Last week, I was trying to look up the guitar tab for the song 'You Only Live Once' by The Strokes (Casablancas, 2006). My WIFI wasn't working properly so the tabs wouldn't load and this frustrated me. I decided to improvise on the guitar instead which was funny, cause that's when I came up with a chord progression that was really catchy.
I spent some time variating the chords, seeing what sounded best and what stuck with me. Then I started incorporating my voice, humming melodies until something stuck. I came up with a variety of different melody lines and listened back to them. At one point I thought I'd come up with something super cool, but it sounded familiar to me. I realised that what I was singing was a melody almost identical to that of 'Common People' by Pulp. I spent ages trying to change it up but the melody kept coming back.😂Following that, I improvised on the guitar to try and come up with some ideas for a guitar solo, then I picked up my bass and did the same thing. I am still not sure what I would like to do with the bass in this song, however I would like to sit down with a bassist and exchange ideas to come up with a catchy, obscure bassline.
The next day I sat on the piano and did the same thing. I simply played the chords and 'let whatever happens, happen'. I came up with a couple of different ideas surrounding the chords, I thought maybe some soft arpeggiated chords would sound nice in the middle 8 section or in the intro, then to break in to a bigger, fuller sounding section.
Here is a photo of my notebook with the scratch lyrics on it:
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