Members Brian Krashpad Posted March 14, 2018 Members Share Posted March 14, 2018 Nope. Guitar choice can't effect my songwriting. Because my process is very different to what most people apparently do. I write based on a melody/lyric that come to me, internally. I don't jam on guitar (or any instrument) and then try to build a riff into a song or add lyrics to it. I write the whole song in my head, without reference to any instrument. The lyrics go down to paper as I go, once I've determined that I have an idea worth running with. Once the whole lyric is written out, or at least the vast majority of it, then I pick up a guitar and figure out the chords to accompany the melody I've been imagining for the song. The lyics are never just written as poetry and then a melody is constructed to fit the lyric. Melody and lyric are always of a piece. Since I sing the melody I've been imagining, and then figure out the guitar to match, the advantage to this approach is that I don't write a song I can't sing. This has always been my process because it works best for me, but it's become all the more necessary after having to re-learn how to sing twice. First after having throat cancer and multiple treatments (chemo, radiation, surgery) that affected my already paltry vocal abilities, and then a second time after my jaw broke down (after-effects of radiation, years later) and it and my neck (more after-effects of radiation) had to be rebuilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mbengs1 Posted March 16, 2018 Members Share Posted March 16, 2018 you funny. No, i meant only of it's either acoustic or electric, i write differently. but between two electrics, it doesn't affect songwriting . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mbengs1 Posted March 29, 2018 Members Share Posted March 29, 2018 guitars shouldn't affect songwriting. they're tuned the same. as long as nothing gets in the way of your hands, the guitar shouldn't matter. just tune the thing and you're good to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AlamoJoe Posted March 29, 2018 Members Share Posted March 29, 2018 Sorry as well...I know that doesn't help much.While elucidating, or recording those painful lessons learned..Via music or lyrics, doesn't dull that particular pain...It can help you understand the dynamics..If not now then later....These experiences are the Rosetta Stone of your life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted March 29, 2018 Members Share Posted March 29, 2018 There's often no pencil and paper involved in this genre. Invented would be a better word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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