Q: what does your songwriting process look like, in numbered list form?
A: bits and pieces may come to me at any time. need to be adept at catching them, recording them, and logging them into a master list, by date. then there's the selection process, for that i usually go through the whole list and write down ones that i am excited about doing. then, when that semi-finals list is done, immediately put it through a number-randomizer to get the final selection. then, when i have the selection, i have to play doctor with it. i have to look at it and make an assessment as to what the nature of that item is, whether it is the chorus, the first verse, etc etc. ... and evaluate what it needs. things get confusing if it's not the intro, because that means i have to work backwards, which can be very tedious. but if i just hang around and ask the right questions, i can get there. once i have the beginning, then it's a little more standard. just do run throughs from the beginning, in time (at tempo, with click) and then pay very close attention to the moments right when i reach the ending edge of what's written. that's when i may or may not be struck with solutions for what follows. then, whether or not it strikes, evaluate for a minute what the implications may be, then do a re-set, which for me is touch the door, and then run it again