Writing Music

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   Everytime I sit down to write something on guitar I can never come up with anything. I just sit down and mess around and what comes out sounds more random and pointless than the improv section in Moonchild.

I know quite abit of theory but it doesn't seem to help me very much, I just can't think of anything. The few times I have come up with something Ive thought "Ive heard this before"... and it turns out to be a song Ive been listening to recently in a different key or something like that.

Anyway, for people on here who write their own stuff, have you got any tips? How do you go about writing something when you're out of ideas? How do you go about coming up with a riff or chord progression?

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Snipergoat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 22 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 148	Posted: December 05 2007 at 16:20
	Everytime I sit down to write something on guitar I can never come up with anything. I just sit down and mess around and what comes out sounds more random and pointless than the improv section in Moonchild. I know quite abit of theory but it doesn't seem to help me very much, I just can't think of anything. The few times I have come up with something Ive thought "Ive heard this before"... and it turns out to be a song Ive been listening to recently in a different key or something like that. Anyway, for people on here who write their own stuff, have you got any tips? How do you go about writing something when you're out of ideas? How do you go about coming up with a riff or chord progression?