![]() Did our lyrical changes screw with his intent? Did he have a neat vocal effect he was trying to hit with a certain chord and his vocals? Basically, he'd have a vision, and we'd massage that into an actual song. Then we'd take it back to the singer and we'd hash out final details. After that, our drummer and I would take that skeleton and refine things - change chords around, arrangement, add or remove a section, alter the lyrics. The singer came in with an idea - usually chords and some half-written lyrics to get a feel.I was in a band that was reasonably successful playing originals and things typically went one of two ways. I am wondering whether our approach is bad so I wanted you guys to ask: how do you compose your own songs? Is it a single person's work who comes to rehearsal with everything ready for everyone to play or does our approach make sense?Īny suggestions on what to learn or practice to become better at that will be really appreciated. We usually get to the point where we have a reasonably sounding verse but we never know how to continue it, how to attach a chorus or how to create a bridge to a different song's section. It hasn't been hard to come with ideas in this way but we never manage to complete anything. We usually pick a chord progression that seems to fit the singer's mood and then try to play something that sounds good. ![]() When we meet to practice we usually play a couple of covers just to get started and then jump on jamming. I've been in a band (guitar, bass, drum and voice) for a while now and our plan has always been to make our own songs.
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