Comments on: Q&A: Troubles with creating music and improvisation… http://www.songwritingtipsonline.com/blog/03/qa-troubles-with-creating-music-and-improvisation/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:19:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: erasmus http://www.songwritingtipsonline.com/blog/03/qa-troubles-with-creating-music-and-improvisation/#comment-3402 erasmus Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:46:13 +0000 http://songwritingtipsonline.com/blog/?p=119#comment-3402 An awesome post. I enjoyed it immensely. An awesome post. I enjoyed it immensely.

]]> By: tamika crawford http://www.songwritingtipsonline.com/blog/03/qa-troubles-with-creating-music-and-improvisation/#comment-636 tamika crawford Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:21:18 +0000 http://songwritingtipsonline.com/blog/?p=119#comment-636 Great work dude..... keep it up Great work dude….. keep it up

]]> By: Clarence http://www.songwritingtipsonline.com/blog/03/qa-troubles-with-creating-music-and-improvisation/#comment-445 Clarence Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:52:53 +0000 http://songwritingtipsonline.com/blog/?p=119#comment-445 Great site Shamir, and thanks for some genuine help, if not for you I could be in perils by now. I have only written a few songs and of course I am new to songwriting, therefor the few songs that I wrote are about a country hicks (me) life. When writing these songs I'm was always worried about plagiarism which is very serious (crime) in the music business. I don't know if it really helps anything but when writing and I come up with a line that I like and think it has that certain ring to it, I will go type that line on the net and see what comes up. If I find it in another song somewhere I just get that thought out of my head and try to come up with a different approach to get it down on paper. Is this a good idea? Its easy to think about something but for me its difficult at times to actually write down whats in my head. I am wondering if anyone or everyone has that problem. Thanks Clarence Great site Shamir, and thanks for some genuine help, if not for you I could be in perils by now. I have only written a few songs and of course I am new to songwriting, therefor the few songs that I wrote are about a country hicks (me) life. When writing these songs I’m was always worried about plagiarism which is very serious (crime) in the music business. I don’t know if it really helps anything but when writing and I come up with a line that I like and think it has that certain ring to it, I will go type that line on the net and see what comes up. If I find it in another song somewhere I just get that thought out of my head and try to come up with a different approach to get it down on paper. Is this a good idea? Its easy to think about something but for me its difficult at times to actually write down whats in my head. I am wondering if anyone or everyone has that problem. Thanks Clarence

]]> By: trevorhoen http://www.songwritingtipsonline.com/blog/03/qa-troubles-with-creating-music-and-improvisation/#comment-252 trevorhoen Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:52:38 +0000 http://songwritingtipsonline.com/blog/?p=119#comment-252 Shamir, I just love how amazing you are with words. You help me so much with all the advise I'll ever need for songwriting. I consider you my songwriting peer. Your SO talented. I find all of your tip's very useful. Your student, ~TREVOR~ Shamir,
I just love how amazing you are with words. You help me so much with all the advise I’ll ever need for songwriting. I consider you my songwriting peer. Your SO talented. I find all of your tip’s very useful.
Your student,
~TREVOR~

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.songwritingtipsonline.com/blog/03/qa-troubles-with-creating-music-and-improvisation/#comment-251 Anonymous Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:51:29 +0000 http://songwritingtipsonline.com/blog/?p=119#comment-251 thankx, Shamir your mails are really getting me ahead with my songwriting skills. Ihave always been trying to write songs and finally wrote one but i am finding problems on writing the bridge and the chorus of my songs.Amd please tell me how to differentiate between different types of songs like rock country pop etc. thankx, Shamir your mails are really getting me ahead with my songwriting skills. Ihave always been trying to write songs and finally wrote one but i am finding problems on writing the bridge and the chorus of my songs.Amd please tell me how to differentiate between different types of songs like rock country pop etc.

]]> By: Mattie http://www.songwritingtipsonline.com/blog/03/qa-troubles-with-creating-music-and-improvisation/#comment-250 Mattie Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:18:28 +0000 http://songwritingtipsonline.com/blog/?p=119#comment-250 Hi Shamir! Thanks for your helpful and always useful tips. This one sounds obvious but most of us did not even think about it! Great advice. Mattie Hi Shamir!

Thanks for your helpful and always useful tips. This one sounds obvious but most of us did not even think about it! Great advice.

Mattie

]]> By: LA http://www.songwritingtipsonline.com/blog/03/qa-troubles-with-creating-music-and-improvisation/#comment-248 LA Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:13:00 +0000 http://songwritingtipsonline.com/blog/?p=119#comment-248 Thank you for songwriting tips. I'm just starting to write songs. You are an inspiration. Thank you for songwriting tips. I’m just starting to write songs. You are an inspiration.

]]> By: rain http://www.songwritingtipsonline.com/blog/03/qa-troubles-with-creating-music-and-improvisation/#comment-247 rain Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:43:00 +0000 http://songwritingtipsonline.com/blog/?p=119#comment-247 hey sharmir, thanks for all the tips that you've given. :) hey sharmir, thanks for all the tips that you’ve given. :)

]]> By: Debbie http://www.songwritingtipsonline.com/blog/03/qa-troubles-with-creating-music-and-improvisation/#comment-246 Debbie Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:44:00 +0000 http://songwritingtipsonline.com/blog/?p=119#comment-246 I also agree with Shamir about studying different songs. I write a fair amount of music (for a Children's Chorus I started in Boston, MA in USA). The last song I wrote, had the same chord progression as "Message in a Bottle" by Sting. I discovered this later but I'm sure it wasn't a coincidence. That chord progression was lodged in my brain somewhere! <br/>When I write music, I start with a chord progression that I come up with just by sitting at the piano and playing. From that chord progression, I will just sing different riffs while I play. I am not listening or judging or deciding anything. Just purely having fun and improvising freely on the chords with my voice. Eventually, a "hook" comes out of it. I will start repeating a melody that grabs me and I'll just keep playing with it and playing with it. The more I play with it, the more ideas I come up with. That gives me the central hook of the song. It's only afterwards that I write the lyrics. <br/>Hope this helps. And heh, come visit my website, EasyPianoStyles.com for more info about playing popular piano the non-traditional way! -Debbie from Boston. I also agree with Shamir about studying different songs. I write a fair amount of music (for a Children’s Chorus I started in Boston, MA in USA). The last song I wrote, had the same chord progression as “Message in a Bottle” by Sting. I discovered this later but I’m sure it wasn’t a coincidence. That chord progression was lodged in my brain somewhere!
When I write music, I start with a chord progression that I come up with just by sitting at the piano and playing. From that chord progression, I will just sing different riffs while I play. I am not listening or judging or deciding anything. Just purely having fun and improvising freely on the chords with my voice. Eventually, a “hook” comes out of it. I will start repeating a melody that grabs me and I’ll just keep playing with it and playing with it. The more I play with it, the more ideas I come up with. That gives me the central hook of the song. It’s only afterwards that I write the lyrics.
Hope this helps. And heh, come visit my website, EasyPianoStyles.com for more info about playing popular piano the non-traditional way! -Debbie from Boston.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.songwritingtipsonline.com/blog/03/qa-troubles-with-creating-music-and-improvisation/#comment-245 Anonymous Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:33:00 +0000 http://songwritingtipsonline.com/blog/?p=119#comment-245 It was putted an emphasis on a very important aspect, I believe...memorization. From my experience I can tell that Shamir was very right to advise us to memorize every week a NEW SONG. It is a very simple idea, we would suppose but it is enclosing a deep truth and a secret key to imporvization and certainty when you are on a stage. If you memorized GOOD a piece, and you know it by heart, you made the most important step...a step that I often ignored. If this first step is ignored , you will not be able in the future or on the stage to improvise...cause is like the process we have all been through, before speaking...we momorized so many conversations, that we can't even imagine...think about that, and only afterwards we, as a child began to speak, more and more fluently.<br/> Thank you so much for giving us so many ideas and help us in our continues learning. It was putted an emphasis on a very important aspect, I believe…memorization. From my experience I can tell that Shamir was very right to advise us to memorize every week a NEW SONG. It is a very simple idea, we would suppose but it is enclosing a deep truth and a secret key to imporvization and certainty when you are on a stage. If you memorized GOOD a piece, and you know it by heart, you made the most important step…a step that I often ignored. If this first step is ignored , you will not be able in the future or on the stage to improvise…cause is like the process we have all been through, before speaking…we momorized so many conversations, that we can’t even imagine…think about that, and only afterwards we, as a child began to speak, more and more fluently.
Thank you so much for giving us so many ideas and help us in our continues learning.

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