Originally Posted by: f_medinaI am asking if you do not have a teacher, how do you learn how to piece together chords, notes, arpeggios, etc... into forming songs and developing a unique style.
For example, I try to use my scales, chords, and arpeggios into creating melodies and tunes, but most of the time it sounds horrible. What I'm getting at is for example, James the lead singer and songwriter for Metallica couldn't point out a note on the guitar by name (self-admitted in an interview that I saw) nor read sheet music if his life depended on it, however, the guy creates great music. He writes almost all of his string parts for all of his songs. My question is this, how does he and other like him do it???
This is a question that haunts me all the time. Maybe you could shed some light on it.

Thanks again:

Frank

Hey man, if i get your question, you are asking how to write amazing pieces of music, like how to write a song pretty much right?
Well, that happens to be not such a simple answer. First of all you can't teach someone how to write songs, if it was so simple we would all be Jimmy Page. So i will try to give you some advice thou on how to write songs, ok, but first i got to tell you about my freind. I have this kid in my class that is like this amazing artist(him being an artist is only an important peice of information later on in the story), like this dude is amazing and he learnt a bit of guitar. And one day he came up to me and is like "hey kutzki i wrote a song, listen" and he played his song. It was very nice and dandy, like the chords fit together and everythin and it wasnt a bad song and i was just like "that song has no feeling man its like, you are dead weres your soul and the feeling in that man!"
He didnt get it so i now go back to him being an artist(i draw also) anyways so i am like when you draw a picture what do you do. you dont just take a blue and take a red and put them nexted to each other and you get a blue and red ball! you take the red and you mix it into a blue sky and you draw clouds that are from fire or whatever and you put some passion into the picture. You dont just draw a house. You draw a house with windows and doors and ect!
Well the next song he wrote was amazing! REAL FEELING
and if you can put feeling into a piece of music it will song good even if you have been playing for 6 months. If you put some of your soul into the piece it will come out very awesome. This is if your soul is good and you have pure intention of course. Like these people who just play to be cool i don't mind them but they should never write music.
I hope this helped at all cus it took me a long time to type this up haha
and i have only been playing for 2-3 years and i ant that good but the songs i play for everyone i have been told they enjoy it
i never took lessons
lessons don't affect your writting just your technigue a bit and they can give you a backup in theory which will broden your creative ability which is really useful
i get peoples compliments and you just gota put in some soul man thats really the key
listen to some floyd stuff some solos and you will get it
theres nothing in those solos but his soul man
k man i hope this helped you man
later