Making melodies and then realizing they already exist

nitz · Post by **nitz** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:44 am

Technically there is nothing original anymore.

But what you could do is layer the melody with chords or somer other melody, i.e make a call and response and that should do the job!

e-motion · Post by **e-motion** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:49 am

I used a Massive performer based lead, the melody is totally unrecognizable now

A Tchaikovsky remix isn't a bad idea...

Jas0n · Post by **Jas0n** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:57 am

Yeah if there's a step up, I guess it'd be Rachmaninov, but for the time being, if you're copping Tchaikovsky you could be doing way worse.

How about a dubstep interpretation of the 1812 Overture?

Crosano · Post by **Crosano** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:59 am

I did this... it ended up being one of the ocarina melodies from LoZ: Ocarina of time. So i ran with it and pretended i had no clue >.>

Hircine · Post by **Hircine** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:07 am

Crosano wrote:I did this... it ended up being one of the ocarina melodies from LoZ: Ocarina of time. So i ran with it and pretended i had no clue >.>

Did a horse burst through your living room or did it start to rain? Just curious.

Crosano · Post by **Crosano** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:18 am

Hircine wrote:
Crosano wrote:I did this... it ended up being one of the ocarina melodies from LoZ: Ocarina of time. So i ran with it and pretended i had no clue >.>
Did a horse burst through your living room or did it start to rain? Just curious.

Both.

wub · Post by **wub** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:22 am

Jas0n wrote:How about a dubstep interpretation of the 1812 Overture?

bodom418 · Post by **bodom418** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:16 pm

Happens so much... so annoying when underlying influence creeps too close to the surface and rears the ugly head of plaigarism

joegrizzly · Post by **joegrizzly** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:35 pm

The subconscious is a powerful thing, innit?

magma · Post by **magma** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:23 pm

Sonika wrote:Musicophilia: Music and the Brain. It's really good, I'd recommend it to anyone interested in a good read.

GET THIS BOOK.

Oliver Sacks is the MAN.

bassinine · Post by **bassinine** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:32 pm

I really think everyone does this to some extent. I know what kind of melodies I like to listen to, so why wouldn't I make melodies that I like to listen to. Not only that, we've been raised listening to certain music - so that type will always sound "right" when we are writing. I mean, if I tried to make a gypsy melody... It would sound "wrong" to me, merely because I'm not as comfortable with it as other types of music - like European classical music for example.

Sonika · Post by **Sonika** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:28 pm

magma wrote:
Sonika wrote:Musicophilia: Music and the Brain. It's really good, I'd recommend it to anyone interested in a good read.
GET THIS BOOK.

Oliver Sacks is the MAN.

Right? I'm only a quarter of the way in, but it's SO interesting! That's crazy how people can get seizures induced from one single tune.

Redderious · Post by **Redderious** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:48 pm

Sonika wrote:
magma wrote:
Sonika wrote:Musicophilia: Music and the Brain. It's really good, I'd recommend it to anyone interested in a good read.
GET THIS BOOK.

Oliver Sacks is the MAN.

Right? I'm only a quarter of the way in, but it's SO interesting! That's crazy how people can get seizures induced from one single tune.

clockwork orange

JTMMusicuk · Post by **JTMMusicuk** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:58 pm

nitz wrote:Technically there is nothing original anymore.

You clearly havnt heard of srebme breaks

glottis5 · Post by **glottis5** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:45 pm

Sonika wrote:
magma wrote:
Sonika wrote:Musicophilia: Music and the Brain. It's really good, I'd recommend it to anyone interested in a good read.
GET THIS BOOK.

Oliver Sacks is the MAN.

Right? I'm only a quarter of the way in, but it's SO interesting! That's crazy how people can get seizures induced from one single tune.

Skrillex?

DrastikMeazures · Post by **DrastikMeazures** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 1:33 pm

Was it Picasso who said "Good artists borrow, great artists steal."

Redderious · Post by **Redderious** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:12 pm

DrastikMeazures wrote:Was it Picasso who said "Good artists borrow, great artists steal."

That quote's debatable...

Filthzilla · Post by **Filthzilla** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:14 pm

Haha I know this feeling!

I once got out of bed and made the entire melody to Doctor P - Neon or something then realised it.

Wasn't too unhappy though... it's not as if I was chucking away a masterpiece.

Artie_Fufkin · Post by **Artie_Fufkin** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:48 pm

wub wrote:
Jas0n wrote:How about a dubstep interpretation of the 1812 Overture?

Niceeee haha.
Wish I could do melodies like Tchaikovsky! I did a short phrase from an Ocarina of Time song in one of my songs. It was just what I felt like playing over the chord. There's only so many notes and there's patterns that I just really enjoy that go through my head all the time. Unless you go microtonal. But I haven't really heard any microtonal stuff that didn't sound stormy/chaotic/dissonant.

daeMTHAFKNkim · Post by **daeMTHAFKNkim** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:49 am

Filthzilla wrote:Haha I know this feeling!

I once got out of bed and made the entire melody to Doctor P - Neon or something then realised it.

Wasn't too unhappy though... it's not as if I was chucking away a masterpiece.

Soundcloud

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