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I do most of the writing, our drummist fills in the drums usually,
apart from me going "I want to have a doinkydonrappaf fill here"
sorta thing.
it usually starts with a riff or melody at home on the couch... by
the time we get to the rehearsal room I usually have a pretty
outlined idea of what it should become, and I can go "do this, do
that, let's try such and so" to the rest, and then usally 3/4 of the
song is ready. We'll try if it needs a break or an extra bridge part,
usually thought up on the spot, sometimes a week later or so.
Soemone commented earlier that songs should be written quickly - I
don't what works for others, but in my case, i found that tghe songs
that were written in half an hour are usually the ones that stay in
the set, and that we stay interested in and enthusiastic about - the
ones that took a long time to write tend to loose their appeal
quickly.
but - I am a very loose player; once we start rehearsing the song,
I'll keep screwing around with it, try variations or different
melodies oand so, or styles to play (things like whammy yes/no,
trempick yes/no, octave up down, bleusy timing or not ) sometimes
i'll let the other guys(M/F) try something different too.
I used to write a lot with the recorder, laying down drums and bass
and then put on a number of layers of guitar, and then deciding what
to keep and what to throw away - but that is years ago with pop
music. I started out with the surf band like that too, but it didn't
work very well. the mp3 i sent brian for the mp3project was done that
way though, mariachi style sorta thing, and it turned out okay.
WR
