great advice here.

i particularly like how david uses rb..

there are lots of tricks to discover in rb.

i agree melody is king plus of course grooves.
i start with melody often in my brain and go on from there.

lets also not forget simple chord structures have led to massive song hits over the ages. eg a song i was listening to the other day just E A and D....seger if i remember.
or say the hit gloria...but listen to the Santa Esmerelda version on you tube. ultra groovy imho.
another songwriting technique is to start with a groovy bass.
eg listen to the animals we gotta get outta this place intro groove established by the bass player. key of C if i remember.

us rockers used to have looong discussions about what makes a great song with very jazzer friends....who sometimes looked down on the rocker genre.
but guess who was getting the gigs ??....because we played
to what our audience wanted.

i wouldnt know a chord extension from a flattened this or sharpened that in a fancy chord...but i go by what sounds wowser. And often i go...love that weird chord then if it sounds good i will use it. so i agree if it sounds good it IS good. eg 22nd chords...lol.

one of many tricks in rb is to use the drum midi generator BUT instead of driving drums have it drive say pg synthmaster...one gets many song ideas this way.

some of the songs in my sig started out as happy accidents
i got from rb....just mucking around with various groovy rb features. as such useing rb im never short of song ideas...my prob is too many great song ideas from rb and not enough time. yep there is gold in them rb hills.
thanks rb.

happiness.

om

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 06/10/25 10:34 AM.
my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..)
https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs
(90 songs created useing bb/rb)
(lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)