ermm. . . well ASIDE from the EPIC stuff. . . lol

do you have theory basics? if you do start with your singers key. . . then work around it. . .

if you want super basic pop songs go for the I-IV-V-I or I-V-I-IV or any of those basic simple formulas. . .

if you play in Drop-D then play in D major / minor. . . simple =)

words just talk about dragons and stuff. . . try adding Puteri Gunung Ledang and The Mighty Dragon or something along those lines. ..

if you want to show INTELLECTUALISM then play in odd time signatures. . . NO 4 4. . .if you wanna play in 4 4 play a 3 4 to a 5 4 xD (Prog Metal rules)

cheers xD

ermm

practically. . . you take the key

for example Key of C:

C D E F G A B C

I II III IV V VI VII oct

then just arrange according to the numbers. . . there are basic set formulas for certain genres of music. . .

Jazz uses alot of II-V-I and so on so forth. . .

with that you can start to play with modes as each number represents a mode. . .

and from there you can expand sommore. . . lol

well as i said this is basic? he is asking for basic (making riffs) =.=

haven't even added the maj min min maj maj min dim formula. . .

also in jazz and what not you play 11 and 13 chords. . . which of course is non really important for now. . .

don't forget. . . the Power Metal rule. . . Power Metal = Power Chords =P

for the theory. . . look for books that touch on theory only. . . where it be jazz rock metal or whatnot. . . they all revolve around the same formula. . . my knowledge is from reading books. . .

just drop by harmony or something and get a few. . . they have quite a number of good books there that can cover different levels. . .

Warcraft got ripp off DnD also 1 xD

DnD is like the one that started all them fantasy stuff xD

you could try doing a medley. . lol. . . dump in super technical songs in between a radio hit! =D

like. . . linkin park with a dragon force solo xD