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[@MobileDecay]

When you sit down to write just think"Entrails. Entrails!!! 🤯🔪"

[@Chainsaw_HM-2]

I like writing riffs and eating pizza. Two different worlds that bring so much happiness to us all.

[@positionthepositron]

@@Chainsaw_HM-2 nice pic, I have the mt-2. Wish I could find the metal zone original

[@Chainsaw_HM-2]

@@positionthepositron Thanks! The prices on them went insane until the Waza Craft came out. I got mine (Taiwan version) for only 20 bucks about 5+ years ago. I actually like the Waza Kraft version a little more.

[@TaylorDanley]

That’s a good strategy!

[@Durkhead]

@@positionthepositron the mercurial metalzone plugin is really close to the original i like to use it as a boost for my amp sim

[@positionthepositron]

@@Durkhead that's a great idea man. Oh wow metal area hahaha

[@vasco2377]

I’ve been having an issue with writing the last week or so, just been sorta stuck. It really helps to see how others go at it through their work flow. Thanks!

[@nickshultzman6378]

How long until you buy one of the new Jackson Pro Plus baritones? I just saw them drop and thought this will probably be the first place I see them. Specs and price are unusually spot on.

[@robmandel3413]

I really like the paralysis point. I get that all the time. Sometimes, most times, we way overthink and over analyze. And another thing to consider is riffs sound totally different over different drum grooves and also in the context of a mix. A riff in isolation has no context. That’s my biggest problem. When you make a riff part of a many layers suddenly that lame riff just explodes.

[@TaylorDanley]

It’s true, sometimes I’ll have a throw away riff but then when I’m arranging a song it ends up being perfect… then I’ll retrack it with a little more enthusiasm and all the sudden it crushes

[@DugiDevetCarabolium]

Hey bro, Line 6 come up with new Line 6 Pod Express pedal that looks very handy for home headphone plug and play on guitar, can you review it and give an honest opinion? Thanks, watching your channel for years... Cheers!

[@SurvivorMetalMan]

What amp sim and ir are you using, sounds damn good.

[@TaylorDanley]

Fortin Nameless Plugin

[@toontrack]

Awesome!

[@thaddeusnevis3278]

Day 1 of asking Taylor danley for my first electric guitar 🎸✌️

[@DJBuglip]

Perfect man. Midi grooves is EXACTLY where I'm finally at, trying to figure out how tf to get a decent sounding drum track on ANYTHING is gonna enable me to finish dozens of songs that have gotten abandoned mid-project. "Show similar grooves"?! That'd save me friggin hours, that bit is what makes doing this shit without a band so tedious.

[@DJBuglip]

"Sometimes you gotta make a hundred shitty songs to get one great one". Fuckin killer advice man. That was how I always approached it.

[@smeemusic]

Haha 10 likes at 10 minutes. Thats somehow satisfying.

[@smeemusic]

Bonus comment specifically for engagement.

[@gorf101]

Has a "carcass" feel to it... Perfect

[@jimb0blip]

Can I do this on a Windows PC? These videos get me so stoked for writing riffs lol

[@playsgamespoorly-l3i]

YESSSSSSS thank you for making this

[@Fartinhalerr]

Just sat down on the toilet to uh... watch this, only to find that one of my sons has peed all over the seat. Why god?

[@ALLforROME]

Right on brotha! 🎉

[@nzmetal]

'ken oath mate! Sooo helpful! 🤘Now...Off to buy some drums 😂

[@TaylorDanley]

No joke, midi grooves have made my writing process SO much easier. Big ROI on those.

[@DS-wi3bk]

thanks man, you are the best

[@ddos_attacks]

I gotta dive into drum tracks I guess, I typically just riff over drum samples I find on youtube hahaha

[@TaylorDanley]

It's really worth getting a good midi groove library going. It saves a lot of time in the long run!

[@Fartinhalerr]

☝️ this

[@Durkhead]

I have a song all done i even have a concept for it but i just cant wright lyrics they always just sound cheesy

[@positionthepositron]

True. Even other bands lyrics are all cheesy too often. Nothing wrong with instruments metal. Also, if you have a vocal "melody", you can hum it and over time fitting lyrics will come. That's how Manyard and many others write lyrics. Just make noises you like and it can be refined over time.

[@Durkhead]

@@positionthepositron thats funny i was watching a slam metal tutorial and it was saying record the growels and then right the lyrics later i was considering doing that. Also i was thinking i might embrase the cheese kinda like coal chambers big truck

[@TaylorDanley]

Maybe I'll do this in the future. I know metal lyrics are hard lol.

[@SlyHikari03]

@@TaylorDanleythat would be nice

[@Ryan_Sens]

Great tips 🤘. What tuning is your band Sacrificer Using?

[@TaylorDanley]

C standard. First EP was in B standard 💪

[@Ryan_Sens]

@@TaylorDanley legend! Thanks for the quick reply 🙏

[@lekkerblankastudio]

at the gates is my fav

[@patakisatori4861]

Thanks for that. I’ve always been a metal head but tend to write kinda epic alt rock stuff, but you just saying get it out and don’t get paralyzed trying for perfection right out of the gate is such great advice and I needed to hear it.

[@kenkreisel6890]

What I like to do is color code the drum midi parts like it is in the SD3 or EZD plugin, render it and keep the color coded midi there to help me as a guide.

[@philipandersen4406]

I very much appreciate this video. I need to get better at doing this exact thing instead of just jamming along with random beats

[@Ronny1031]

That earlier riff you were playing right as you put the bpm at 150 sounded like a Carcass song.

[@TaylorDanley]

💪

[@Akerfeldtfan]

Something I would suggest other people is to also not worry about completely mastering what you are playing as you compose. Get it good enough that you can double track it, but don't feel like you need to completely memorize it and know it in and out. You played it once, you can figure it out again when you want to perform the entire piece down the road. Focus on the writing and use the tools in front of you to build blocks that fit together nicely first and foremost. Get it out of your head into the daw so you can iterate on it, take some time away, or discard entirely

[@TaylorDanley]

This is true too. I probably could break a lot of this up into other videos, which I hope to do in the future, but yes this is accurate IME.

[@Durkhead]

Can you mix in your own samples in toontrack i have a couple snares and a kick drum that i like to use

[@TaylorDanley]

You can, but only single shots. You can have layers by velocity if you want to get super in depth, but by default they are single samples

[@Durkhead]

Doh ray me fo sah la te doh!

[@DanHovington]

oh thanks you so much !

[@shawnleach8726]

I fkn love it man

[@brownsparlour9813]

What daw is it ur using here taylor?ive got logic pro x and im so bad at using it 🫣