i normally don't have any trouble coming up with chords when writing songs, but i find creating melodies to link chords and song sections and just get a good hook going to be really difficult. y'all have any sage advice?
i normally don't have any trouble coming up with chords when writing songs, but i find creating melodies to link chords and song sections and just get a good hook going to be really difficult. y'all have any sage advice?
I usually trial and error it by playing over the recorded harmony if I started with the harmony first and I think I frequently give passing tones the shorter duration. Sometimes I try to imagine there were lyrics for the melody too. The ultimate rule I follow though is if it sounds good then it's good which probably isn't too helpful.