Dolmetscher007 wrote: Anyway... does anyone of you guys have any kind of online course, or book, or any other kind of solid resource for helping a guy like me with genre overload, tap into what he really wants to create when it comes to writing songs?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but there seems to be an assumption in your question that if you could figure out the type of music you like, you'd be able to actually create that kind of music. If that's the case, here's an alternate approach: get your instrument of choice and start writing with one filter and one goal guiding the process. The filter: don't copy anybody, not overtly anyway - don't pinch a chord progression or a melody or a song idea. Yes, I know - it's impossible to come up with something absolutely unique - but that's still different from going out and pinching stuff. The goal: look for music and lyrics that m-o-v-e you. Use rhythms and chords and sounds that your body and ear like. Write words that excite you, that go places other people either wouldn't imagine or wouldn't dare. You don't get stuff like 'crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess, boy you been a naughty girl you let your knickers down' by playing it safe inside a genre. I hope I don't upset anybody with this sentiment, but I see genres as a trap - they're known and familiar, and they limit you to the known and familiar, and that means that anything you come up with stands a very good chance of being met with :: yawn :: 'Yeah, I recognize that - I've heard it a thousand times before. Good reiteration, though.'