a lot of the greats have based careers on the same chord progression and the same 5 or 6 chords. If you feel you are in a rut then do what is necessary to get out- do something different.
Don't worry, i use the same chords all the time and i'm doing great! lol
To be serious for a minute though (cough), it's not really a big deal. So your songs sound alike, just make sure they're good and stand alone, have hooks and good lyrics or stories and it doesn't matter about the chord arrangements being similar.
for solo and band. I don't think I could handle the inevitable expectation writing album after album of genius material. I'll just go into acting or something.
are one chord tunes. Of course it helps if you have Will Sergeant writing great leads over that one chord...
Here's what I suggest: Robert Pollard wrote so many great riffs in two minutes songs nobody can remember...I would steal them and re-write them into 5 minute Zapsta classics. ;)
Sort of
As i'm assuming you're not a lyrical genius :(
Nope :'(
hell no
a lot of the greats have based careers on the same chord progression and the same 5 or 6 chords. If you feel you are in a rut then do what is necessary to get out- do something different.
:)
Become a lyrical genius!! :)
Never knew
the feeling posted on DiS
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I use the same chord progressions all the time. Don't worry!
You make it sound like you're David Bowie
Don't worry, i use the same chords all the time and i'm doing great! lol
To be serious for a minute though (cough), it's not really a big deal. So your songs sound alike, just make sure they're good and stand alone, have hooks and good lyrics or stories and it doesn't matter about the chord arrangements being similar.
Robert Smith
does the same thing, and it's worked out ok for him.
darren hayman
the ramones
i wouldn't worry
Woop!
Genius ahoy.
all the good ones were taken long ago
doesnt matter 'this is not my tune,
but it's mine to use'
If your bored learn some chords of some more exotic scales, I recomend the harmonic minor scale
MAYBE I WILL
PS - thanks :)
Its not a bad thing
I try and do different things for all of my songs, yet they're all shit
Get a capo!
Then noone will know.
it works for sufjan
:D
That's what I do. But it would nice to... you know... be Elliott Smith.
NO
G/C/D
I don't think I've ever used G/C/D
Ace.
*chortle*
Listen to Silver Jews
David Berman can barely play the guitar, but is a genius.
Plus
Em, Bm...
Favourite variations at the moment:
E, C#m, B, A, F#, E/Eb.
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
managed to use the same chords for about 2/3rds of their first album. I still think it's great!
depends
are they good chords?
Let me know the good chords and I'll tell you
i'll take that as a no
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the slits wrote their songs
around each new chord they leanrt.
apparently.
Jeff Mangum only uses a few chords. That only lasted a couple albums though. and he hit the guitar quite hard.
I'm only planning to go one album each
for solo and band. I don't think I could handle the inevitable expectation writing album after album of genius material. I'll just go into acting or something.
learn a few new chords
and try them out with every single other chord you know. that's what i do when i feel like i'm stewing in my own putrid creative juices.
Randomise
Use some random or aleatoric technique when composing - throw dice or whatever.
Have a look at Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies cards - here's an online version:
http://stoney.sb.org/eno/oblique.html
Look at chord progressions....
used in other songs, play them yourself, change them around etc. It gives you new ideas.
My Bloody Valentine you some interesting sounding chords sequences.
i find it's more about rhythms and the timings you play chords in
that the actual chords themselves.
it's harder to write a good song
with very few chords and easy to write a shit song with massively complicated arrangements.
don't worry about it. if you can write good songs, you can write good songs.
Half the songs on Ocean Rain
are one chord tunes. Of course it helps if you have Will Sergeant writing great leads over that one chord...
Here's what I suggest: Robert Pollard wrote so many great riffs in two minutes songs nobody can remember...I would steal them and re-write them into 5 minute Zapsta classics. ;)
It's funny because most of my songs
are actually rip-offs of Tobin Sprout's stuff :D
I feel the same way
But I've been told I'm quite good at lyrics. One friend even dubbed me "a fucking poet, or something".
To remedy the same chord progression stuff, I tune down of use a capo.
*or use
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