Writing a new song...

In my long years of being an "amateur musician", I always like to write new song materials, but, as a musician influenced by Western music alone, I can't come up with new melodies and always have to write under Western music melodies restrictions, though there's quite a number of it, but have been used in almost all popular recordings and songs with just different arrangements and few changes. But, I guess, I really don't have much experience, heheh. Anyway, if you will notice in Western music-influenced songs, you will only be able to recognize few melodies and be it R&R, R&B, blues, etc, they're almost always the same. But in jazz, as I've mentioned in my previous blog, it's different.
Anyway, I've just written a "bluesy?" kind of love song which is a little bit of alternative rock as what you call today and I used a very "useful" melody, hehe, (I-vi-I-vi-IV-V) with a little changes in arrangement though, and a different bridge part. I'm planning to record it with a simple bass line and guitar backgrounds, but, with a little help from my brother who is coming for vacation from abroad, he will lend me his lead guitarist skills, hehe. I'm not finished with the lyrics, though, but I will post the recording process here in my blog from conception to finish.

Note:
It's my recording and if you have nothing to contribute to it, well, just don't listen to it, hehe. But constructive feedbacks are welcome...

Lyrics + Youtube Video : Jenny (Click Five)

She calls me baby, then she won't call me.
Says she adores me and then ignores me.
Jenny, what's the problem?

She keeps her distance and sits on fences.
Puts up resistance and builds defenses.
Jenny, what's the problem?

You leave me hanging on the line.
Every time you change your mind.

First You say you won't, then you say you will.
You keep me hanging on, and we're not moving on.
We're standing still, Jenny.
You got me on my knees.
Jenny, it's killing me.

She needs her own space.
She's playing mind games.
Ends up at my place saying that she's changed.
Jenny, what's the problem?

I'm trying to read between the lines.
You got me going out of my mind.

First, you say you won't, then you say you will.
You keep me hanging on, and we're not moving on.
We're standing still, Jenny.
You got me on my knees.
Jenny, it's killing me.
It's killing me. It's killing me.
Jenny.

First, you say you won't, then you say you will.
You keep me hanging on, and we're not moving on.
We're standing still, Jenny.
You got me on my knees.
Jenny.

First, you say you won't, then you say you will.
You keep me hanging on, and we're not moving on.
We're standing still, Jenny.
You got me on my knees.
Jenny.

It's killing me.
It's killing me.
Jenny.

Play Like Paul - I Saw Her Standing Bass Tab and Video

If you are a bass player, you have a wide range of musical knowledge and you enjoy and appreciate the music of the past, I'll bet my "lucky peso coin" that you know who's Paul I'm talking about. Yeah, that's right! It's none other than Paul McCartney of The Beatles. (16) Make it easy to be near you. In my opinion, he's one of the best bass players ever. If you only knew or heard of the music in Beatles time or specifically, the 60's, I believe there's no great bass players other than those playing the jazz, well, jazz is all about improvisation. But in rock and roll and pop music scene in the 60's, it all started with Paul's improvisation and he's really gifted. And here's one of his song with hard-beatin' bass that will keep you rockin'.. Imagine, playing these bass lines while singing your heart out ala McCartney and headbanging ala Beatles, heheh.. Well, let'ya fingers dance!!


chord Progressions:

E - A - E - B - ;

E - A - B - E - B - E -;

Intro:
G------------------------------------------------
D--------6-----9-----7--6--------6-----9-----7--6
A--7--7-----7-----7--------7--7-----7-----7------
E------------------------------------------------

G------------------------------------------------
D--------6-----9-----7--6--------6-----9-----7--6
A--7--7-----7-----7--------7--7-----7-----7------
E------------------------------------------------

Verse:
G------------------------------------------------
D--------6-----9-----7--6--------6-----9-----7--6
A--7--7-----7-----7--------7--7-----7-----7------
E------------------------------------------------

G------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------6-----9-----7--6
A--0--0--4--0--7--0--5--4--7--7-----7-----7------
E------------------------------------------------

G------------------------------------------------
D--------6-----9-----7--6--------6-----9-----7--6
A--7--7-----7-----7--------7--7-----7-----7------
E------------------------------------------------

G------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------
A--------6-----9-----7--6--------6-----9-----7--6
E--7--7-----7-----7--------7--7-----7-----7------

Chorus:
G-----------------------------------------5--5--5
D-----------------6--6--6--6--7--7--7--7---------
A--7--7--7--7--7---------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------

G------------------------------------------------
D--------6-----9-----7--6------------------------
A--7--7-----7-----7--------------6-----9-----7--6
E--------------------------7--7-----7-----7------

G------------------------------------------------
D--------6-----9-----7--6--------6-----9-----7--6
A--7--7-----7-----7--------7--7-----7-----7------
E------------------------------------------------

Repeat Verse

Repeat Chorus

Bridge:
G------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------
A--0--0--4--0--7--0--5--4--0--0--4--0--7--0--5--4
E------------------------------------------------

G------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------
A--0--0--4--0--7--0--5--4--0--0--4--0--7--0--5--4
E------------------------------------------------

G------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------
A--0--0--4--0--7--0--5--4--0--0--4--0--7--0--5--4
E------------------------------------------------

G------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------
A--------6-----9-----7--6--------6-----9-----7--6
E--7--7-----7-----7--------7--7-----7-----7------

G------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------
A--0--0--4--0--7--0--5--4--0--0--4--0--7--0--5--4
E------------------------------------------------

Repeat Verse

Repeat Chorus

Guitar Solo:
G------------------------------------------------
D--------6-----9-----7--6--------6-----9-----7--6
A--7--7-----7-----7--------7--7-----7-----7------
E------------------------------------------------

G------------------------------------------------
D--------6-----9-----7--6--------6-----9-----7--6
A--7--7-----7-----7--------7--7-----7-----7------
E------------------------------------------------

G------------------------------------------------
D--------6-----9-----7--6--------6-----9---------
A--7--7-----7-----7--------7--7-----7-----7--7--6
E------------------------------------------------

G------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------
A--------6-----9-----7--6--------6-----9---------
E--7--7-----7-----7--------7--7-----7-----7--7--6

A lil bit of change here... hehe.. nice Paul...

G------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------6--6--9---
A--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7------------
E------------------------------------------------

G------------------------------------------------
D--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--9
A------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------

G------------------------------------------------
D--------6-----9-----7--6--------------7--7--6---
A--7--7-----7-----7--------7-----6--9-----------9
E-----------------------------7------------------

G------------------------------------------------
D--------6-----9-----7--6------------------------
A--7--7-----7-----7---------7-----5-----4-----2--
E------------------------------------------------

Repeat Bridge

Repeat Verse

Repeat Chorus

Ending:
G------------------------------------------------
D--------6-----9-----7--6------------------------
A--7--7-----7-----7--------------6-----9-----7--6
E--------------------------7--7-----7-----7------

G------------------------------------------------
D--------6-----9-----7--6--------6-----9-----7--6
A--7--7-----7-----7--------7--7-----7-----7------
E------------------------------------------------

G------------------------------------------------
D--------6-----9-----7--6------------------------
A--7--7-----7-----7--------------6-----9-----7--6
E--------------------------7--7-----7-----7------

G-----------------------------------9---
D--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-----6--9------
A--------------------------7-----------7
E---------------------------------------

My hands a lil bit rough on some lines, though.. I need little more practice.

As Long As It Matters Bass Tab and Video

As continuation to my previous posts with regards to a Gin Blossoms' song, As Long As It Matters. I shared the following for educational purposes. If you want to learn the bass of this song, then you have to consider listening to the song itself to figure the bass or maybe the guitar part or others because I can't assure that my tab is 100% correct. Anyway, here's "what I've heard from the original song, hehe" and a my video playing the bass intro of the song. Also, there are some different chorus endings..

The chords are:

Intro/Chorus

G - D/F# - Em - -
C - - D - -;

Verse:

G - D - Em - D - C - G - Em - D -;

Bridge:

C - G/B - Am - G - ;
C - G/B - C - D -;

Intro/Chorus
G--------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------
E------3--3-----0--3--3-------2--2-----0--2--2-----

G-----------------------------------------------------
D---------2-----2--0-----0----------2-----2--0-----0--
A---------------------2-------------------------2-----
E---0--0-----0----------------0--0-----0--------------

G-----------------------------------------------------
D---------0-----2--0----------------0-----2--0--------
A---3--3-----3--------3--0----3--3-----3--------3--0--
E-----------------------------------------------------

G---------------------2--4--7--
D---0--0--2--0--4--2-----------
A------------------------------
E------------------------------


Verse 1
G---------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------0--0--------0--0----2--2-----0--2--2--
A----------------------------------2----------------------------
E-----3--3-----0--3--3------------------------------------------

G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D------0--0-----0---------------------------------------------------
A------------2-----0--1--2----3--3-----0--3--3----------------------
E-------------------------------------------------3--3-----0--3--3--

G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D---2--2-----0--2--2----0--0--------2--0----------------------------
A--------------------------------2--------3--0----------------------
E-------------------------------------------------3--3-----0--3--3--

G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D---0--0--------0--0----2--2-----0--2--2----0--0--------2--0--------
A------------2---------------------------------------2--------0--2--
E-------------------------------------------------------------------

G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--5--
A---3--3-----0--3--3------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------3--3-----0--3--3----------------------------

G---2--2--2--2--2--0--2--4--
D---------------------------
A---------------------------
E---------------------------

Verse 2
G---------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------0--0--------0--0----2--2-----0--2--2--
A----------------------------------2----------------------------
E-----3--3-----0--3--3------------------------------------------

G----------------------------------------------------------------
D---0--0-----0---------------------------------------------------
A---------2-----0--1--2----3--3-----0--3--3----------------------
E----------------------------------------------3--3-----0--3--3--

G-----------------------------------------------
D---2--2-----0--2--2----0--0--------2--0--------
A--------------------------------2--------3--0--
E-----------------------------------------------

G-----------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------0--0--------0-----0--1--
A---------------------2--3-------------2-----3--------
E---3--3-----0--3--3----------------------------------

G-----------------------------------------------
D---2--2-----0--2--2----0--0--------2--0--------
A--------------------------------2--------0--2--
E-----------------------------------------------

G-----------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------
A---3--3-----0--3--3-----0----------------------
E-----------------------------3--3-----0--3--3--

G-----------------------------2--2--2--2--2--2--------
D---2--2--2--2--2--2--4--5----------------------4--5--
A-----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------

G---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--
D---------------------------
A---------------------------
E---------------------------

Bridge
G-------------------------------------------------------
D-----------0-----------0-------------------------------
A-----3--3-----3--3--3-----3----2--2--3--2--2--2--3--2--
E-------------------------------------------------------

G-----------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------
A---0--0--2--0--0--0--2--0----------------------0--2--
E-----------------------------3--3--3--3--3--3--------

G-----------------------------------------------------
D---------0-----------0-------------------------------
A---3--3-----3--3--3-----3----2--2--3--2--2--2--3--2--
E-----------------------------------------------------

G-----------------------------2--2--2--2--2--0--2--4--
D---------------------4--5----------------------------
A---0--0--0--0--0--0----------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------

As Long As It Matters - My Own Version No. 3

I never forget, hehe... Well, its about my previous blog with regards to Samplitude Recording or professional audio software.. hehe.. I promised that I will post a recording of my own version of Gin Blossom's As Long As It Matters. It's actually the 3rd recording and I tweaked some audio files here and there to show that the software is really for amateur and professional alike. I recorded the song (without the vocal part though) alongside the original music. First, I did the drum part, two tracks or double-tracked. Then afterwards, I recorded the bass.. That's what I like about the song, the bass part.. It's double-tracked also.. Then I played the guitar parts. Two distorted guitar tracks and then two acoustic guitar tracks.. You can hear them at the recording. Then a track for solo guitar parts. And last, a lil bit of keyboard orchestra there.. hehe.. Then that's it.. Just listen to it and email me if you want to record your own materials with me.. We can be bandmates through the power of technology, hehe..

I'll show how I did the bass part at the next posts... ciao..