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07-04-2010, 06:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Connecticut | | | what are some good indie (SSPU, TATE, No Age) Keys?
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Hey guys, i know this is a weird question, didnt know where to put this, but what are some indie keys? Like something tht kinda makes you drift. I know Growing Old Is Getting Old by Silversun Pickups but i can't figure out the key, its so random, the note choices. I wanna write some good, drift offy indie but im stuck as to what key to try. Maybe G Minor? I think Substitution is in that key. idk. Sry about the weird question
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07-04-2010, 08:58 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Chicago | | | If you were truly indie, you would make up your own key to write in.
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07-04-2010, 09:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Buffalo, NY | | | The key a song is written has ABSOLUTELY no bearing on whether it's "indie" or not. |
07-06-2010, 10:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Connecticut | | | ^ I know you make a valid point, but what i mean is, like, what keys would be better for that kind of music? Like how Pop often uses G, or how blues ofen uses E, or how metal often uses Dm or Cm?
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07-07-2010, 12:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto, ON | | | The key of "Theirfirstrecordwasbetter".
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07-07-2010, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by sarcastro83 The key of "Theirfirstrecordwasbetter". |  |
07-13-2010, 11:45 PM
| | | | Eh, I often hear alternative rock guys using G major(E minor as well) and C major( along with it's A minor), it's really about note choice, rhythm, and effects from what I've observe doing my own alt/indie material. Listen to good alternative/indie writers and take note(not by transcription but listening) of how they often make their material to do it. |
07-14-2010, 02:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Big Sound Central | | | 7 chords, major 7s, minor 7s, Sus2 and sus4s have an interesting, sort of dissonant but still pleasant character to them.
My favorite chord progression is the chorus of "Strangers" by the Kinks, one of the fathers of indie rock:
E, E7, Am, F, C, G,
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07-14-2010, 02:19 PM
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Probably some obscure number that you've never heard of... |
07-14-2010, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by zachoff How many indie kids does it take to change a light bulb?
Probably some obscure number that you've never heard of... | I was listening to that band months ago. Jeez.
Probably some obscure number that you've never heard of...'s first cassette only EP was their best release, but it was limited to 5 copies and I own 4 of them.
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