They say that the beginning is the hardest part of everything. While I agree with that cliché to a some degree, drawing the very first lines on a blank canvas is also the most creative part of the job. The point when you can go bonkers and do anything. After that, every stroke of brush limits your options of what you can do.
Here’s konganos Top 3 stupidest basis for making a song:
3) I took the tempo and entire structure – you know, A-B-C etc – from an existing song, and built my own song on the foundation.
2) “I don’t like music, and I don’t want to make anything right now.” (The song turned out to be punk rock)
1) I made a few bars of the stupidest drum beat I could imagine, with very crude sounds. The result: SLOPE LANE FUNK.