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wwjd · 18th March 2010

I prefer writing a song OUTSIDE a computer first. This forces me to think through a better flow for a song. part of that includes sort of a graph page with numbers representing each measure. This helps me program the drums and it also SHOWS a VISUAL layout of the song. From there, I sometimes erase stuff and fix, and/or add all kinds of notes, lyric marks etc.

18th March 2010	#9
wwjd Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,409	I prefer writing a song OUTSIDE a computer first. This forces me to think through a better flow for a song. part of that includes sort of a graph page with numbers representing each measure. This helps me program the drums and it also SHOWS a VISUAL layout of the song. From there, I sometimes erase stuff and fix, and/or add all kinds of notes, lyric marks etc.