Comments on: Walbum – Week X http://www.brendanburns.com/blog/2006/walbum-week-x/ This is the Personal & Professional Blog for Brendan Burns Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:37:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jules http://www.brendanburns.com/blog/2006/walbum-week-x/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Jules Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:38:13 +0000 http://www.brendanburns.com/blog/2006/walbum-week-x/#comment-244 You're right, it can feel like you only have one song... maybe that's why there have been so many one-hit-wonders... they can't come up with anything different to follow up their first hit... In terms of writing, I think there has to be simplicity and complexity in every work. Something that is quite complex melodically and harmonically is often best kept simple rhythmically, otherwise the brain can't focus on what to listen to. And conversely, with groove-based stuff where the rhythm is king, the melody and harmony take a backburner... I think as musicians, we tend to be too analytical with our writing process. The writers I know who don't know about theory seem to come up with good ideas, the finished product is good, because they start with a simple structure, and expand it later in the studio... what do you think? You’re right, it can feel like you only have one song… maybe that’s why there have been so many one-hit-wonders… they can’t come up with anything different to follow up their first hit…

In terms of writing, I think there has to be simplicity and complexity in every work. Something that is quite complex melodically and harmonically is often best kept simple rhythmically, otherwise the brain can’t focus on what to listen to. And conversely, with groove-based stuff where the rhythm is king, the melody and harmony take a backburner…

I think as musicians, we tend to be too analytical with our writing process. The writers I know who don’t know about theory seem to come up with good ideas, the finished product is good, because they start with a simple structure, and expand it later in the studio… what do you think?

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