my future band

i so badly want to start making music. i'm brimming with ideas. i'm learning guitar now but i'm still not good enough to start making what i want to, yet. i can sing pretty well and am already writing lyrics but i don't just want to sing. i want to reach those points with my instrument where all there is is the music and that feeling of being completely free. when i get reasonably good at guitar (good enough to not need any more help) i think i'll get piano lessons and eventually start playing keyboards and organ etc... i just wanna be able to play it all now *sigh*

one day i'm gonna be in such a great band. just you wait  i'll have influences like Yes, Caravan, Camel, Steve Hillage, Ozric Tentacles, Nektar, Genesis and all the greatest but i'll definately have a big personal sound too.

one day


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onslo wrote: i so badly want to start making music. i'm brimming with ideas. i'm learning guitar now but i'm still not good enough to start making what i want to, yet. i can sing pretty well and am already writing lyrics but i don't just want to sing. i want to reach those points with my instrument where all there is is the music and that feeling of being completely free. when i get reasonably good at guitar (good enough to not need any more help) i think i'll get piano lessons and eventually start playing keyboards and organ etc... i just wanna be able to play it all now *sigh* one day i'm gonna be in such a great band. just you wait  i'll have influences like Yes, Caravan, Camel, Steve Hillage, Ozric Tentacles, Nektar, Genesis and all the greatest but i'll definately have a big personal sound too. one day

< Keep it up, practice no matter how sh*tty you feel and don't make excuses, like me.... Someday, I hope to buy your CD and see ya on tour.

My only advice is to embrace your influences and learn from them, but dont try to write songs that 'sound like ..' something else, or are based on something else. Its difficult to be 100% original, but the collective weakness of all the bands I ve been in (drummer) was the songwriting. We always ended up writing songs that sounded like what we were listerning to at the time. It seemed to happen without us thinking about it. Our guitarist was very good, but as writers we were somehow inhibited. Shame, but we had fun anyway

Take the advice of danbo and certif1ed: 'Keep it up' and 'Write what you feel'

All the very best, onslo!

Hey I'm with you buddy. I've been playing piano for 6 or 7 years now and I've already written some songs and sequenced them into midis. (I'm 14)

 It's tough sh*te to stay completely uninfluenced'cause if one thinks that they sound original/unique are always gonna sound like somebody maybe more like some of the obscure bands. Everytime I play somethin'a bit trippier end up soundin'pretty much like SONIC YOUTH. Maybe it'll be easier to have a more original sound and strummin'pattern than anythin'else for most music has been invented sayin'that,introducin'elements that weren't used before may create a brand new trend. Good luck with all that my pal!

 It will also be a matter of takin'onboard other people's criticism and suggestions,which if one can take those two smoothly,the whole process of gettin'better and bein'appreciated will come along in no time. Hence havin'far too much ego won't do anybody's any good,believe you me,but learnin'from others can turn a novice into a brilliant player one day!!!!!!!!!!!!In addition to all of this it is vital not givin'up one's ideas for the mere sole commercial purposes,basically one must do what they really wanna do regardless!!!!!!!!!!!They're gonna kill me off now.......ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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hey onslo where do you live? cause if you need a bass player or a second guitarist im there.