*** Help Me, Im Sad ***** Trance Melody

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Posted by AirPole on Sep-06-2002 19:39:

Hey guys,

i've been trying it for some time now, but I really can't come up with a trance melody.. I know i suck and that this question is stupid, but how can i make and compose a melody????? i keep thinking and thinking but i'm out of ideas. I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IF U GUYS COULD HELP ME< OR TELL ME HOW YOU GUYS HANDLE THESE KIND OF SITUATIONS... BYE NOW...

Posted by 8Wonders on Sep-07-2002 00:45:

Well since this is a useless forum and nobody actually responds to questions anymore, I thought I'd give you a hand.

Generally I do 2 things when trying to come up with a melody

1) Play random notes till I come up with something interesting and then work with that.

2) Hear something interesting on tv, radio, other song, etc etc then try to use that as a base.

But realistically, case #1 happens more often than #2, so just play around till you come up with something interesting

Posted by eLe_vatE on Sep-07-2002 18:55:

yeh, unless your grade 8 music theory or something play around on a piano/keyboard is all you can do, just takes patience.....lots

Posted by FuzzyGreen on Sep-08-2002 06:03:

I find that sitting in front of a basic piano and just playing chord progressions that are tried and true over and over again and listen for a melody to flow out of my head. That's how I do it.

Posted by attacc on Sep-08-2002 20:44:

If you don't got one already I recommend to get a midikeyboard.. it's so much better to make melodies on a keyboard, even though you can't play. You'll learn.. it's soooo much better. Trust me

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Sep-08-2002 21:15:

With Outsource;
I make a drum/bassline and wait for Kier to do a melody

With my own stuff:
I'm very bad with melodies so I just do a lot of pads and FX.
That's why I mostly do remixes these days...

Posted by attacc on Sep-09-2002 00:34:

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
With Outsource;
I make a drum/bassline and wait for Kier to do a melody

With my own stuff:
I'm very bad with melodies so I just do a lot of pads and FX.
That's why I mostly do remixes these days...

For me it's the total opposite.. I've got a bunch of melodies but have problems with making bass, beats and cool fx