composing

I'm always amazed by the great and complex drum arrangements that posters on this forum compose. Lately, I have put composing aside to work on my guitar technique. But I need to get back to writing/recording after several months of not doing it. I'm struggling to get rolling, because I find...

Hey, everyone! I had an idea about this thread for a long time now, and I guess it’s time to finally share my thoughts. It’s about an approach to writing music. Sometimes, I simply decide to write a track that will meet certain conditions. Like, “use a certain really weird scale” or something...

Symphony X's page... Michael Romeo's Soundcloud Page: https://soundcloud.com/mjrstudios This is so EPIC! Michael Romeo composing in association with Hans Zimmer would be one of the greatest moments ever! Romeo's compositions are quite Epic and they honestly sound like a second part to the...

So, here's my problem. I can make melodys and riffs just fine but I have no idea how to build it to a full song and it's annoying me quite a bit, ive come up with a few riffs i'm really happy with but just don't know how to develop them. Does anyone else have this problem? Any advice...

so i wanna get into writing technical death metal stuff like riffs and all but i dont know where to start or how to get started :scratch: i really like necrophagist's style and a bit of origin's too, and also this that was posted around last week on here :bowdown: and i keep my guitar...