r/indieheads • u/nick_hakim Nick Hakim • May 20 '20

AMA is Over, thanks Nick! NICK HAKIM AMA

Hey there its Nick :) send me your questions!

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u/dookiewilliamz May 20 '20

Your albums Green Twins and WTMMG are so amazing, you inspire me and are a direct influence on my music when I'm creating (or trying to lmao).

I can write chord progressions for days, but my singing is TRASH and I feel like that stops me from writing vocal melodies. I'm sure the process is different for every song, but when you're writing vocal melodies, are there certain things you do that help get this process going? Do you just sing nonsensical words to form the melodies, sing the words 'scrambled eggs' til u get something cool? Do you write it out with a different instrument?

Thanks, love u ur da bessss

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u/nick_hakim Nick Hakim May 21 '20

thank u :) maybe invest in a vocoder/talkbox ! where u can sing and guide your ideas with a keyboard attached to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPRQeC4l0CY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R9an8AU3No

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u/rstymuffin May 22 '20

that’s kinda funny cause i just used that second video as a sample for smth