So, a couple of days ago, I sat down with another musician with the express intent of writing a new song.
It was the first time I had ever done that, and it was a lot of fun.
Came in with a riff that I had been sitting on for a while, and the other guy (normally a drummer), figured out a couple of different chord progressions that would go well under that riff. We decided to use one of those progressions under the riff, and the other one became the verse progression.
I also had a turnaround chord progression for the chorus that he tweaked to make work a little better in the context of the song.
I wrote lyrics on the spot, with some input and encouragement from my partner.
In the end, we had something that, while it was still a first draft, is something pretty cool.
I think I want to make some changes to the lyrics. And we need to tweak some of the timing of the parts. But yeah, I like it.
Any of you work with writing partners?
How does your process go?
Similar? Totally different?
Do you like working with someone else or prefer to work alone?