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Plankton · 02-13-2014, 08:36 AM

A couple years worth of playing Maiden, Dio, Rush, Sabbath, Ozzy (Randy, and Jake), then I was off to the races. Although I wouldn't consider my earlier stuff to have any type of solid song structuring, it was just noodling around, but I always had the same noodles, and that laid the foundation for what I do now 30 years later.

There really is no magic milestone, as everyone is clearly different in their understanding of how they see fit to put a song together. Diligent practice, and studying others works is probably the best advice I could give you. Pick your favorite song apart. Dissect it. Try to understand "Why" you like it, then take that knowledge and mold it into something new .

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Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,766	A couple years worth of playing Maiden, Dio, Rush, Sabbath, Ozzy (Randy, and Jake), then I was off to the races. Although I wouldn't consider my earlier stuff to have any type of solid song structuring, it was just noodling around, but I always had the same noodles, and that laid the foundation for what I do now 30 years later. There really is no magic milestone, as everyone is clearly different in their understanding of how they see fit to put a song together. Diligent practice, and studying others works is probably the best advice I could give you. Pick your favorite song apart. Dissect it. Try to understand "Why" you like it, then take that knowledge and mold it into something new . __________________ See location...