So how do you write a song anyway?

LET MUSIC BE THE SPARK OF CREATIVITY THAT DRIVES ACTION AND INNOVATION

Welcome To the Blog. Today we're talking about songwriting and composition. I've been capturing ideas for an irish Jig.

banjo jigs and reels with Ol'brother Paul 

We started off our run by approaching the plan with a song idea.
​Three parts, we'll call them parts A B and C. 

• Part A: banjo melody

The main lick. the kind of lick that was meant for a Tenor banjo. We didn't have much else to go-on Except a sloppy old recording found in the Archives. So knowing only the root of the song was a  big-ol' D chord, we set off to lay down some Banjo tracks.

• B The second piece of the banjo melody

An ascending lick with a change of tone-centre. It took me a minute to figure out what was happening, but if I could add an A-chord over top of this new riff, It could bring a much-needed change of energy to the song. I'll figure out the exact chord-progression during my practice session later. For now, It's a good idea, lets capture it...

• C The outro

This part came later. Paul got back to me with a new idea for an outro for the song. This one feels more like a slow-down after a late night celebration. He wrote the part for the mandolin... Sounds great! lets do it.

Same idea, new theme different instrument, but hear how it sounds on that banjo too. lay these down on separate tracks, to see if we can combine them in cool ways later. 

By this time I had a passible idea my 12 string takes for Part A and B, As i sat down to try to figure something out for this new section, it was fairly easy to fit into place. What more can you expect from a song that is three basic chords. (I'll expand more upon this later)

Paul was asking me if 'is enough enough? or should we add part B? do we really need it?