Then the song virtually writes itself. Then I improvise the solo. Whatever I feel and play at that moment ends up as the final take. I write the lyrics and the vocal melody together. I capture the former at writing and the latter at recording stages.
Nothing can beat a home studio.
You don't have to book time, and pay by the hour. Unless you're a lunatic, that is. Necessity, as they say, is the mother of invention. When you're living in a non-English speaking nation, no local record company wants to hear your stuff unless they've got native lyrics. I never thought of writing lyrics in any language other than English.