Sup, this is just a little thing I thought to post up about when you write music. It's all personal opinion, but I think it's a good little handy guide to eventually come up with a solid/hearty piece of music & can be applied to all musicians & lyricists.
I just named it the F3 Guide/Thoery which is standing for FEEL, FLOW & FIT. I believe if these 3 points are all taken care of, then you'll be sweet, or if ones out of whack a bit, you change a little of the other to even it up or maybe even make it better. Don't get me wrong, musos will know this, but I know a lot of people who stop making music, just because they think they're not getting anywhere, so here goes:
PS: Let me know if I'm not interesting, i'll try not to go on, but it's a blog & that's it's beauty.
FEEL: This ones the most valuble & most important of the lot because what you feel is right, will direct the song & it's outcome. I know heaps of factors that can affect feel but you'll almost always know when it all feels right & you'll mos def feel what shouldn't be there or shouldn't be done. But if there's more than one in the band this might be hard to achieve due to 3 different minds, so you always got to say what you feel might work & what doesn't because then when another band member decides all because you never opened your mouth, your saying their idea is best, but other times things can just work.
So yeah, the only way to really get it bang on is to keep jamming in until you get almost a sexual feeling to what your playing, cause it means your locked in the groove & really feeling it. C'mon let's be honest, your not going to stop make love to someone (when your not out of your mind) until they feel your best performance & you show them wassup! Musics the same, don't settle for shit cause you can't be bothered trying & getting something to it's best & if it don't work, leave that idea for another time.
FLOW: So you've got your basic idea sussed and now your starting to add stuff. My advice is when you add something, stop there & play it back say 5 times and really listen to it, because you want to maintain a good flow in which you think everything has chipped in equally and everythings in full effect. Eveyones different, but sometimes this can really make or break a track; The feel is all there, but the flow ruins it. It's good to ask for opinions (but you don't have to listen) and someone could actually help you.
This is especially important to emcees. I believe flow is everything when rapping. I think that lyrics don't have to be the best cause a solid flow can make it sound ill and sometimes, that's more of what your going for. Like them old school cats, be honest, their lyrics (not all) were cheesy as but they flowed like crazy! And also, a bad flow can just expose shit lyrics, so you don't want both. A good way is to listen to the beat you wanna jump on and just ramble random shit but with the aim of getting a flow & after a few attempts, you'll sus it.
FIT: This is just the last touching up stage, does it all fit? You can think you have the finished product that you want but then you listen and think, nah that shouldn't be there & maybe it shouldn't? But yeah, just look over your work (sort of proofreading) and you can switch up, take away or add stuff. Just watch out to what you do, you might end up at stage one again.
So yeah, thats my little 5cents. Let us know if it's all good or not, or even better, add your own points.
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