I don't think your melodies suck. I think you just straightjacket
yourself with your chord structures.
Take for example Mole Day 2 and Quirkiness. They both use a simple C
minor pattern of root, minor third and fourth. Almost an arpeggio
instead of chords. That leaves you almost no wiggle room to move about.
You are stuck in a very claustrophobic box. Everything has to fit within
a C minor chord with a D major passing, resolving back to C minor.
In Happy WubDub you do use a more complex chord scheme. But you
arpeggiate the chords very tightly. No inversions. This competes with
any melodic phrase and again straightjackets where you can go with the
melody. Your rhythms also compete.
We also need surprise and tension/release. Even the most repetitive
techno/dubstep stuff adds change, whether just bringing tracks in and
out, dramatic filter sweeps or stopping to drone on a beat or phrase.
My challenge to you would be:
Build richer chord structures with thought to tension/release and use
inversions to give yourself breathing room.
Let parts of you melody/harmony/chords have dramatically different rhythms.
Don't constantly repeat small patterns. Mix it up and surprise us.
I think you will find that if you give yourself enough room, better
melodies will flow.
Oh, and don't stop. Experience is the absolute best teacher.
Michael Render
Michael Render On 11/9/2013 10:48 PM, Ben Lippincott wrote:
Well, first off, I would like some tips. Here's my soundcloud:
http://www.soundcloud.com/ben-lippincott/
I use FL Studio and Logic Pro X.
I really suck at writing melodies. :P
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