(Part 2) Top products from r/theXeffect
We found 1 product mention on r/theXeffect. We ranked the 21 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
We found 1 product mention on r/theXeffect. We ranked the 21 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
Being into guitar myself, I will say two things:
I would recommend checking out a great book called The Talent Code, which breaks down how talent operates (also available as an audiobook, if you prefer). Pay particular attention to the story of the Brönte sisters, authors of famous novels including Jane Eyre & Wuthering Heights. They crafted complex stories that are classics to this day, and they did so by practicing a lot. They rewrote existing stories. They filled in different names, different situations. They learned the intricacies of how good storytelling operated.
You can take the same approach with writing songs & also combine it with learning new songs! Pick a song to learn for the day or for the week. Practice it & master it. Rewrite the lyrics. Play around with the melody. The rules for each particular genre of music become apparent after you screw around with them for awhile - how long the lines are, how the beat goes, how the rhyming schemes work, etc. Country pop is different than old country, which is different from pop music, which is different from rap. What genre do you want to start working in? Pick something & rewrite one song a day as you practice it on your guitar.
Also decide on how you're going to write your own songs. The only way you get good at something is by doing it, you know? Maybe set a goal to write a song a day, even if it's gibberish. That, combined with rewriting the lyrics to an existing song every day, will build up your internal knowledge of how music operates. Imagine where you'll be in five years if you rewrite one song a day & write one song a day! That doesn't so much mean you have to be locked down into a non-creative schedule, as you have to force yourself to write something based on a personal appointment with yourself every day - it's a scheduled opportunity to spread your creative wings, you know?
So you want to work on writing songs - based on the ideas above, tell us how you are going to do it - what's your daily plan of action?