Originally Posted by: William MG

Just my thoughts on the subject, I began song writing as an exercise in theory. Working with what chords are in each key and then just knocking some chords out - sometimes following the conventional 1-4-5 format and sometimes not. That was taught to me by Dave Celantano. Simple yet effective training exercise.

I am not looking for a specific genre, I am just trying to learn sound patterns and what seems to work.

Good luck.

thank you