tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post6916934047081163322..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: What the would-be songwriter ought to be getting this ChristmasDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-66777063683400004112013-12-02T14:15:27.345+00:002013-12-02T14:15:27.345+00:00The process of 'songwriting' (i.e. ending ...The process of 'songwriting' (i.e. ending up with a performable song) always seems to me to be akin to that of construction a building: you need both an architect and and engineer if it's going to stand up.<br /><br />In songwriting these roles are frequently performed by the same person, but I can think of many songs where the arranger or 'the band' has had more of a say in what makes the finished article memorable than the credited writer in the same way that many iconic buildings are more the work of the engineer (Sidney Opera House is the classic example).<br /><br />BTW the Kindle version of this book is currently just £3.20. I hope that Mr. Rachel is getting a reasonable cut of that!Spiraclehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15565040215914369531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-24949494648734397952013-12-02T10:04:18.488+00:002013-12-02T10:04:18.488+00:00I don't see that the process of creation when ...I don't see that the process of creation when song'writing' is any different to writing prose or poetry. It's putting together words and phrases, ideas and rhythms, just the same. <br /><br />And I would argue that your 'feeling' IS the narrative. It's the backbone(backbeat) of everything else you are putting out there. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05163017415448622471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-72954088797797065852013-12-02T09:24:30.221+00:002013-12-02T09:24:30.221+00:00Fair point, and one I mentioned to Daniel last nig...Fair point, and one I mentioned to Daniel last night. "Writing" always suggests the furrowed brow and he head bent over the page. It also leads to a fundamental problem in writers and composers understanding each other. Writers are looking for narrative. Composers are looking for a feeling.David Hepworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-51667577883452357522013-12-02T08:56:27.711+00:002013-12-02T08:56:27.711+00:00I've always been intrigued (and sometimes anno...I've always been intrigued (and sometimes annoyed) by the use of the verb "write" to describe the creation of songs.<br /><br />Obviously orchestral composers, lacking a convenient orchestra in a "room above a shop", really did "write" their compositions down, in pen on staves. But the creative process through which people strum or noodle their way into a song surely can't be described as "writing"?<br /><br />Do we retain it because so much of the royalty process is tied up with "writing" a song? Or because people feel it somehow dignifies the instrumental improvising from which so many songs seem to be created?<br />PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02927082748872458788noreply@blogger.com