You know what, I was messing around with the Melodist last night, and it produced a very unusual chord progression. If you've generated a lot of them, then you know the Melodist has an inordinate fondness for I VI II V and this one started out that way, but just for the intro, and then it just took off into all sorts of strange places. Key of C and the first eight bars are FMaj7 Bb9sus G9sus Cm7 Bbm7 Eb7 AbMaj7 G7#9 C Bb9sus C Bb9sus.

WTF!

After six bars, it finally lands on a C chord, and immediately sets up this exchange between C and Bb9sus, which is kinda cool sounding really.

So I became fascinated with this progression, and next I began searching for a suitable style because I didn't care for the style that went with the melody "style" or whatever it's called. Found an interesting one that fits the mood better.

And then I switched the Melodist over to generating melodies only because I didn't care for the original melody that came with the chord progression. After about five tries, I wound up with one that has some possibilities. I'm rewriting it to fit better into the mood of this progression. I see some interesting possibilities with this tune so far.

So, is that cheating? Are you kidding? There's still a lot of work to be done before I've got anything resembling a song.

"But you didn't come up with the progression," some might say. My response will be how many musicians have "borrowed" I VI II V for their songs? It's got to be in the tens of thousands. So the progression I "borrowed" is different. So what. Besides, I've already changed some of the chords in the progression and I'll probably change more.

"But you didn't come up with the melody," others might say. My response will be, that's right I didn't and I'm changing it to fit the progression better. When I'm finished with it, it will be mine legally and technically.

"But what about the style -- you didn't come up with it," a few others might dare. And my response will be, Yeah and I usually don't tell a drummer and bass player what to play when I give them a time signature, a key signature and tempo. So get over it.

Heh. laugh

Last edited by cooltouch; 11/12/17 10:48 AM.
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