Great Sage
Invader
Well, I used to play bass in a couple of bands. There was the guitarist and singer who were the primary writers and I would hear them chatting about them being a songwriting duo.
Now, I was never a major songwriter but I wrote my own basslines. Some of these basslines were pretty nice and made the song more than it was before. I would also come up with a few chords to give the song a bridge or intro etc.
We would play their song and I would suggest that the chorus progression would be good to intro the song or that an extra verse would be good. I thought that this was arrangement but I believe that in songwriting, arrangement usually refers to the parts each instrument plays within the already written song, rather than structural format.
Anyway, I reckon I was not valued for my writing in those cases but that has nothing to do with why I started this thread. I was just curious about Steve getting a credit on every song. Is it possible that he is losing some creativity but, having carried the band all these years, feels that he is entitled to the same money and compensates for lack of actual input.
Just a thought. Don't crucify me.
Drunk post by the way.
Now, I was never a major songwriter but I wrote my own basslines. Some of these basslines were pretty nice and made the song more than it was before. I would also come up with a few chords to give the song a bridge or intro etc.
We would play their song and I would suggest that the chorus progression would be good to intro the song or that an extra verse would be good. I thought that this was arrangement but I believe that in songwriting, arrangement usually refers to the parts each instrument plays within the already written song, rather than structural format.
Anyway, I reckon I was not valued for my writing in those cases but that has nothing to do with why I started this thread. I was just curious about Steve getting a credit on every song. Is it possible that he is losing some creativity but, having carried the band all these years, feels that he is entitled to the same money and compensates for lack of actual input.
Just a thought. Don't crucify me.
Drunk post by the way.