[cshude]

Just curious- what do you come up with first typically, when writing a song: the music or the lyrics?

Personally for me, the music comes first, usually when fiddling around between playing songs. Then I can take it and massage it into shape. From there, I'll record it and then listen to it about 50 times to see what kind of vibe I get from it as far as the direction to take lyrics. Hopefully, a hook in the chorus will sort of pop out, and from there the lyrics flesh themselves out (hopefully without too much effort).

I have probably 10-12 songs that have been "rough-recorded" but are waiting on lyrics. I really need to get with someone who can write those for me.

Chris