[cowparsleyman]

Just been dancing to my latest ideas, came up with some melody lines for bass and brass but how to capture them quickly….

How yo you do it?

[PaulyX]

For me CPM, when I come up with chords or a riff or summat, I use photobooth on my Mac to record a mini video of me playing them, so I can remember both what it sounds like AND how the heck to play it. Lyrics ideas go into a little black notebook or my phone memo page if the notebook is not to hand. Look forward to hearing those bass and brass lines of yours when they are ready.

[PeteS]

Hi Rich,

I usually play brass on guitar first as a lead line and then convert it, bass I just play the song, run through ideas and then record a section when I like it.  I might then mute that and try a variation on another track and see what works best.

Most of my ideas are recorded into Voice Memos on the iPhone, but as PaulyX said, I then have to work out what I did when I get back to it.  Video might be the answer!

Pete

[Boydie]

@cowparsleyman, I also rely on my phone - writing down lyric ideas in my OneNote “Hook Book” and recording audio of melody ideas

I hadn’t really considered video before, but I have also been in the situation where I have recorded some weird chords whilst noodling on the guitar and then wondered what the hell I played - so recording video is a great shout @PaulyX

[cowparsleyman]

@boydie @PeteS @PaulyX

Thanks for all the responses, I do a bit of all of these, video…especially for piano ideas, there’s a neat cassette emulation app called recorder for an iphone which like as it reminds me of those days when i had to record using my sisters knackered cassette recorder, but the record button was knackered so i had to jam a matchstick in the gap between it and the play button ( those two had to be pushed down together)

WhatsApp is a great tool for collabs.

Writing out the notes is sometimes the best way..

[PeteS]

@Boydie's suggestion of OneNote is a good one.  I like the app, used it a lot for work, but for lyrics we have a shared Evernote folder.  Neil can draft, I can edit and then go back and forth until we are happy.

[cowparsleyman]

@PeteS - Funny I use it at work a lot, but never thought to use it on my phone, thanks for the tip. @Boydie - cheers