How to Write Symphonic Metal | Basic Songwriting

Wondering how to write symphonic metal? Basic songwriting tips for symphonic metal is covered in this lesson, with many more on the way! My original symphonic metal music: muteprophetband.com/freemusic/

[@KevinGoetz]

Click here to check out my original symphonic metal music: muteprophetband.com/freemusic/

[@HeriJoensen]

Great to see a CZcamsr talking about Metal songwriting, my deep passion. I'll be keeping up with your videos :-) Keep up the good work!

[@martinwilliamsmusic]

As a guitarist I easily get into a cycle of riffs/solos etc that pretty much sound very similar, so to get myself more creative I study the keyboard and orchestration of songs I like and transpose them onto guitar and play them in clean tone ambient style. It gives me a completely different perspective on the songs and leads me off in lots of different directions inspired by different elements of the same song. Plus its fun and sounds really different.

[@AnthroFiend]

I have a few different approaches to songwriting. As a guitarist, I usually sit down to write with either an idea of the kind of song I want to write, and start writing riffs and solos that way, or with no idea, and will noodle until I find interesting parts that I'll record and store later. I have little "riff collection" recordings in my phone that I'll go to and piece songs together from those.

[@CybreSmee]

Dude, I subscribed the second I saw your mug!

[@Ukulilly]

Mate, I am in love with your mug

[@ellistheshredlord8077]

I usually just come up with one idea and add on to it in says that make sense, and makes it feel like a song.
I.E, in one of my bands songs, it starts with a string intro, so had that lead into a more fast pace, catchy and driving riff, into a verse-chorus cycle, to a bridge/solo section, to a build up, and ending it with the same string theme this time over heavy power chords.
To sum it up: I take an idea and build off it.

[@Evilkuja]

For me the real struggle is i only know Basics in music theory..so its kinda hard to figure out which keys/notes the Orchestral instruments needs to fit in the mix

[@we_are_nevertheless7305]

The SJW Tears mug lmao

[@RequiemNocturne1]

Just out of curiosity what program do you use for your symphonies? I've got EastWest.

[@KevinGoetz]

EastWest is phenomenal. I usually use a combination of that and some custom soundfonts that are built specifically for symphonic metal.

[@RequiemNocturne1]

@@KevinGoetz I'm glad I picked a great symphonic program. All of their products are really high quality and worth the price.

[@sirmaurice1023]

DIg the yugioh shirt
Very good video too

[@KevinGoetz]

Thanks man :)

[@JMetalGuitarist]

song structure?

[@FIRE-LOTUS]

I'm looking at his room and you can easily tell the kind of person he is lol. Anime fan, Gamer, easpecially an rpg fan, hates SJWs, likes collecting models. I like this guy~

[@emilandersen8804]

Lmao okay

[@quinnmitchel4075]

Guthrie Govan?

[@rockhead03]

A Request Put How To Use Pinch Harmonics

[@KevinGoetz]

Coming up in the next week :)

[@rockhead03]

Thank You

[@paulleimbach3198]

Please check out my band Kerbeross with the song The Hunt and Carnival I for something heavier, darker. We’re a belgian orchestral band that use more modern djent and metalcore riffing underneath it coupled with killswitch engage-esque vocals. For anyone here. I’ll drop the link here.

[@paulleimbach3198]

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[@KevinGoetz]

Hey man, interesting stuff! I don't mind you promoting your material on this video, but you'll have much better results building a fanbase if you check out the music marketing videos on my channel as well. Those strategies will be infinitely more successful for you than commenting on CZcams videos :)

[@a.r.achterberg]

Wants to teach symphonic Metal, names an overrated girly Power Metal band as his example. No wonder I have never heard of your band.