writing the notes for vocals, heavy metal

[tehultimatepwn]

im having serious trouble writing the notes to go with the words im writing for metal, like how do you write a vocal melody? every time i try it just sounds bad, i have good lyrics, and a good guitar rhythm to put it over, but i just can't write the vocal melody, HELP!

[Forlorn Hope]

Try playing lead guitar over the Rhythm part. If you can come up with a cool part, use that as your vocal melody. Sometimes this can make things a lot easier, unless you can't come up with a lead part either. Just try different stuff and see how it sounds.

[ozzypunk]

Get a vocalist. Thats what I do.

[metallicaman8]

Let's hear some of these lyrics.

[Det_Nosnip]

Hmm...if I have lyrics that are set to a particular chord progression/riff/whatever, they usually write themselves.

[tehultimatepwn]

^^^^^^i wish i was u, maybe i should just find a singer who can write stuff, me and my friend are tryin got make a band and we found sumone who can sing, but i dont know if he can write vocal melodies, i hope he can.

[Ethan.]

Bringing in some more talent can't help!

Some people it kind of comes natural and they are very creative. Its not really something you can teach, you just gotta do it you know? Just keep playin around with it you'll find something, or just find a singer.

[Det_Nosnip]

^^^^^^i wish i was u, maybe i should just find a singer who can write stuff, me and my friend are tryin got make a band and we found sumone who can sing, but i dont know if he can write vocal melodies, i hope he can.

Give it a shot. If you can find some transcriptions of vocal melodies of your favorite singers, that might be a good way of getting ideas. I've seen quite a few guitar pro tabs with the vocal melodies included.

[Fraggy]

try start of low and aiming high, and vice versa... try rasp... maybe scream or growl... dont be afraid to experiment ya know.. different dynamics can sound amazing on some tracks, and some not...