Video diary... writing a new tune

[Johnny Robbo]

Hi Chaps,

Just thought I'd share this... for my latest tune I video'd the writing process so you can get inside my head a little (don't spend too long there, it gets scary) & see how I typically put something together. It's about 30 minutes long, but the last chunk of it is simply a playback of the finished tune, which I'm going to post in the Original Songs board as soon as I've posted this.

Anyway... here it is. Hope you find it interesting:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_noEcLnyjdM

[Farrell Jackson]

I love how this song turned out John! It's was very interesting how you went about it. Not only does your guitars-man-ship shine on the finished song but so does your skilled creativity and knowledge of chord structures....a great video.

If I did one it would only be a couple of minutes of "ok D,C,G works for the verse....ok add Bm, A, G for the chorus....ummmm now what for the bridge ok F, C, G. ok I need to hum out a melody that fits those chords.....alright done...lol! That's why my songs sound like they do and yours sound like they do, lol!

Thanks for posting this excellent video!

Farrell

[Groundy]

Cheers John, very interesting, I save all your vids, very educational, big thanks for taking the time to do them.
You're a star and a first-class guitarist.


Alex.

[Redler]

A really worth of watching! You've done so much work with this. I take my hat off!

[Mike_S]

That's a fine song John, and interesting to see your approach, a really good video. The final song sounds like a mixture of Zeppelin and Satriani - super guitar playing!!

Cheers
Mike

[Hilary]

I'll watch this later properly - just dipped in and there seems to be a lot of haircare products on the shelf behind you

[Johnny Robbo]

I'll watch this later properly - just dipped in and there seems to be a lot of haircare products on the shelf behind you

They belong to Mrs. Robbo... Even before my new look, the most my Barnet ever got was fairy liquid

[Hook]

Great video with cool insight into your writing technique. Incredible song by the way, stunning. I think much less when writing.
Rock on!

[Greeny]

Very good. The stuff at the beginning about intervals and scales was like a foreign language to me though, lol. I think I could learn a lot from your vids. It's interesting how different people have different writing techniques. This is a bit more technical than my aimless strumming and noodling approach.

That's a nice guitar you have too.