I've noticed something since I have started recording regularly and I am wondering how many of you have experienced the same thing.
I've been playing guitar for years; sometimes jamming with others, but for the most part just playing for my own personal enjoyment. I have come up with many guitar-based riffs and song ideas during this time that have stuck with me through the years.
Now that I am recording, I am beginning to develop these riffs into songs. First I lay down a drum track and then lay down the guitar track. Once these tracks are down, I usually develop a bass line that suits the basic idea and feel of the song-this is where thing start to change.
Once the bass line is down, I then go back and layer a 2nd guitar part to complement the first. What I am finding is that my 2nd guitar parts often blow away (in the context of the song anyway) the original riff that the song was based on to begin with.
Then, quite often, I'll go back and redo the bass to better fit the 2nd guitar part. By this time the original guitar track has been muted and is soon to be dropped from the song altogether. The end result is the final song is far removed from the original idea.
It just seems strange to me how creativity ebbs and flows, twists and turns, flips and flops, and ultimately leaves you in a place a long way away from where you began...kinda like shrooms.
Anyone care to comment?
I've been playing guitar for years; sometimes jamming with others, but for the most part just playing for my own personal enjoyment. I have come up with many guitar-based riffs and song ideas during this time that have stuck with me through the years.
Now that I am recording, I am beginning to develop these riffs into songs. First I lay down a drum track and then lay down the guitar track. Once these tracks are down, I usually develop a bass line that suits the basic idea and feel of the song-this is where thing start to change.
Once the bass line is down, I then go back and layer a 2nd guitar part to complement the first. What I am finding is that my 2nd guitar parts often blow away (in the context of the song anyway) the original riff that the song was based on to begin with.
Then, quite often, I'll go back and redo the bass to better fit the 2nd guitar part. By this time the original guitar track has been muted and is soon to be dropped from the song altogether. The end result is the final song is far removed from the original idea.
It just seems strange to me how creativity ebbs and flows, twists and turns, flips and flops, and ultimately leaves you in a place a long way away from where you began...kinda like shrooms.
Anyone care to comment?