How does your band write songs?

[tepid ermine]

me and my bandmates started working on originals late last year and have 1 completed song and 2 in progress. I know that music can't be rushed or forced, but I feel like we could be utilizing our time better. What's your band's writing process like?

[fathom bloom]

Over 10 practices over 10 years

[lament jetty]

you take a scale/chord you like then kinda move it around and shit then i think of a drum beat that fits it then we do it a bit then add distortion and i lift my leg off the high-hat and thats it i guess

[hexed swallow]

i write down random notes and hope they go to gether

[hot flare]

I have a mental break down and then I'm able to write stuff and then I show it to my band

[sleek bobcat]

Chatgpt 😎

[thin hemlock]

Write demos then show to band

[raven lion]

Well im a one man band and i just write something that sounds cool nd unique and then figure out what it should be about and write lyrics

[safe magnet]

I program drums and write the guitars and bass when it comes to the writing process I don’t over complicate things for example a riff, (not to say I won’t write complex riffs) often times you will try to make your riffs so technical or unique that the feel and flavor of a nice simple riff gets lost. Best way to hone that back in personally is strip it down reasonably and/or start with bass for your rhythm

[tepid ermine]

Funny enough i was actually thinking of this on the drive home today. I was listening to a riff somewhere in the middle of Moth Into Flame by Metallica and was thinking "huh, thats a really simple riff, but it works?" and it got me thinking about how i overly complicate some of my riffs

[raven lion]

Lol

[safe magnet]

Yeah I had/have that problem nothing unoriginal about a simple riff

[nocturne garnet]

This

[winged summit]

Riffs just come to me whenever I take a shower.

[hexed swallow]

the mid shower shred always helps

[noble nexus]

It sucks when your the only making the demos though. That's my problem rn at least.

[nocturne garnet]

True

[tepid ermine]

Yeah it sucks having to do everything, but if i dont do it nobody will lol

[sour robin]

We just talk about our live

And make it dramatic

Than Mariano writes the riff and I help him to turn it into perfection

He also wrote the drum Beat

Than Eduard writes the bass line

And I help them to turn it perfect

Eduard the bass

And Mariano drums

I am the song writer

And the rest write the beat and sing it

I sometimes créate riffs

I need to improve my improvisation

[sour star]

usually the guitarist writes a nice riff and maybe some other stuff

and the others build around that

[sour star]

This sounds ridiculous but

For my last song I found a number on a barcode on a jar of soap and turned the numbers into a riff and I varied it a ton

[stone badge]

we have about 18 chord sequences on the go at once 💀

[chilly locust]

I have many documents when i was an drug addict the pain made me write stuff that was do deep and came from so much suffer. Its alot about demons and angels. Haha

[sleek bobcat]

The lead guitarist plays some random shit and we just play along with it

[drowsy wagon]

I worked for a band and the guys would write songs in just a few minuets, some of the songs became very popular and sold a lot of records ..