Melody!

[Ganglion-Blackguard]

Trying not to sound like a preachy dickhead - but i dont know how someone can write songs without knowing basic music theory - shit sounds strange to me...

Easily, using their ear for music. Music theory is just a way to describe music. Music was there before the theory. If you have any sort of ear, you will find your way to the scales and chords that sound good together. Theory is only a way to understand WHY it sounds good.

If you can already make it sound good, you don't need to know a single thing about theory to write a hit song, and many many many artists know next to nothing about why what they play on their guitar/synth/whatever sounds good.

Don't get me wrong, knowing the theory behind music helps immensely, if only to aid in inspiration, but it is not even close to being required.

[JBE]

Only music theory I know is from reading stuff online. So my music theory knowledge is sketchy at best. However, like Kaiori had mentioned, even though I don't know much about music theory there are just certain things you pick up over time that you may not realize why this or that sounds good, but it does so you kinda file it back in your mind and use it again. I would say having some knowledge of chords/scales will help. You don't have to memorize them, but having a reference from somewhere is a nice tool to have.

It also helps to have some sort of method. I also found that making a chord progression first makes it a lot easier to build a melody. Don't try to get all complex with your melodies at first though. Stick to simple melodies until you get a better feel for what notes sound good together and how to move up and down your scales. Timing is critical as well. Melodies are something I'm working on myself, and it can be frustrating at first. Just keep at it.

[misk]

i have to write a two-part invention by the end of summer for my music composition degree... get 'counterpoint' by kent kennan, and cry.

[serox]

ok been practising and practising and still not working for me!
i've even check out a few melodies tutorial on youtube and still not uderstanding i've even read the dubstep bible

can anyone here help me with melodies and if you do know any good tutorial's too please?

and also i keep getting told by other's my track's sound's like am doing old skool dubstep but don't know what they mean by that
could anyone explain to me the diffence between old and new skool to me?

thats a good thing. If someone said that to me I would be happy.

Link us up.

[serox]

Sounds like new school to me, based upon your sig track.

Just checked it and would agree.

I am guessing you got told you sound oldskool by people who make Datsik?

Takes more than simple waveform baselines for a track to be oldskool to me

[thierry_le_dj]

Sounds like new school to me, based upon your sig track.

Just checked it and would agree.

I am guessing you got told you sound oldskool by people who make Datsik?

Takes more than simple waveform baselines for a track to be oldskool to me

yea been getting told i guess mostly by the filthy producers but i've also been trying to do some kinda chain saw filth but never get that FM sound correct so i keep doing my style.. and i think also before i was using a midi keyboard i was just using my mouse and normal keyboard most the time i would start on a C - note and some has told me thats kinda old skool too..

and thanks all for the help with melodies!
been reading and messing about with my keyboard.
thanks