Kris, did you watch that video i put there? I'm just wondering. I've been watching him since we were both in high school and he has become a bit famous. He has an enormous cult following because he has been in so many bands in several genres. What i wanted you to see was what he brings to vocals. His passion is amazing. He plays all over the country, nearly every night and somehow he always brings it the same. I was watching videos from all over the country and every one of them the crowd was singing with him. I'm proud of him. I'm going to get some better videos later where you can feel it more. At 14 years old, bring that passion every time you pick up the instrument and everything else will come. Dax practices like that, intense, he puts his name on every note and tries his ass off. Thats what the beatles and nirvana and most of them have, passion. If you don't have it, that look in dax's eyes, move on and find another hobby. Every time you touch a guitar, it should feel like you can do what dax does with his voice. Practice like that and see how much better you get and much faster it comes. If you fake it, people can see it a mile away.
So ... let's write a song. You have a way to record kris? Pick a rhythm and a chord grouping that is not extremely complicated. Something i can hum (if that makes sense). Most beatles stuff you can hum or whistle the melody. Play it with a metronome set to a speed that you feel you can play as well as accents the "feel" of the song. We can speed it up a little or slow it down as needed. If it's not overly complicated, the chords can be moved to a different key to match the singer. If someone sings. Is this making sense? I have nothing against complicated, just not in the beginning. Get with sonicmayhem and see if you can agree on a genre or a song you both like. Anything to get started, i can help after you get started but ya'll shouldn't need me too much. I'm not that good anyways. If it's good more people will probably help. You have an advantage being young. Musicians like helping younger ones. Go through your riffs and rhythms and get some good ones. Don't worry too much about solo's and accents, we can pull that out of the chords. You can pull some notes out of a pentatonic scale (or any scale) to fit with the overall melody or mimic the vocals, or just hit random notes, it's experimenting. Nail down a sound ya'll agree with and this will be a great learning experience. I'll be around to help or whatever is needed, but, there are some amazingly talented guitarist and songwriters on this board, so give it your best effort.
