How To Come Up With Musical Ideas

Hi all. I thought i'd do a video demonstrating how I come up with a musical ideas. Trying not to get bogged down with music theory and why things work. From an initial melody to laying down guitar and bass parts.
This i find useful in songwriting sessions or even when composing my own music.

[nucleusmedicalmedia]

This is amazingly helpful and encouraging for us amateurs - thank you!

[alexvishnevsky]

basically the most helpful video about songwriting on YouTube

[MichaelBorg-esez]

And there it is right there….the genius behind those infectious hooks that we all love from Jamiroquai!! Very inspiring Rob.

[motocatz]

This is my fav video! I wish more artist would show their process of creating musical ideas and how to develop them.

[crissonstrings]

more of this, please! very useful stuff, thank you!

[DamianHelme]

Fantastic! Please do more. Possibly a part 2 developing tihis into a full song?

[neildixon]

40 minutes very well spent! Thank you 😁

[KenithCopeland]

I had this lined up in my watch later list when it dropped.

Listened to it on my drive to work today. WITHOUT A DOUBT this is one of my favourite videos on YouTube, not just from your videos rob, of ALL YouTube

This process hits home for me on how simple it is but I overlook so much because I’m sitting there not knowing what key I’m in so I overlook complicate things

This was fantastic

[BBQgeek]

Rob - I love the format and I am having so much fun playing along and guessing the chords before you picked them! What has been very helpful for me so far is seeing you start with the melody and then carry that on with each track by singing before noodling. I get so lost with a guitar in my hands and a screen in front of my face. I'm going to try this right now. Thank you so much for the insight.

[prodigalretrod]

Great to watch this unfold in realtime. Love that turnaround chord!

That's such an important tip/reminder to REALLY listen before playing a note. The "audience" part of the brain tends to come up with more novel and memorable things than the theory part of the brain or muscle memory does.

[veljkosimovic]

This is fantastic Rob, basically a free masterclass, thank you very much. And no, it's not too long. Cheers! :)

[martinobrien]

Hey Rob,

Absolutely loved that! ❤

Martin

[christophedelamusiquedesar]

So encouraging to be invited into your creative process and recognise how similar it is to my own in several ways, though the apparent simplicity you achieve belies one heck of a lot of mainstream experience and confidence in your decisions that I just don’t have. Then, I am just a 72 year old amateur playing similar styles. This is a wonderful video, and am looking forward to you making more of them, perhaps also showing your DAW in a pic-in-pic? I struggle with that. Thanks muchly.

[bobdavidbell]

Helpful to see your process. Thanks 👍🏻

[explodie]

So good Rob! Love the honesty and rawness of cutting all this in real time and hearing your process. Listening and hearing the melodies with intention before playing is a valuable lesson you've taught me - our fingers default to similar patterns and melodies, so it's a great to break that habit. Although I'm not a singer, many times I start with lyrics and the emotion behind them reveals the melody... and build from there. Thanks again mate!

[anicca-a]

That octave up doubling had such a Jamiroquai vibe 😀 This must be the best music related video I've seen. Thank you sir.

[tommytommy]

Another great video with so much knowledge. Your approach really speaks to me. My favorite guitar workshop / song creating / music world reality chanel!

[BBQgeek]

Update - I just finished up a session where I copied your workflow AND IT WORKED!!! I feel like I need to do this a few dozen times now to burn it in. It does help a tonne if you have done your work to have your home studio connected and ready to go as you showed quickly adding tracks and switching instruments. Luckily, I recently finished setting up my I/O to make that easier. In my experience, you can lose your flow quickly if you have to re-cable and reconnect over and over. You want to be able to add a track and record as fast as you showed. I hope you will do some more of these, Rob!

[dekicovers]

Very cool Rob, amazing we have a chance to jam with you and understand your creative process. Thanks for sharing

[lithiliel]

Amazing video, been looking for so long for something methodical and paced like this. Exactly how I like writing things, but with so many tips on how to do it better ❤