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Originally Posted by 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
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Totally with you Flushing!! I can come up with hooks and riffs no problem but lyrics have never come to me easily. I generally record several things and then burn them to CD and go for a drive and pop the CD in and then place a small digital recorder on the passenger seat in the car and I just sing whatever comes to mind while driving around. This can get expensive with gas prices the way they are but it seems to produce those "VIBES" you refer to. Whatever works I say.
