Ok so I've been playing around with various software packages and I'm having some fun with it. In fairness the fun is wearing off a little as I try to do 'something' rather than play around and mess around listening to how the various instruments, synth, drums etc sound.
Basically I don't play any instrument and I'm coming at this blind, TOTALLY blind. I've no problem getting 4 chord progressions(I downloaded keyboard chords and can write them in and listen to what sounds good as a progression, this bit tbh I don't find hard) but melodies are a real pain in the ass! I lack any theory etc and my melodies sound horrendous (mainly because I don't know about beats, note lengths, how to slide notes neatly into each other even when I do have something that matches my vocal line loosely!). I've read sites trying to give tips but that's gone over my head, and tbh I don't have the time/inclination/patience at the minute to learn music theory or an instrument from scratch.
I'm looking for tips or sites or reading material that might help me 'bluff' my way to a discernible melody (even if someone has to alter, tweak and develop it).Basically I'm wondering would I be able to collab with a talented musician on the basis of sending them a 4 chord progression sound clip and a voice clip of my awful singing?
Chord progressions aren't copyright protested and it's quite easy to identify (I guess if I studied what 'works') and I think I'd be more than capable of laying the most minimal basis in this regard. Whether this would be enough for someone else to bulk out and add a melody to (by ear from my awful vocals most likely!) is another matter!
I know I have the brassneck to want to be a songwriter without actually learning an instrument or how to produce and that I'm living in a place where fantasy seems to have a greater bearing than reality but all advice would be welcome!!!