I have yet to have a successful outcome of sitting in a room with someone and trying to write a song. The way that I generally co-write is that someone else writes the music or part of the music.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I used to be opposed to collaboration, and that's probably why the music in the past wasn't as good. Writing with other people, especially the great writers that I've had the privilege to write with, it activates something in your mind that you wouldn't use alone.
I was always writing music anyway. I just sort of fell into it. Writing for me is a therapeutic process.
I never co-write. I've tried it before, and I just can't do it.
I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat. I don't tend to write for a particular band - you have to just write the songs and then let God into the room and let the music tell you what to do.
When it comes to sitting down and composing, there is no hesitation, no concern, no critics breathing fire down my neck. For me, writing a song is the purest part of all. No one can mess with that.
I sit and write songs alone and then get together with people to help me flesh it out into a recording.
If I was writing songs just for me I'd only play them in my living room, alone.
Being a songwriter does not rely on an audience or other band members or a camera. I can just sit in a room and write songs.
I write songs all the time in my room. I play them for my friends and family.
If you're going to write a song, try to get together with a collaborator because it's better to write with collaborators.