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Yup marty, we seem to agree every now and then. This is what works
for me, Im sure for others different things work.
I bet you a case of Duvel that on some level it is related to
the 'ego' factor you brought up in one post or another - very
reconizable stuff - a subject for a new thread: are you in democratic
or in a despotic band? I'd say, for me, despotism is the only thing
that works. Either I follow the leader, shut up and play as I'm told,
or I call the shots.
more on this topic later.
wr
--- In , "Marty Tippens"
<mctippens@e...> wrote:
> Yeah WR,
>
> If a rock (surf-rock in our discussion) song takes labor to write,
it's probably 'cause it wasn't a great tune to begin with. The half
hour spirts of inspiration is where the gems come from. I don't mean
that to be the law, I'm sure others have counter experiences. I look
forward to hearing your mariachi influenced number.
>
> -Marty
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> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Writing songs, the approach...
>
>
>
> 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
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