[The Chicken Or The Egg]

ahh Ok Gary!

Well it made more sense then.

I  wrote from my point of view ! I work a little different than people who have deadlines and such. I am in no hurry and wait for the inspiration and story to hit me

 

Anyway good blog! and thanks for clarify!

[The Chicken Or The Egg]

Hello Gary

 

Thats for a very interesting subject!! I like your blogs a lot Gary Refrain is indeed a important part of the song, refrain needs to be interesting and catchy for the listener, and is indeed most important in the end of the day.

 

But as from songwriter view though (speaking for myself and how I work),  I feel the refrain is the part of the song that should support the verse both melodically and lyrically..and reflect the verses and the story I have put into the verses. So in other words, the verses for me is vital to have nailed to have a framework to work from to develope refrain and bridge and other things...

First of all I need to figure out a good opening lyrically to introduce the listener to the story I am taking them into. The verse is challenging because this is first impression and should be the part that build up the song to a climax (refrain)

 

When I make the verses, and I am very happy with them,. the refrain sometimes appear out of nowhere for me.. and lyrically I use more simple lyrics that I repeat or maybe I just use fewer words (so is easier for the listener to get the lyrics stuck in their head..) Melodically I also find it easier to make hookes and catchy melody in refrain, when I have the verse: Because then I am so used to the verses I made so is easier to find a melody that makes sense right after the verses. I get inspired from the verses you could say  and is easier for me to be creative, if I have some basics (verses) to work out from.

 

The bridge is the last thing I work on, because sometimes is nesseary in a song, sometimes not.  I really need to hear the two main parts (verse and refrain) together, to hear if is needed or not..

Sometimes I use refrain or verse as a bridge, but just do some twists around a chord or just strip it downs for instruments.

 

The outro and intro could be either elements from verse,m refrain or bridge. Depends.. I go with my gutfeeling here

 

With that said: Sometimes a melody is coming to me out of nowhere and that can be the a obvious refrain with lyrics.. so then I write refrain first. But then I find myself work harder on the verses.

 

 

Probably very individullay how people work I suppose.

 

So I guess in the end of the day it varies a lot for me,

 

 

Thanks for interesting subject Gary! I liked it.

 

(sorry bad grammar)