Songwriting Instruments

[jimk]

I have once or twice started with the melody...no guitar, nor piano...just the melody. The last time that happened, I happened to be taking a walk. Then the trick is to remember the melody once I've gotten back home so I can write it down.

JimK

[karl_teten]

I played Trombone from the 6th grade into first year college jazz band. The Trombone is the most melodic bass brass instrument.

I hear bass grooves in my head all day long. It comes natural within my various writing styles.

I could write on a Diddleybo if that was all I had.

[jimk]

That's the ticket, Karl. Use what ya got!

JimK

[captsandwich]

I have once or twice started with the melody...no guitar, nor piano...just the melody. The last time that happened, I happened to be taking a walk. Then the trick is to remember the melody once I've gotten back home so I can write it down.

Some of my best songs were written when I was walking home in snowstorms half drunk. I'm sure it annoyed my room-mates when I would get home at 2am and go sit in the bathroom with my guitar for an hour or two.

[firstbassman]

Most of the time the "instrument" I compose on is the program Band in a Box. It can play any instrument much better than I can. And it can play more than one at a time.

[squirebass]

I use a guitar or pianah, but many times melodies come to me when I am out walking or something, and I just work them out when I get home. Other times I will think of a clever lyric line and "hear" the melody that goes with it. Both usually start in my head (as opposed to other places!) and usually the music comes first.

[lyle_from_minneapolis]

I, for one, have never written a song using a nose flute.

When I get over this cold, however...I just may try it out.