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cda
Jan 2, 2010

by Hand Knit

sebmojo posted:

Pick a song you like and try to copy it. It will sound like poo poo, and nothing like the song you are copying, but you'll have a structure. Now listen to it, as its own piece of music. What does it need more/less of? play five tracks of keyboard noodling over it, one after the other, then listen to each track against the piece. As you go, if a passage sounds poo poo, mute it.

Bam you've made a piece. Now: do it again.

This is the best advice in this thread. "Pick an X you like and try to copy it. It will [sound/look/taste/etc] like poo poo, and nothing like the X you are copying," is basically the only advice anyone needs in any kind of creative endeavor. The only thing to add is that the more you do this, the farther away the original should be. Like for drawing, start with tracing, then copy by looking, then copy from memory, then copy your copy from memory.

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