Originally Posted By: cooltouch
Originally Posted By: MarioD
I have never had the melodist give me a complete good song, the key work there is good. However I have taken a few measures from the melodist and made a complete song with them. That is how I use the melodist. YMMV.


Hey Mario, by "key work," do you mean the harmonic progressions, or . . . ? I've found that even when the Melodist generates a forgettable melody, it almost always cranks out a nice progression.

Taking a few measures is a great idea. Sometimes that's all it takes for me also to write a complete song is just a few good measures -- preferably complete with melody cool

Next time you have a spare 10 or 15 minutes, just for the heck of it, I want you to sit down with BiaB, set up the Melodist where it does everything, and then just keep hitting that Melodist key and see if it doesn't come up with something that might just surprise you. I have lost count, but I probably have close to twenty "keeper" tunes that I've generated by just continuing to hit the melodist key.


I have used it mostly for a few measures of melody that I place in my already determined chord progression. But I took your advice last night and had it generate a complete song. You are right as it does produce some excellent chord progressions! Thanx for that little gem of a tip!

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