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Today we talk about PROCESS, the nuts and bolts of how to go about writing a song. What do you start with? How do you do it?
stephin merritt: http://www.houseoftomorrow.com/
Hey, Defriender: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOlZNdtrNuA
Quantum Decoupling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIXRXMMlZBM
What A Glorious Space To Dwell: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jl1wl7KWhE
End of the World Dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok0NKqmfHCI
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totally true…. i relate to what you say 100 %
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Being a bassist, I always start with the bassline en then I work around it
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I try to come up with a guitar riff or intro that I like. Then free write untill I come up with a subject and or flow..Then Sing my words and see what chords come out as I rough edit the words and hopefully it leads me to a chorus. (search "gothic beach" here on youtube and see what I mean)
I just write whenever something hits me. Anytime, anywhere. I rarely play an instrument when I write. Then I just record it on my camera so I remember it 🙂
Well shit, now I love The Magnetic Fields.
Stephin Merritt is one of my all-time faves, too. 🙂 I love that Magnetic Fields doc. As always, thanks for the great advice. 🙂
Love ya man.
I had a "band" when I was in high school. It was a "joke" band, but only because I couldn't find a "real" band.
We'd record 10 ideas…funny or whatever, just off the top of our head. We can up with TONS….hundreds of ideas that I STILL love.
So yeah. It's about productivity.
whats a backing track?
Nice! I didn't know that about Paul Simon.
In SpinTunes a lot of the musicians will write a song bio to go with the song. Which is just a break down of the process that went into writing the song the turned in. It's interesting to read all the different approaches people have.
I usually come up with a chord progression that I like and then sort of piece together a melody and basic form. Usually I don't come up with lyrics until after I have the form down, but sometimes the lyrics come while I'm working on the melodies. Then once I have the form down, I record the instruments, usually starting with writing out a drum part in Finale to keep time and make a sound file to record off of.
Really great episode!
There are so many ways to start writing a song. My favorite method would be to start thinking of the lyrics and then finding good guitar chords that would go with it.
Cool 😀
Also, love these videos 😀
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