Thread: Musical Composing in LD's?

Sure, go for it.

I've never done it myself, though that's because I'm not a composer, and it would take me a while to get anything besides the basic melody..

If you achieve this, you should post a recording of the music you've created here, it would be interesting to check out.

omg! There's a member on DV who did this. They composed a song with lyrics during a LD, recorded it, emailed it to me and it made me bawl my eyes out! It's amazing. I've texted them about this thread!

i call b/s on that one.
I believe you could have a dream where you wrote a song or part of it, but theres no recording and emailing from a dream to real life.
The real task would be trying to remember the entire piece after you've woken up.

Originally Posted by juiceyfruit1714

i call b/s on that one.
I believe you could have a dream where you wrote a song or part of it, but theres no recording and emailing from a dream to real life.
The real task would be trying to remember the entire piece after you've woken up.

FAIL. xD

The recording and e-mailing was done AFTER the dream took place, in real life.

Ha ha! Thanks for clearing that up, Mini Man56. Guess my post was a bit ambiguous lol.

Sorry, Hercuflea I'm not sure what thread you mean. My post is referring to a personal friend of mine who is a member on here and who sent me the song file recently. Unfortunately they're probably going to be too shy to post in here but I just wanted the OP to know that yes you can compose music in a lucid dream. I would have been very skeptical but my friend has done it and the song is simply beautiful.

I found the song particularly moving knowing that it had been composed during a LD because I am so passionate about LD myself.

Originally Posted by Mini Man56

FAIL. xD

The recording and e-mailing was done AFTER the dream took place, in real life.

i think the only fail was to use the word "fail" to act like the original statement made complete sense.
"Thanks for clarifying".
-exactly.
I've tried a few times to ask my brain while i was asleep the "best riff that i could write" and have only came out with bits and pieces so it could definitely be done.

Originally Posted by juiceyfruit1714

i think the only fail was to use the word "fail" to act like the original statement made complete sense.
"Thanks for clarifying".
-exactly.
I've tried a few times to ask my brain while i was asleep the "best riff that i could write" and have only came out with bits and pieces so it could definitely be done.

Actually I was being polite so you didn't feel stink. The original statement did make sense. Well at least it would to anyone with an IQ larger than a fruitfly's It should only take a neuron or three to figure out that the recording and emailing was done after waking. Obviously you can't record and email a song while dreaming and have it be received by someone in RL! Although no doubt some of the kookies in Beyond Dreaming would debate that!

Why not just laugh at yourself once in a while? After all, it is quite funny!

bro i think that's an awesome idea that i've thought of doing myself. but i think the thing youd need to concentrate on is remembering the song. i find when i write songs IRL i remember them gud as if i play them. for example ill get a melody when i'm in bed but if i dont play them on the guitar then i forget them. coz i memba what frets etc so mayb giv it a play in the dream. make sure you really remember it. mayb even try autosuggestion in the dream saying youll remember it when you wake up. otherwise it's awesome idea but yea just have a plan before you do it to avoid being pissed off when you wake up haha

Originally Posted by juiceyfruit1714

i think the only fail was to use the word "fail" to act like the original statement made complete sense.
"Thanks for clarifying".
-exactly.
I've tried a few times to ask my brain while i was asleep the "best riff that i could write" and have only came out with bits and pieces so it could definitely be done.

Nah I think the 'fail' was quite in order.

HAVE to remember in my next LD to get out the baton and conduct.

Originally Posted by juiceyfruit1714

i think the only fail was to use the word "fail" to act like the original statement made complete sense.
"Thanks for clarifying".
-exactly.
I've tried a few times to ask my brain while i was asleep the "best riff that i could write" and have only came out with bits and pieces so it could definitely be done.

Dude, it wasn't offensive.
Hence the xD and .
Everyone fails once in a while!


Anyway... My recall has been fading lately... I want to try this, but I don't know if it will be a wasted LD. It's hard for me to remember dream melodies even with good recall...

Originally Posted by DreamQueen

omg! There's a member on DV who did this. They composed a song with lyrics during a LD, recorded it, emailed it to me and it made me bawl my eyes out! It's amazing. I've texted them about this thread!

I remember seeing that thread but i dont remember what the name of it was. Can you give me a link? I really want to hear that guy's songs.

Clegg, like everyone else has stated, it is truly possible to compose music in your dreams. I've never actually created music while lucid. During normal dreams, however; I heard magnificent music that I've never heard before, and awakened with the tunes stuck in my head on several occasions.

I'll admit that I'm not very musically inclined, and I've never taken the initiative to capitalize on any of these occurances. I'm sure someone like yourself would have no problem accomplishing the feat though. Good luck.