New Song I Wrote

DMBand2step · Post by **DMBand2step** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 10:37 am

I just wrote this new song. I wrote my first one a few weeks ago and put it up in this forum and the response was mostly positive, so I decided to try again. Keep in mind I'm still a beginner, only been playin for a year or so. So, tell me if I suck or not.

http://www.angelfire.com/music5/johnbro23/OrigSong4.mp3

Thanks for listening,

John B.

Matty Boom · Post by **Matty Boom** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 11:06 am

you should title this #41.5

DMBand2step · Post by **DMBand2step** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 7:39 pm

Haha, yea I guess it does sound a little like #41. Its weird though, the chords arent even close to #41's. Theyre like the standard D to Am7 to C with a little variation. Well, maybe I should just scrap this one. Tell me what you think.

Matty Boom · Post by **Matty Boom** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 7:53 pm

the strum pattern is almost the same to me, though i only listened to it once

the chords for #41 (as i play it with regular chords sometimes) are Am7 Bm7 Em7 D and then G D/F# Cmaj7

isaac · Post by **isaac** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 8:25 pm

i'd scrap it unless you could make it less #41ish. the chorus sounds pretty close to being the same. the verse part sounds the same if only just different notes. same idea, too, bass line, strum strum. just sounds mixed up. the only thing that didn't make it sound like #41 was the intro.

dmbguitar718 · Post by **dmbguitar718** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 8:57 pm

hmmm, if you guys wouldn't have said anything, i would have never thought about this sounding like #41.

DMB2718 · Post by **DMB2718** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 10:16 pm

I think the only major similarity, just listening to it regardless of the chords is the sturmming pattern....but hey it's all been done. I think you shouldn't scrap it, just as long as the vocals of the song do not sound simliar to #41

Matty Boom · Post by **Matty Boom** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 10:19 pm

DMB2718 wrote:I think the only major similarity, just listening to it regardless of the chords is the sturmming pattern....but hey it's all been done. I think you shouldn't scrap it, just as long as the vocals of the song do not sound simliar to #41

so besides the chords and the strumming it's nothing like it? lol

glad to hear it, lol

DMB2718 · Post by **DMB2718** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 10:20 pm

lol no what i meant is that by ear it sounds nothing like it....to me anyways

ElGuitarrista · Post by **ElGuitarrista** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:09 am

Hey... don't scap this... it's a good start. Keep in mind that you're posting this on a Dave Matthews board, so forum members will be keen to draw similarities between your song and a Dave Matthews tune. If you played that song for the 'general public', you wouldn't get that response.

Depending on your melody and vocals, this song may end up being completely non-DMB like, even to the ear of folks on this board. My advice is to keep working on it.

DMBand2step · Post by **DMBand2step** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 10:15 am

Its hard not to write something the sounds Dave Matthewsish since he's my biggest influence. Behind him, is Jack J and John Mayer. Thats not going to change my style too much.

longleggedfrog · Post by **longleggedfrog** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:25 pm

I don't think it sounds anything like 41, maybe a bass note or two, but the rhythm isn't the same the feel isn't the same. But imo, the defining factor depends on the vocal melody.

Speenis · Post by **Speenis** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 2:33 pm

longleggedfrog wrote:I don't think it sounds anything like 41, maybe a bass note or two, but the rhythm isn't the same the feel isn't the same. But imo, the defining factor depends on the vocal melody.

the rhythm pattern is exactly the same bro...
its a nice cover, i like it, it just reminds me WAAAAY too much of #41... even if no one said that I still would think so, I have been playing that song all the time recently and it definitely reminded me of it