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At the risk of sounding like a dick, you're asking exactly the wrong question. That's something you should be asking of yourself and nobody else (aside from maybe your band members if you have any). I know what I want to do with my own writing, but it took me a long time to figure out what that was and probably even longer to be able to do it consistently, and I can honestly say that most of the experiences I had of writing with somebody else in mind were wastes of my time. As far as what I want in new music, shit dude, the stuff that's most interesting to me is the stuff I didn't expect. I've lost count of albums that have ticked all the boxes and yet managed to fall flat. What kind of music are you into? 

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At the risk of sounding like a dick, you're asking exactly the wrong question. That's something you should be asking of yourself and nobody else (aside from maybe your band members if you have any). I know what I want to do with my own writing, but it took me a long time to figure out what that was and probably even longer to be able to do it consistently, and I can honestly say that most of the experiences I had of writing with somebody else in mind were wastes of my time. As far as what I want in new music, shit dude, the stuff that's most interesting to me is the stuff I didn't expect. I've lost count of albums that have ticked all the boxes and yet managed to fall flat. What kind of music are you into? 

Agreed. You need to make music for your enjoyment and expression, making it for someone else is the definition of faking it, and your fans will be able to tell. That is, unless they just want the same shallow, vapid nonsense that encompasses the spectrum of pop music, which is what genres like metal should be seeking to get away from.

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From Progressive Heavy Metal I want to hear more open space, if you know what I mean by Negative space in the music, so called "Progressive" music has a tendency to be stuffed up to the gills. It is also prone to episodic bouts of soulless shredding. Try to avoid that if you can, and try to make your music soar into some kind of elevated architecture. Also I want for you to eschew the technological crutches you will be offered by technicians and make real human music. Which means no auto-tuning, no sampled sound replacement, and no timing adjustments. Innovation has nothing on authenticity. Don't forget to pay for the privilege of the time you will spend in the studio.

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1 hour ago, GorboGorboze said:

From Progressive Heavy Metal I want to hear more open space, if you know what I mean by Negative space in the music, so called "Progressive" music has a tendency to be stuffed up to the gills. It is also prone to episodic bouts of soulless shredding. Try to avoid that if you can, and try to make your music soar into some kind of elevated architecture. Also I want for you to eschew the technological crutches you will be offered by technicians and make real human music. Which means no auto-tuning, no sampled sound replacement, and no timing adjustments. Innovation has nothing on authenticity. Don't forget to pay for the privilege of the time you will spend in the studio.

And yet you didn't like King Crimson. Tut tut. 

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Thanks. I'm not an idiot, I've already written all the songs, and they all come from some big events that have happened in my life recently. I love them all, which is crazy because I usually think my songs aren't up to par with my favorites. You guys are totally right, now that I think about it. Each and every other band I have been in have tried to follow what they think people would like, and we didn't end up with something very innovative. These new songs I'm working on are NWOBHM influenced progressive rock with a hint of disco.

19 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

At the risk of sounding like a dick, you're asking exactly the wrong question. That's something you should be asking of yourself and nobody else (aside from maybe your band members if you have any). I know what I want to do with my own writing, but it took me a long time to figure out what that was and probably even longer to be able to do it consistently, and I can honestly say that most of the experiences I had of writing with somebody else in mind were wastes of my time. As far as what I want in new music, shit dude, the stuff that's most interesting to me is the stuff I didn't expect. I've lost count of albums that have ticked all the boxes and yet managed to fall flat. What kind of music are you into?

Just like you, actually, I'm into music that  blows me away. Not technically, I hate that kind of stuff. It's almost all bland "scale nonsense". Anyways, mostly older progressive rock, comedy, NWOBHM, and stuff like that. Any bands you'd recommend?

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2 hours ago, GreenClyde said:

 

Just like you, actually, I'm into music that  blows me away. Not technically, I hate that kind of stuff. It's almost all bland "scale nonsense". Anyways, mostly older progressive rock, comedy, NWOBHM, and stuff like that. Any bands you'd recommend?

I like some old prog rock - several Crimson and Rush albums, some Pink Floyd, occasionally a bit of Zappa. Other than that, I doubt we have much overlap. I don't get much out of NWOBHM and I have zero time for joke acts like Tenacious D. I don't mind humor in metal, but their shit sounds super hokey to me. I've mostly been into death metal lately, also like a good bit of black metal, some doom, a handful of mainstream bands, 90s grunge, medieval choral stuff, goth rock, a little bit of hip hop...

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