Music making program

**Garquillex** · 02-6-2009, 02:05 PM

I've always liked make music in my head a lot, but today I came up with awesome ideas one after another. I've never been able to do it completely from scratch, usually a complete break-off from another song. But they kept coming. I keep forgetting old ones unfortunately... I can't stand forgetting awesome music I come up with.

I can no longer remember a single idea I had from earlier, and I can't come up with anything in a similar manner. It's really frustrating. For those of you who make music, how do you deal with this? There's nothing to really remember it by. What I was coming up with was fairly complex. I can't imagine trying to remember it until I can make it real.

It was almost exclusively 2 guitars I was focusing on, and I tried throwing in drums which went well. I can't say I'm completely familiar with playing bass so I'm not even sure if what I was coming up with was possible without it.

And if you're wondering, the closest I could categorize the music is symphonic-techno-metal.

**robertsona** · 02-6-2009, 02:33 PM

http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...ad.php?t=52685

pleeaasseeeee read the stickies

**Garquillex** · 02-6-2009, 03:09 PM

I scanned the titles but nothing stuck out for some reason - woops. Instead, I'll try to focus the thread on a different part of it by changing the original post.

jakeyjake7 · 02-6-2009, 03:16 PM

I agree, do read the sticky, but to answer your second question;

Knowing how to notate music makes remembering melodies SO much easier. You may think "Bah, humbug! I don't need to read music!", but most of the time it helps. Now if you already do know how to notate music, I suggest going to your local borders (or other major book store) and buying a sheet music journal. They're journals just filled with empty sheet music for notation, and only cost about 6-10 bucks depending on where you buy them. Another thing; If you're thinking about using software synthesizers, there's no way of notating things like envelope, filters, LFO frequency, etc.

Hope this helps at least a little.

**sleeplessdragn** · 02-6-2009, 03:16 PM

Try playing the layers out on a piano and writing down the notes. The most frustrating thing I go through is coming up with tunes at the moment when I nearly fall asleep. I can't tell you how many times that has happened to me.

02-6-2009, 02:05 PM	#1
Garquillex FFR Veteran Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Massachusetts Age: 33 Posts: 965	Making music I've always liked make music in my head a lot, but today I came up with awesome ideas one after another. I've never been able to do it completely from scratch, usually a complete break-off from another song. But they kept coming. I keep forgetting old ones unfortunately... I can't stand forgetting awesome music I come up with. I can no longer remember a single idea I had from earlier, and I can't come up with anything in a similar manner. It's really frustrating. For those of you who make music, how do you deal with this? There's nothing to really remember it by. What I was coming up with was fairly complex. I can't imagine trying to remember it until I can make it real. It was almost exclusively 2 guitars I was focusing on, and I tried throwing in drums which went well. I can't say I'm completely familiar with playing bass so I'm not even sure if what I was coming up with was possible without it. And if you're wondering, the closest I could categorize the music is symphonic-techno-metal. __________________ Last edited by Garquillex; 02-6-2009 at 03:15 PM..

02-6-2009, 02:33 PM	#2
robertsona missa in h-moll Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: nyc Age: 28 Posts: 3,995	Re: Music making program http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...ad.php?t=52685 pleeaasseeeee read the stickies __________________

02-6-2009, 03:09 PM	#3
Garquillex FFR Veteran Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Massachusetts Age: 33 Posts: 965	Re: Music making program I scanned the titles but nothing stuck out for some reason - woops. Instead, I'll try to focus the thread on a different part of it by changing the original post. __________________ Last edited by Garquillex; 02-6-2009 at 03:16 PM..

02-6-2009, 03:16 PM	#5
sleeplessdragn ~Bang that beat Harder~ Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,321	Re: Music making program Try playing the layers out on a piano and writing down the notes. The most frustrating thing I go through is coming up with tunes at the moment when I nearly fall asleep. I can't tell you how many times that has happened to me. __________________

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