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Spudman
September 3rd, 2008, 08:33 AM
One of my favorite things to do is to create a song right from scratch with the guys playing along. Almost like it is already written. I can get pretty avant garde but mostly stick to rock and roll changes and rhythms. Mostly I'll come up with a solid framework and then I'll take it home to refine it since other people's time is valuable and I don't want to have them just sitting around while I figure out what I want to do.

This video shows Mike Keneally taking it to the extreme. I have this album and it is brilliant. This is Mike composing a song from scratch in the studio and then recording it.

This is just to show that a few simple ideas thoughtfully laid out and executed by talented players can turn into something of merit. We can all do this to some degree if we try.
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warren0728
September 3rd, 2008, 08:42 AM
very cool post spud....gonna have to check out his music!

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Robert
September 3rd, 2008, 06:09 PM
That's really cool stuff. You can hear the Zappa influence.... :AOK:

thearabianmage
September 3rd, 2008, 06:23 PM
That was most excellent!! :AOK: