is very handy .... ]. ` Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feldkeen4 Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Sorry, wrong thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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