Which comes first?
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Which comes first?
The lyrics or the music?
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Now, now, don't make fun. The lyrics are the hard part. Or at least the part that I work on the hardest. It's not so much that they come in any particular order though. I'm always working on both and sometimes they come together and other times they end up fitting together and then other times one gets finished and I'm scrambling to make up the other. I was writing the lyrics to Scared Straight while I was standing in front of the microphone with a half an hour left to get a final vocal take,.
Well, actually, the more I think about it usually the music comes first. Hmm.
Well, actually, the more I think about it usually the music comes first. Hmm.
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John wrote:I was writing the lyrics to Scared Straight while I was standing in front of the microphone with a half an hour left to get a final vocal take.
Sounds like someone works well under pressure. (;
John wrote:Well, actually, the more I think about it usually the music comes first. Hmm.
Is it horribly difficult to match up the rhythm of the song with that of the lyrics? Do you often find yourself having to compromise one or the other to make it all "fit" together?
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John wrote:I was writing the lyrics to Scared Straight while I was standing in front of the microphone with a half an hour left to get a final vocal take
Like in the liner notes, the line goes: "It's true little miss mean mini bar guard" but I'm sure you sing "It's true blue miss mean mini bar guard".
It wasn't a setup forest, it was a legit question...I'm not trying to waste anyone's time.
John: are any of the lyrics a collaborative effort upon finding a theme or idea to sing about? Do you accept input from anyone else in the band, or is writing the songs a purely solitary, cathartic act?
What about the music? Will one of you play a riff and just build off of each other? Or is there composition first and messing around second?
I'm just interested in hearing how this all gets made...
John: are any of the lyrics a collaborative effort upon finding a theme or idea to sing about? Do you accept input from anyone else in the band, or is writing the songs a purely solitary, cathartic act?
What about the music? Will one of you play a riff and just build off of each other? Or is there composition first and messing around second?
I'm just interested in hearing how this all gets made...
In the Long Winters the songwriting is pretty much a solo effort. Michael and Eric wrote their own parts for the most part and Sean's harmonies, of course, are from his mind only. One of the reasons that our live show sounds different from our records is that everyone's input is felt in the way the songs evolve. But we don't really write as a group.
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