On this page, I will be documenting the inspirations and the ideas that I used to write and record my final project.
I used Nirvana as an inspiration due to Kurt Cobain’s excessive use of power chords in his songs such as smells like teen spirit and in bloom that have a aggressive drive through the songs that keep the listener engaged through the entire song. this pairs well with Dave Grohl’s hard hitting drums that are fitting for the style but yet complex and interesting to the listener. I have taken inspiration from this by using power chords in my song and also using hard hitting drum beats.
I also took inspiration from green day due to their fast pace chord progression and there use of high BPMs to get an intense heavy feeling that isn’t metal but fits well into the alternative rock genre. I also used them as inspiration for there catch guitar riff that just want to make you keep listening t see where they go next.
So, in summary this is what I took from listening to these bands:
Heavy hitting drums
Lots and lots of power chords
Fast BPMs
Snare fills
Strong outstanding lead guitar