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chunter wrote:

There is a thread in 8BC's bit bucket where Sabrepulse said he jams melodies on a Yamaha Portasound. I recommend having many other instruments to play with and on, even if you don't record them, because your composing will take a different approach. Even harmonicas and ukuleles are okay, they don't have to be expensive.

For more thought, please ask a more broad version of the question on a new thread, it is an important subject.

This is good advice.

I usually strum guitar chords and hum to find a chord progression and melody.

Or play my chord progression on piano and plink around on the keys to find a melody.

That's the good thing about having a portable device like a PSP or Gameboy or DS. If you find yourself humming a good tune while out and about, you can quickly jot it down. Or, if you have a phone, you can record the tune and track it out later. I do that all the time.

Ukulele, harmonica, or even a children's toy keyboard are great inexpensive tools for developing melodic ideas in a more organic and tactile way.

I write everything either on piano, microkorg, Yamaha sh101, or omnichord. My composition style changes depending on which one I'm on. If I'm sitting down at my setup I do some drum rhythm and chords in lsdj and compose off of that.

On the go, I have lsdj on my phone and a piano app. Or I can record stuff with the mic.