[Fishy]

I have been putting off writing original music for years now. I really have trouble and it's mostly because I don't want to write something bad. Also I don't feel good enough at guitar to be able to play what I want to write, which is also lame.

[WillRock]

Originally Posted by Fishy

Also I don't feel good enough at guitar to be able to play what I want to write, which is also lame.

I got over this hurdle by doing sequenced synth stuff. you're not limited by playing ability with sequencing!

If you can't do something, approach it from a different, easier angle while you figure out how get what you want. your style will change and adapt to these changes and thus become more unique.

[ectogemia]

Originally Posted by Fishy

I have been putting off writing original music for years now. I really have trouble and it's mostly because I don't want to write something bad. Also I don't feel good enough at guitar to be able to play what I want to write, which is also lame.

I know dat feel. That's part of why I quit playing guitar. I spent a year or so practicing maybe 6ish hours per day trying to become an awesome shredder/prog rock guitarist. I got decently good, but yeah, what I *really* wanted to accomplish was still years of practice away, and I decided it was just too much work.

Originally Posted by WillRock

I got over this hurdle by doing sequenced synth stuff. your not limited by playing ability with sequencing!

If you can't do something, approach it from a different, easier angle while you figure out how get what you want. your style will change and adapt to these changes and thus become more unique.

Will is right. All that guitar-playing made solo-writing come fairly naturally, even if it's something I couldn't have performed. Writing such solos has only made it easier to conceive of increasingly wankeriffic riffs, again, even if it's something I could never, ever, ever perform. And the more I fudge genres I'm not that knowledgeable of, like jazz and funk, the better I get in general and the more "ecto-style" (read: unique) my iteration of that genre sounds.

Plus, writing original music is more fun than writing remixes. Yeah, I said it. So shrug off the fear of "bad" and just go write shit, Fishy :D it gets easier the less you think about what you're writing and the more you just wing it.

[jnWake]

Originally Posted by Ectogemia

Plus, writing original music is more fun than writing remixes. Yeah, I said it. So shrug off the fear of "bad" and just go write shit, Fishy :D it gets easier the less you think about what you're writing and the more you just wing it.

Unless you approach remixing as writing original music. If you just grab a source and change it slightly, it'll be boring, but if you try to compose a new song while using a source, then it is as fun as writing original music!

Well, to me at least

[ectogemia]

Originally Posted by jnWake

Unless you approach remixing as writing original music. If you just grab a source and change it slightly, it'll be boring, but if you try to compose a new song while using a source, then it is as fun as writing original music!

Well, to me at least

That's what I do, and then the judges tell me to resub it because it's too interpretive :P bunch of doodooheads.

[theshaggyfreak]

As a musician/composer, NOT writing music should scare you. You can't progress if you're not actively honing your skills. Writing absolute crap is better than writing nothing at all.

[WillRock]

Originally Posted by theshaggyfreak

As a musician/composer, NOT writing music should scare you. You can't progress if you're not actively honing your skills. Writing absolute crap is better than writing nothing at all.

Would just like to second this, having been in this situation before :P

[HoboKa]

Originally Posted by WillRock

Would just like to second this, having been in this situation before :P

Also, don't let the panel make you give up. You should see my rejections track record =D I only have 1 track that will is to-be-posted and that's a collaboration :P...been here for years too lol. But I can definitely say that I have learned a lot.

[SnappleMan]

Writing definitely scares me cuz it shows me how bad a musician I really am.

[G-Mixer]

In no way does writing music scare me. I do it all the time. I have a record out for sale on the internet and some people actually have me write music for them.

Writing music is one of my favorite things when it comes to my musical abilities.