Gearwire Forums Visit Gearwire.com for video demos, interviews, NAMM and AES coverage, the Gearwire Crosstalk podcast, and much, much more.

Go Back   Gearwire Forums > Artistry, Lifestyle, and Career > Songwriting

Songwriting Lyrics and rhymes, song structure, genres and forms, arrangement and instrumentation. Verse, chorus, verse and so forth.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #21  
Old 03-02-2006, 08:44 PM
Nubus Nubus is offline
FOG Emeritus
 
Join Date: 2005
Posts: 1,022
Rep Power: 5
Nubus is tabula rasa
Default

I always remember the wrong words.
Reply With Quote
  #22  
Old 03-03-2006, 11:47 AM
Professor Riffs Professor Riffs is offline
Gold Sputtered
 
Join Date: 2005
Posts: 360
Rep Power: 4
Professor Riffs is tabula rasa
Default

I was just rocking to a tune this morning, and I realized that the note which would become the root of the first chord of the chorus started about 2 beats before the chorus actually started, and sustained through into the chorus. Fairly in the background but totally crucial to the set-up for the chorus, which is a powerful chorus (Depeche Mode has those from time to time). I reckon that's a pretty cool tension/release device. It's little stuff like this that you can steal and make your own without sounding at all like the tune you got the idea from.
Reply With Quote
  #23  
Old 03-03-2006, 12:45 PM
mikegee mikegee is offline
Detented
 
Join Date: 2005
Posts: 565
Rep Power: 4
mikegee is tabula rasa
Default hmmm...

Quote:
Originally Posted by Professor Riffs
I was just rocking to a tune this morning, and I realized that the note which would become the root of the first chord of the chorus started about 2 beats before the chorus actually started, and sustained through into the chorus. Fairly in the background but totally crucial to the set-up for the chorus, which is a powerful chorus (Depeche Mode has those from time to time). I reckon that's a pretty cool tension/release device. It's little stuff like this that you can steal and make your own without sounding at all like the tune you got the idea from.
name that tune; thinking bout what u said bout the root note: i can name that tune in... hehe was it "never let me down again"?
Reply With Quote
  #24  
Old 03-03-2006, 01:03 PM
Professor Riffs Professor Riffs is offline
Gold Sputtered
 
Join Date: 2005
Posts: 360
Rep Power: 4
Professor Riffs is tabula rasa
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by mikegee
name that tune; thinking bout what u said bout the root note: i can name that tune in... hehe was it "never let me down again"?
It's on Songs Of Faith Love & Devotion. I don't even remember what song it was....that's what happens when you hear something at 6:am. I think it was Get Right With Me. Man that album rocks nards.
Reply With Quote
  #25  
Old 03-03-2006, 03:18 PM
dagosto dagosto is offline
truckasaurus
 
Join Date: 2005
Posts: 1,055
Rep Power: 5
dagosto has always liked you
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Professor Riffs
I was just rocking to a tune this morning, and I realized that the note which would become the root of the first chord of the chorus started about 2 beats before the chorus actually started, and sustained through into the chorus. Fairly in the background but totally crucial to the set-up for the chorus, which is a powerful chorus (Depeche Mode has those from time to time). I reckon that's a pretty cool tension/release device. It's little stuff like this that you can steal and make your own without sounding at all like the tune you got the idea from.
There is a codified name for that in western music theory. It's called an anticipation. I dig on those as well.
Reply With Quote
  #26  
Old 03-03-2006, 05:14 PM
Professor Riffs Professor Riffs is offline
Gold Sputtered
 
Join Date: 2005
Posts: 360
Rep Power: 4
Professor Riffs is tabula rasa
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by dagosto
There is a codified name for that in western music theory. It's called an anticipation. I dig on those as well.
Therrrrrrrrrrrre we go. I knew there was a name for it, but sometimes my mental filing cabinet is full of riffs and He-Man facts.
Reply With Quote
  #27  
Old 03-08-2006, 04:37 PM
Nubus Nubus is offline
FOG Emeritus
 
Join Date: 2005
Posts: 1,022
Rep Power: 5
Nubus is tabula rasa
Default

Hey, I was watching the Muppet Show last night and Rowlf the Dog taught me something. When you do a key change you call it Modulation!
Reply With Quote
  #28  
Old 03-08-2006, 05:11 PM
smopo24 smopo24 is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: 2005
Posts: 1,105
Rep Power: 5
smopo24 is tabula rasa
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Nubus
Hey, I was watching the Muppet Show last night and Rowlf the Dog taught me something. When you do a key change you call it Modulation!
just goes to show that you can always learn something from an unlikely source, just keep your ears open!
Reply With Quote
  #29  
Old 03-10-2006, 12:39 PM
mikegee mikegee is offline
Detented
 
Join Date: 2005
Posts: 565
Rep Power: 4
mikegee is tabula rasa
Default

i learned everything i know about rock n roll from spinal tap, especially the airport scene
Reply With Quote
  #30  
Old 03-10-2006, 04:49 PM
Nubus Nubus is offline
FOG Emeritus
 
Join Date: 2005
Posts: 1,022
Rep Power: 5
Nubus is tabula rasa
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Professor Riffs
Therrrrrrrrrrrre we go. I knew there was a name for it, but sometimes my mental filing cabinet is full of riffs and He-Man facts.
WHat is the name of Skeletor's infamous Evil master penned into He-man's sister series She-Ra
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 11:02 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
SEO by vBSEO 2.4.5 © 2005-2006, Crawlability, Inc.
Gearwire Forums