In this masterclass series Misha Mansoor gives an in-depth look at his writing process – from the initial inception of an idea to structuring and composing supporting instrumentation.

In this series Misha utilises the Invasion Drum library and Smash & Grab. Both available now at www.getgooddrums.com

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38 Replies to “Misha Mansoor Songwriting Masterclass part 1 of 3”

  1. This is exactly what I do when I sit down with a guitar, an idea, and my DAW. I intermingle musical ideas with mixing and getting the sounds right in my head. I flesh it out from there. So many say to save the mixing until after pre-production. Nope, not me. I have most of the mixing already done with the song is complete. Then I spend a little time with final mixing tweaks. Great video!

  2. This has absolutely inspired me. Seeing your brain work and how this process goes for you has taken so much anxiety away about getting started with recording. I'm really excited to start tracking things and hopefully will have an EP ready by next year. Periphery was my inspiration to take guitar playing seriously, and to start learning singing and harsh vocals. If I ever make any sort of contribution to the metal scene, I would cite your band as my biggest influence.

  3. Man I don't know where to start. I have a USB interface coming this week so then I'll be able to use software and get recording . At the moment I have an intro, some meoldy ideas, and a bit of a rythym/chord pattern. All based around the same set of chords. All im douing is using a voice recorder on my phone and taking notes on that, so when I have an idea I hit record on the app, and just play it clean so I don't forget it. I can't make beats, I have this free to use beat that I found, it's OK and kinda fits. So I'm pretty much having to build my song around the structure of this ready made beat. I need to learn to make them individually for my songs though

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