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Roll a dice / write a song challenge
For a while I wanted to start a thread about creating songs basis from a couple dice rolls.
Recently in @sevenape thread that idea was brought up. So here's my chance.
Earlier this year I experimented alot with the dice method to start song. Here how I would go about it. At first I was using Caustic but I quickly moved over to Chordbud2 because it makes it easier for me to see the chords in a scale.
I was using this site as my dice. https://www.calculator.net/random-number-generator.html
BPM : first I would pick the BMP. I would set my dice from 60 to 250.
Key : second I would pick the key. Setting the dice from 1 to 12. From C to B using the sharps.
Scale: Select a list of scales you want to work with. Set the dice according to your scales selection and pick one.
Chords : Most scale have 5 to 7 chords. Set the dice and roll it 4 times to get a 4 chords progression. Add more if your feeling adventurous.
This is were I like to use Chordbud because it list the chords in a selected scale. But you could use Tonality, iBassit, Scaler 2 or other app.
You could also google the chords of a scale or you know enough theory to do it.
The rest is up to your imagination.
Everybody as heard my song by now but it one of my first dice roll songs experiment. I will post more later .
Let me hear your jams or song created from dice roll.
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I might try this! Looks like fun.
However, I don’t - and probably never will - own Chordbud or any similar app. But that’s fine. What I’ll do instead is start with a random mode of [a random] one of several scales (so, modes of major, melodic minor, harmonic minor, harmonic major, double harmonic major, etc.), then I guess, write out the chords that typically work with said mode, then randomly select a bunch from those.
Oh, and will still do the 12 note “roll”, of course.
Bit more mundane work involved, but I’m keen-ish.
I edited my original post to make it less Chordbud specific. Thank you for pointing that out.
Here’s a exemple of a song I created from rolling the dice to create a chord progression.
This just gave me a cool idea for a Mozaic script song idea generator.
That says a lot about me. Someone offers a song making challenge ... and my first thoughts are of writing scripts? 🧐
My goal was to inspire. Mission accomplished... Maybe 🤔
Here’s @rottencat great track based on the dice method.
https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/59072/chances
I really need to force myself to play in other keys. I stick to the same few and mostly pick the ones that are easiest for the instrument I am playing.
Definitely a good exercise to force yourself to learn new chord progressions, arpeggios, scales, fingering patterns, etc.
Also, this reminded me of reading The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart.
I'm gonna try this in ChatGPT for my next track. 😂
That’s a good idea. I tried it but could not get the right prompt.
Let me know if you find a good prompt to make it easy.
That’s why I started doing this dice experiment. I was always stuck in A minor.
Would you recommend The Dice Man ?
It's not everyone's cup of tea, but I personally loved that book, most of it anyway, and found it very thought-provoking. I don't remember many plot details from it any more but I often think about it and the ideas it raises.
I think it helps to be able to detach yourself from the actions of the book and realize that it’s a thought experiment as much as it is a novel.
I think I going to pick it up. Thanks for the advice.