JStern
Joined: Mar 15, 2012
Posts: 105
San Antonio, Texas
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Posted on Jun 15 2012 05:04 PM
What process do you use for songwriting? Do you provide your band mates with a completed demo before you attempt a song, or do you bring in ideas and collaborate as a group? Also, of all the ideas you begin, about how many actually become fully fleshed out songs, and how many "hit the cutting room floor"?
P.S... I have gone back and read many great threads on songwriting. I am mainly curious on how collaborative or individual your processes are with your band mates.
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davidphantomatic
Joined: Oct 12, 2008
Posts: 580
San Antone, TX
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Posted on Jun 15 2012 05:44 PM
I don't think I've ever brought a 100% complete song to practice.
I usually have the main part worked out and sometimes I have most the song worked out, but need help arranging or adding new parts to the song.
I feel it's important to include the band in the songwriting process, otherwise there's no attachment to the music and they're just playing what I tell them to.
I give them free reign to write their own parts and we finish the song from there.
With the last song we wrote, me and the bass player recorded a very rough demo and sent it to our drummer and he took in a completely new direction which made it sound very different from what we usually do and it came out great.
I wouldn't classify myself as the songwriter, cause we all are, but I do come up with the ideas for the songs and we figure it out together.
So their work just depends on how much I have written.
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DannySnyder
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
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Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Jun 15 2012 07:15 PM
Generally I put together a complete demo with fake drums. If the band has any suggestions I'm glad to implement them. Prior to Ferenc joining, my other 2 guitarists were new to the band experience and were comfortable following my ideas for the most part. I really put a lot of effort into my demos, it helps quite a bit to come up with the little nuances that give a song character. Surf songs generally are for more strictly constructed than other genres, and benefit from the effort to spice up the arrangements section to section.
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tubeswell
Joined: Sep 24, 2011
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Wellington, NZ
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Posted on Jun 16 2012 06:10 PM
depends - I don't have a particular approach I use all the time. Sometimes I have a tune in my head, sometimes a couple of chords, sometimes a whole song complete with beats and rhythms etc
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el_camello
Joined: Jul 04, 2010
Posts: 369
Ottawa
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Posted on Jun 19 2012 08:05 PM
i write it all up in guitar pro! i got no band... yet.
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