Making the music - as in melody

Caught

Hey everyone,
I was just wondering how does everyone do the melody to their songs on instruments? I can't come up with good melodys - a lot of them are slow songs, which really don't match my musical tastes. When I do come up with leodys I like theres always problems then. I just can not come up with chords for most songs. I'm not sure if its because I don't know the guitar well enough [I figured I knew loads, not boasting or anything like...] or if it's because I play a lot of songs that use the same chords really, which are mainly chords like D, G, Em, C, F, F#m, C#m, B, A, etc etc etc.
I
also find that if I'm singing the lyrics to try match the way I'm singing it to the chords, I can't make the song sound right, if you get me. I have it all up in my head, but it's just a matter of getting it from up there to down here. Does anyone else have this problem? If I play random chords and make a melody, I try write it down but then can't remember the chords and lyrics I've made up on the spot. I was thinking recording everything may work?

Thanks,
Caught

cHaTbOx

Caught wrote: »

Hey everyone,
I was just wondering how does everyone do the melody to their songs on instruments? I can't come up with good melodys - a lot of them are slow songs, which really don't match my musical tastes. When I do come up with leodys I like theres always problems then. I just can not come up with chords for most songs. I'm not sure if its because I don't know the guitar well enough [I figured I knew loads, not boasting or anything like...] or if it's because I play a lot of songs that use the same chords really, which are mainly chords like D, G, Em, C, F, F#m, C#m, B, A, etc etc etc.
I
also find that if I'm singing the lyrics to try match the way I'm singing it to the chords, I can't make the song sound right, if you get me. I have it all up in my head, but it's just a matter of getting it from up there to down here. Does anyone else have this problem? If I play random chords and make a melody, I try write it down but then can't remember the chords and lyrics I've made up on the spot. I was thinking recording everything may work?

Thanks,
Caught

I just practice , If I strike something I like , I hardly write music down , I keep rotating it until I have a grasp then I'll come back to it otherwise I'd have to learn it again when I come back to it . Just because something sounds good doesn't mean it suits the lyrics you want to write the music for .

Also did you ever just think of picking a melody along a string then match chords to a melody you liked , just an idea

recording everything may work , but I would use that for lyrics imo , sometimes the sound brings out words accidentally that you may forget.

JohnnyQuid

cHaTbOx wrote: »

I just practice , If I strike something I like , I hardly write music down , I keep rotating it until I have a grasp then I'll come back to it.

This is exactly what I do,I used to say to myself "Right i'm gona start off with such a chord and then go to this and this".The problem with that way was it never sounded good.Now i just keep playing until I hear something I like.It's the best way imo and I've came up with so many melodies this way that imo sound great.