@@SamGriffinGuitar I honestly found this longer discussion format about music and composing to be more helpful without actual playing examples in it. It would become more of a tutorial and less of a "musical discovery discussion" if it had that. It is important to imagine and think on these concepts for one to build those connective tissues in the brain that allow you to lose yourself in your playing, put you on auto pilot, and simply create music in the moment.
I've been composing for about 10 years or so, and absolutely everything you said is so spot on. Probably the most valuable advice I've ever seen for someone just starting to write.
I'm playing guitar for over 30 years now and all you said checks out. I had a few lessons when I got stuck, so learning theory comes in handy at some point, but it's not needed at all.
easily the best advice on music I've gotten from UA-cam. Your funny and intuitive style makes so much more sense than people trying to over-explain everything all the time.
Bruh I've watched a lot of stuff about creativity and trying to be better musically or guitar wise, and all the stuff you've been saying in these talking vids is so clear and on point and real. Like just made so simple. I discovered you from the guitar playing and am staying with you for the real tasty advice. (Mainly staying for the outros tho let's be real) Thanks my guy!
I've been writing a lot of music on the axe these days and I've been a fan of SGB for a while now, and by playing music I've been discovering new things about the process of making it. You pointed out things that paralleled what I recently discovered but also noted things I haven't yet realized or put to words. I knew I'd be interested in what your process of creating, arranging, and using the guitar as your instrument for music. This helped a lot, thanks bro. Looking forward to everything you put out.
Bro, you speak of so many things in this video. I started playing guitar like 15 years ago, and only 5 years ago I actually started by coincidence following these methods you were talking about: actually finishing a piece, do that back and forth guitar to mind / mind to guitar. Take makes sense in so many ways, helped me so much through the years, I really wish everyone that plays guitar could see the value in these lessons. I really appreciate you taking some time and actually teaching that stuff for everyone, and I can feel that same as we do guitar to mind / mind to guitar, this video was heart to youtube bro. By the way, coincidentally last month I started trying to finish a lot of 5%/10%/25% completed guitar pieces I started (some date like 10 years ago lol) and watching this video made me even more happy because of that. Cheers man, keep up the awesome work, it's been months that I really enjoy your channel, my favourite pieces are the Mario/Chrono Trigger themes - so many childhood memories there bro, my "allergies" get my eyes everytime I listen to them. :') Oh, and I would subscribe again if I could, but since I can't I just show you to my friends so they do it again for me. :D
So like, my bro showed me your channel a few weeks back, and dude, what a gamechanger. Just wanna say you truly inspire me to become a better guitarist and just overall music-lovin' human. Much appreciate ma dude for ya vids. Will continue to look forward to your content! Stay well!
Regarding the point you make about 'getting space' - I find once you've played the hell out of a new original composition, try playing with it with a capo to shift the key. Hearing it in a new key is a really good insight into how it will sound to people for the first time (especially with regards to emotion).
Sam I swear you just know how to speak directly to my soul with your words and music. I hope to meet you in person some day. Thank you so much for what you do with humour. You deserve all the biscuits and gravy any one could ask for. Now its time to mind my own biscuits.. and life will be all gravy baby!
The hardest part about writing for guitar is the P-I-M-A fingerings. Ideally you want to write them in, at least the critical fingerings. And just knowing the ins and outs of the fretboard.
Amazing video!! Inspiring and helpful. I actually record my musical ideas with video, showing clearly where my fingers are in the fretboard so I can figure it out easily when I need to. (Not so efficient on storage space but it pays off for me) Last advice is maybe the most important. Finish even if you think it is going bad. You can do better next time. If you do not finish and move on the idea will clog and rot in your mind, blocking future ideas. It is like your mind says: "I gave you some rad ideas and you did sh*t with them. No more ideas for you until you honor them" Thanks for the wisdom, Sam!
omg man ! im from argentina , and is dificult to study clasical music here . thnx for the words Man ! And you are right We are gold soul ! RISE AND SHINE ! NIKE AND LOREAL NEED TO PATROSINATE you ! YOU ARE THE BEST ! HAHAHHA MAKE ME LAUGH so much with this "just do it" and the " you worth it" . lets go to compose some music Dog! Yea ! i wish you so much successes ! regards !
I love the advice about getting away from the familiar and your own tropes and muscle memory. I want to also bring special attention to rhythm and phrasing. Listen to modern music everybody, and pay attention to how many melodies accent along with the chord changes, and how many of those accents are on beat 1. Pay attention to how often you hear "cluster of short notes-1 long note. cluster of short notes-1 long note." I think rhythm and phrasing are sorely lacking in a lot of today's songwriting. Just picked at random here, check out the chorus to PYT by Michale Jackson and take a log of the clusters of notes, where they accent, where the chords accent, and the creative use of long values and rests in interesting, creative places. This is kind of an expansion of what Sam was already saying in regards to doing weird stuff you're not used to, but putting an extra emphasis on rhythm and phrasing.
Love the new videos, man. Lot's of useful information presented in a digestible and entertaining way. You've definitely ascended from a great guitarist on UA-cam to a teacher and mentor for a whole community. Looking forward to more content!
Obviously not the music but i’d say one of the best videos you’ve done so far in terms of tone. Keep doing what you are doing. I’ll start donating just based on educational shit, the music is just a major bonus.
My problem with trasposing what I'm thinking in my head on the guitar is that most of the time the notes I'm thinking in are notes in-between notes xD and microtonal music is something I am not willing to get into in the short term. I usually sing the melody I'm thinking in on the pc on an autotune, tune it to 100% and see how it sounds, and there I've got the notes
awww bro, I do most things you explained for a long tim, like playing random notes and stuff. My iPhone is also loaded up with records, almost reaching back to 2012. Sadly I never listen to them :D :(
What the fuck, how are you so good at teaching and memeing at the same time? I'm like, laughing my ass off while my brain is becoming galaxy sized from all the information. I'm gonna finish a piece of music, bro
As I learn more music, the idea of writing genuine music became more detached from the theoretical knowledge I knew; because they are only some tools that YOU CAN USE. You won't stop eating just because you can't afford that $500 spoon lying in the store; instead you will eat it with some other tool -- it's not about what tool to use, but about eating. (That said, learning theory is a good way of getting the sound of all kinds of music in your ear and mind, and that alone I think is good enough argument to learn theory)
Since you are talking about horizon…heard the song by David Gilmour? Comfortably Numb? I bet you did it is pure explanation of what you are trying to say the melody how it is trying to make sense like Hello?(echo) is there anybody in there? Can you make a tutorial on that one?
I've recorded over 200 demos the last 6 years, some long less than a minute, some longer than 10 minutes. Idk where to start tbh. I could compose and produce many albums with just all that, but I don't know which songs to use first. Specially what I don't know is, how to make them albums and not just song lists, how to give them life, meaning, purpose. I feel like most of the time I just composed and recorded what I felt, but didn't feel what I was playing, so now I've got all these demos and idk what they mean, idk what names to use, idk anything, in some cases I don't even know exactly the genre of the song. I'd appreciate a lot being helped with this, if someone has a tutorial about that matter, or maybe you Sam could upload a video about that Anyway, still ehlped a lot. Greetings bro!
I pumped out 10 originals this year. Got jacked up on edibles and magic mushies and went on a creative binge. I can't believe all the interesting things that percolated to the top 🎶
Thanks dude!! Really need this atm. I think most of this stuff I already knew, but coming from someone like you it's very motivating and makes me feel on the right track. Thanks a bunch!
Hey sam! Can you maybe do a cover of the final map theme from fire emblem: echoes? Or enemy phase final map from fire emblem gaiden. I think you'd make a great arrangement and it's probably quite challenging. Loved this vid and you.
Bro, you're like, so inspiring and shit
dawww stoppp
Ah, the legendary music composer. Ludwig Sam Beethoven.
Sam’s pep talks are the best. Thanks coach
Nice, but it would be nicer if you show some examples, while playing!
Thank you for the nice video, very poetic.
Masterfelixxx noted!
@@SamGriffinGuitar I honestly found this longer discussion format about music and composing to be more helpful without actual playing examples in it. It would become more of a tutorial and less of a "musical discovery discussion" if it had that. It is important to imagine and think on these concepts for one to build those connective tissues in the brain that allow you to lose yourself in your playing, put you on auto pilot, and simply create music in the moment.
I've been composing for about 10 years or so, and absolutely everything you said is so spot on. Probably the most valuable advice I've ever seen for someone just starting to write.
Sam you're one of my favorite people on YT, this is the encouragement I needed
yoo thanks bro! i really appreciate it
I'm playing guitar for over 30 years now and all you said checks out. I had a few lessons when I got stuck, so learning theory comes in handy at some point, but it's not needed at all.
Hey Griffin. Just passing by to say your humor is really fun (as your music is good), it's always nice to watch your videos.
easily the best advice on music I've gotten from UA-cam. Your funny and intuitive style makes so much more sense than people trying to over-explain everything all the time.
Bruh I've watched a lot of stuff about creativity and trying to be better musically or guitar wise, and all the stuff you've been saying in these talking vids is so clear and on point and real. Like just made so simple. I discovered you from the guitar playing and am staying with you for the real tasty advice. (Mainly staying for the outros tho let's be real) Thanks my guy!
I've been writing a lot of music on the axe these days and I've been a fan of SGB for a while now, and by playing music I've been discovering new things about the process of making it. You pointed out things that paralleled what I recently discovered but also noted things I haven't yet realized or put to words. I knew I'd be interested in what your process of creating, arranging, and using the guitar as your instrument for music. This helped a lot, thanks bro. Looking forward to everything you put out.
dude thats great to hear you were feeling some of the same things. thanks for the message and im excited to make more stuff like dis
"You're dealing with a smaller...set...of infinity"
It's like we're getting into the next level of musical notation with alephs and shit now
These kind of videos are my favourite to learn from. Funny, but very informative. Really enjoyed this!
11:04 That was so persuasive that I almost clicked the "Subscribed" button.
Bro, you speak of so many things in this video.
I started playing guitar like 15 years ago, and only 5 years ago I actually started by coincidence following these methods you were talking about: actually finishing a piece, do that back and forth guitar to mind / mind to guitar. Take makes sense in so many ways, helped me so much through the years, I really wish everyone that plays guitar could see the value in these lessons. I really appreciate you taking some time and actually teaching that stuff for everyone, and I can feel that same as we do guitar to mind / mind to guitar, this video was heart to youtube bro. By the way, coincidentally last month I started trying to finish a lot of 5%/10%/25% completed guitar pieces I started (some date like 10 years ago lol) and watching this video made me even more happy because of that.
Cheers man, keep up the awesome work, it's been months that I really enjoy your channel, my favourite pieces are the Mario/Chrono Trigger themes - so many childhood memories there bro, my "allergies" get my eyes everytime I listen to them. :')
Oh, and I would subscribe again if I could, but since I can't I just show you to my friends so they do it again for me. :D
100,000 Subscribers! Congratulations!
Sam you’ve become quite a teacher as well as performer. Would you consider demonstrating how you adapt existing pieces? That could be great!
So like, my bro showed me your channel a few weeks back, and dude, what a gamechanger. Just wanna say you truly inspire me to become a better guitarist and just overall music-lovin' human. Much appreciate ma dude for ya vids. Will continue to look forward to your content! Stay well!
Hey man, it shows you have 100k subs now! Congrats! ❤️
I love your perspective on the guitar
YES thank you for validating my process and givving it a name! LLC!
Great video! Finishing is so important! Also, for all you perfectionists...push through that and finish. You've got this!
Why the heck have i not subbed sooner. You and Steve have been a huge inspiration since i first heard you. I hope you have more vids like this
I can't wait to see.
excellent advice, my dog! keep on getting the masses inspired
Bro I want you to stay inspired and keep writing.
I think all the time about how awesome it would be to forget in-progress songs! I thought that was just me, man! Whoa!
Regarding the point you make about 'getting space' - I find once you've played the hell out of a new original composition, try playing with it with a capo to shift the key. Hearing it in a new key is a really good insight into how it will sound to people for the first time (especially with regards to emotion).
Sam I swear you just know how to speak directly to my soul with your words and music. I hope to meet you in person some day. Thank you so much for what you do with humour. You deserve all the biscuits and gravy any one could ask for. Now its time to mind my own biscuits.. and life will be all gravy baby!
Strange I just started to right my first song for the first time in my guitar life and you make a video on it. And I was struggling to finish it!
The hardest part about writing for guitar is the P-I-M-A fingerings. Ideally you want to write them in, at least the critical fingerings. And just knowing the ins and outs of the fretboard.
“If you don’t hate your music, how can you love yourself? And if you don’t love yourself... how can you love me?” Brilliant 😂
Amazing video!! Inspiring and helpful.
I actually record my musical ideas with video, showing clearly where my fingers are in the fretboard so I can figure it out easily when I need to. (Not so efficient on storage space but it pays off for me)
Last advice is maybe the most important. Finish even if you think it is going bad. You can do better next time. If you do not finish and move on the idea will clog and rot in your mind, blocking future ideas.
It is like your mind says: "I gave you some rad ideas and you did sh*t with them. No more ideas for you until you honor them"
Thanks for the wisdom, Sam!
Loving these talky videos so damn much
omg man ! im from argentina , and is dificult to study clasical music here . thnx for the words Man !
And you are right We are gold soul ! RISE AND SHINE ! NIKE AND LOREAL NEED TO PATROSINATE you ! YOU ARE THE BEST ! HAHAHHA MAKE ME LAUGH so much with this "just do it" and the " you worth it" .
lets go to compose some music Dog! Yea ! i wish you so much successes !
regards !
Dazed and Confused bro, clever
Sam griffin is my opera
So. I'm pretty sure I will obey this
Hey bro congrats on 100K dawg!
I love the advice about getting away from the familiar and your own tropes and muscle memory. I want to also bring special attention to rhythm and phrasing. Listen to modern music everybody, and pay attention to how many melodies accent along with the chord changes, and how many of those accents are on beat 1. Pay attention to how often you hear "cluster of short notes-1 long note. cluster of short notes-1 long note." I think rhythm and phrasing are sorely lacking in a lot of today's songwriting. Just picked at random here, check out the chorus to PYT by Michale Jackson and take a log of the clusters of notes, where they accent, where the chords accent, and the creative use of long values and rests in interesting, creative places.
This is kind of an expansion of what Sam was already saying in regards to doing weird stuff you're not used to, but putting an extra emphasis on rhythm and phrasing.
PREACHING TO THE CHOIR! Training the ear! But I regret not knowing any theory.
I want to be locked in a padded cell with Sam Griffin for thirty years
lets arrange it
@@SamGriffinGuitar *stares intensely*
100K Subs congrats!!
I love you Sam!
back at u
This is incredible advice
This vid sounds like one of those 1970’s “emotional fantasy motivational motion pictures”
That 99.9k subs is getting me all sweaty waiting for it to flip to that trip digit dawg
Love the new videos, man. Lot's of useful information presented in a digestible and entertaining way. You've definitely ascended from a great guitarist on UA-cam to a teacher and mentor for a whole community. Looking forward to more content!
You're so awesome
Obviously not the music but i’d say one of the best videos you’ve done so far in terms of tone. Keep doing what you are doing. I’ll start donating just based on educational shit, the music is just a major bonus.
Happy 100k dude
Haha, I love the uplifting words. Thanks for the info, i look forward to making noises I enjoy in the future.
Congrats on 100k! 👏
Awesome video, I was composing music on Logic Pro when i found your video. Helps me a lot :), With some examples would be nice.
The groove is king
10:40 undefiable arguments
I just start smiling at the moment of the notification till the vids done now
I want to buy my own mulet cam, amazing idea !
So close to 100k!
I love this guy
Incredible words of wisdom. Much appreciated for the video!
ooo that thumbnail is going straight to the emotes in your discord
Send link pls lol
Thanks for the chil video, dawg
Great tips, Sam!
My problem with trasposing what I'm thinking in my head on the guitar is that most of the time the notes I'm thinking in are notes in-between notes xD and microtonal music is something I am not willing to get into in the short term. I usually sing the melody I'm thinking in on the pc on an autotune, tune it to 100% and see how it sounds, and there I've got the notes
I feel enriched by An Expansive amount of Knowledge
I love this video. I love this guy. Shit. Sam I'm gonna compose my first ever piece, and upload it dedicated to you. Thanks DAWG.
Sam, how high are you usually? I don't judge and I think you are amazing bro. You really do inspire with your next level, higher power, aura.
awww bro, I do most things you explained for a long tim, like playing random notes and stuff. My iPhone is also loaded up with records, almost reaching back to 2012. Sadly I never listen to them :D :(
Love you bro!
"Go ahead and smack that bell" lmfao XD ... Another great vid, thanks for the advice man!
hey man do you make music compositions?im developing something,and will need music for it,so i wanted to make a budget
9/10 You really feel like a guitarist
The feel when you wanna have that Sam mind when guitaring but you've already calcified the Jerails mind and have to chip away at it to make room.
Man I feel like this video was made just for me. I was nodding head the whole damn time my guy brah
I tend to use mind to guitar when coming up with solo's, otherwise I get stuck playing the same old blue pentatonic stuff.
What the fuck, how are you so good at teaching and memeing at the same time? I'm like, laughing my ass off while my brain is becoming galaxy sized from all the information. I'm gonna finish a piece of music, bro
Good vid, good tips
As I learn more music, the idea of writing genuine music became more detached from the theoretical knowledge I knew; because they are only some tools that YOU CAN USE. You won't stop eating just because you can't afford that $500 spoon lying in the store; instead you will eat it with some other tool -- it's not about what tool to use, but about eating. (That said, learning theory is a good way of getting the sound of all kinds of music in your ear and mind, and that alone I think is good enough argument to learn theory)
Sick mullet bro
Since you are talking about horizon…heard the song by David Gilmour? Comfortably Numb? I bet you did it is pure explanation of what you are trying to say the melody how it is trying to make sense like Hello?(echo) is there anybody in there? Can you make a tutorial on that one?
I've recorded over 200 demos the last 6 years, some long less than a minute, some longer than 10 minutes. Idk where to start tbh. I could compose and produce many albums with just all that, but I don't know which songs to use first. Specially what I don't know is, how to make them albums and not just song lists, how to give them life, meaning, purpose. I feel like most of the time I just composed and recorded what I felt, but didn't feel what I was playing, so now I've got all these demos and idk what they mean, idk what names to use, idk anything, in some cases I don't even know exactly the genre of the song. I'd appreciate a lot being helped with this, if someone has a tutorial about that matter, or maybe you Sam could upload a video about that
Anyway, still ehlped a lot. Greetings bro!
beautiful! do you have originals?
This song has inspired me to select a file...
...Wait.
About to push that 99.9k subs to 100k today!
Haha 🤙😂
Bruh I love your stuff, I bought one of your pieces.
One day I will subscribe to you lol I love your work..
I won't be broke forever.
I pumped out 10 originals this year. Got jacked up on edibles and magic mushies and went on a creative binge. I can't believe all the interesting things that percolated to the top 🎶
That GoT disappointment... I felt that.
Does anyone know what guitar Sam uses? I can't find it anywhere lol. Keep up the good work man you're an inspiration.
It was custom built for him by a fan, check back through his video archives and he did a video about it!
I started to feel very uncomfortable at the end of the video.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
Great tips, to many camera cuts though, makes it difficult to focus one the message
Damn, I thought I was going to learn how to compost this guitar. Should have read more carefully.
NEXT VID
@@SamGriffinGuitar I'm holding you to that! :)
Thanks dude!! Really need this atm. I think most of this stuff I already knew, but coming from someone like you it's very motivating and makes me feel on the right track. Thanks a bunch!
Bring back the mullet cam!
I wish motivational video creators told me I'm salt. Sam knows how to stir the soul.
I was wondering do you think its important to have a theme for the song for continuity throughout?
You are fucking awesome long time sub that was exactly what I needed to hear! Mike Jonesing was here...............
In a fair world, this would have a million views and 100K likes AND you'd have 10 million subscribers.
Hey Sam, how do you keep your nails so lovely? Mine keep breaking!
Get some fake ones! Check out guitarplayernails.com
Hey sam! Can you maybe do a cover of the final map theme from fire emblem: echoes? Or enemy phase final map from fire emblem gaiden. I think you'd make a great arrangement and it's probably quite challenging. Loved this vid and you.
That mullet is looking noice