Songwriting

The hardest part about being in the studio is working with a song that hasn't been developed. There is no need to start record production if a song has not been worked out as fully as possible. However, I find that there is a certain amount of songwriting "finalization" within the recording process. Some people think that recording is only done after a song has been worked out or "jammed out" with the band; that all there is left to do is to put some mic's in front of you. If that is all that I did, my job would be pretty boring. Its my job to refine the song in any way to make as great as possible.... to add instrumentation or musical ideas that were not there before... and of course to bring out the emotion in each musician's recorded performance.



This guy (Jason Blume) has several helpful books out there on songwriting. I love to work with songwriters, perferably good ones that can sing their own demo too. But I suggest checking out his books. Anyone who considers themself a writer should check it out.