Can someone explain how a band puts a song together? From lyrics, how do the individual instruments then find their best “supporting role” for those lyrics. How much say do individual musicians eg. the drummer or lead guitarist have in what and how they play their instruments. Cheers.
In: 0
It really is very much dependent on the artist/band, and even then, they may use different strategies for different songs. You might wake up with a melody in your head and stick some placeholder words in like ‘scrambled eggs’ while you nail the tune (Paul McCartney with Yesterday), or maybe the singer writes all the lyrics then gives those to the guitarist to write the music (The Smiths), maybe the guitarist has a little lick he thinks is worth expanding on during a practice session, maybe the whole band brings ideas to the studio and they shape the songs as they record, etc, etc.
Latest Answers