Thanks Joice!

I want to wait quite a while before I post the original, because it tends to sway people too much, and I'm hoping others might still want to try this sometime. Funny thing is, now I keep hearing different melodies for this.

For those who ARE attempting this for the first time and having trouble, maybe try this out:

Think a section at a time. First just focus on that bit between 0:15 and 0:27 for awhile. Keep looping it or just "rewinding" as you try to hum some sort of melody that will sound cool. Don't try to match the same notes being played...try to find a riff that will stand out and sound good together with it.

Once you get that much, see if it still sounds good repeating the same melody on the next section, 0:38 to 0:45. Still works? Great! Now you have a melody for the verses, and you can write four matching lyrics for it later.

Now skip to the chorus (we'll get back to the pre-chorus later). What's a melody that will sound good from 0:45 to 0:56? Focus on that bit...it's the chorus, mind you, so make it fun. Do it just like the verse, by looping it, and trying different ways, over and over, until you find one that sounds cool to you. Once you've done that, you've already taken care of all three of the other choruses, so you can write the words later...(you can either repeat the same thing all four times, or have sort of a Part A Part B style that you repeat all over again at 1:55).

Now that you have your chorus, what would be a cool way to lead into it? NOW is a good time to work that Pre-Chorus at 0:38...something that naturally takes you out of the verse melody and into the chorus melody.

Once you have that, your composing duties are done! Except for that little wildcard at 1:31, but once you start writing your lyrics, that will probably just blurt right out of ya.

Good luck, hope some more people give it a shot, just for the heck of it. smile

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