Which came first.....chicken or the egg???

This is the place to talk about guitar playing not done by Dave! Topics about techniques, styles, theory, and other guitarists go here.

Moderators: onid41, jkanter

Post Reply
Jonny B Good
Posts: 73
Joined: Tue Oct 22, 2002 12:09 am
Contact:
Contact Jonny B Good

Which came first.....chicken or the egg???

Unread post by Jonny B Good » Thu May 01, 2003 4:00 am

So just wanted to see what you guys lean towards regarding songwriting...what do you tend to develop first; the riffs/chord progressions or lyrics?? A bit of both?? Always one sided?

I have a few developed songs that have absolutely no lyrics...I think my problem is basically that I have nothign to say :lol: at least not in this point in my life.

I just got to wondering because more than any other musician IMO, Dave has elements in his songs that are meant to sync with lyircs (ie. granny, #40)....writing songs like this with no lyrics in mind would be odd...like your just breaking the rhythm. So yeah, just curious... :wink:
My "gitter" was my best investment
Top
User avatar
billywestom
DMBTabs.com Authority
Posts: 1723
Joined: Sat Jan 18, 2003 12:16 am
Location: Longview, Washington, USA
Contact:
Contact billywestom

Unread post by billywestom » Thu May 01, 2003 7:34 am

i have a few different original guitar parts, actually whole songs, that dont have lyrics yet. but i also have some poems written. so they may become those songs. it seems i am giong to be writing guitar parts first in the overall picture
I can't believe that we would lie in our graves wondering if we had spent our living days well, and I can't believe that we would lie in our graves dreaming of things that we might have been...
Top
Four Eyes
Posts: 46
Joined: Thu Mar 13, 2003 5:37 pm
Location: Kansas

Unread post by Four Eyes » Thu May 01, 2003 10:11 am

The music first. After that the melody comes. Then the Lyrics. I was never good at writting lyrics first and Music last.

Peace!!
Top
Tangus
Posts: 7
Joined: Thu Apr 24, 2003 1:54 pm

Unread post by Tangus » Thu May 01, 2003 12:04 pm

What Four Eyes said. :wink:

-Tangus
Top
User avatar
grock
DMBTabs.com Council
Posts: 802
Joined: Mon Jan 20, 2003 1:03 pm
Location: Chicago
Contact:
Contact grock

Unread post by grock » Thu May 01, 2003 1:56 pm

i would venture to say most people do the music first. i often have lyrics written and eventually they end up in a song. but i have never written music to go along with a lyric.

and like how to learn a song is always to have the music and guitar part down so you don't even have to think about it. and then work on the words. so writing a song is a lot like that.

on a side note, i am gonna guess this is what Dave does too. that's why we see teases where he just plays the chords and how the lyrics to his songs change so much from the debut to the album (at least for the most part).

the other day i wrote a song about "my auntie" (said like on-tee). and it just works. i was playing music i had written last semester and i was mumbling through words to find a melody and boom i said something about my auntie and i love it. sometimes it just clicks with you.

(i only have one aunt and i haven't seen her in years. maybe i should give her a call...)
Top
Post Reply

Return to “General Guitar Discussion”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 136 guests