> So, I had a longass train ride earlier, and actually listened to all of
> Cook's album. And I was like 'How the hell did he do this?' Cause it's
> just him. He did everything on it. All the bass, rhythm and lead
> guitars, keyboard, backing and lead vocals, everything but the drums who
> he hired a sessionist for.
>
> Like physically, what is the process for a single, working alone artist to
> do this? Where do you start? Vocals? Guitar? What's the process? I
> couldn't figure out which piece would be the 'guiding' piece as it were,
> which everything else could be built around and now I'm curious about how
> the hell one would take on this sort of process.
>
> I remember being vaguely curious when I learned Prince did that too back
> in the day, but I didn't have anyone to ask then.
>
> --
> Peace,
> Pen ...

>
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>> So, I had a longass train ride earlier, and actually listened to all of
>> Cook's album. And I was like 'How the hell did he do this?' Cause it's
>> just him. He did everything on it. All the bass, rhythm and lead
>> guitars, keyboard, backing and lead vocals, everything but the drums who
>> he hired a sessionist for.
>>
>> Like physically, what is the process for a single, working alone artist
>> to do this? Where do you start? Vocals? Guitar? What's the process?
>> I couldn't figure out which piece would be the 'guiding' piece as it
>> were, which everything else could be built around and now I'm curious
>> about how the hell one would take on this sort of process.
>>
>> I remember being vaguely curious when I learned Prince did that too back
>> in the day, but I didn't have anyone to ask then.
>> ...

> So, I had a longass train ride earlier, and actually listened to all of
> Cook's album. And I was like 'How the hell did he do this?' Cause it's
> just him. He did everything on it. All the bass, rhythm and lead
> guitars, keyboard, backing and lead vocals, everything but the drums who
> he hired a sessionist for.
>
> Like physically, what is the process for a single, working alone artist to
> do this? Where do you start? Vocals? Guitar? What's the process? I
> couldn't figure out which piece would be the 'guiding' piece as it were,
> which everything else could be built around and now I'm curious about how
> the hell one would take on this sort of process.
>
> I remember being vaguely curious when I learned Prince did that too back
> in the day, but I didn't have anyone to ask then.
>
> --
> Peace,
> Pen ...

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>
> < ...snip... >
>
> Well, see, Cook's stuff was mostly guitar, and it was a combination of all
> 3. I just...can't figure out how you pick which one to do first, without
> the rest as reference. There's only one or two songs where he does piano,
> so that can't be the delimiter. It's very puzzling.
>
> --
> Peace,
> Pen
> ------------
> "What do we owe the people, the places, the world around us for our own
> survival?" --RB
>

> So, I had a longass train ride earlier, and actually listened to all of
> Cook's album. And I was like 'How the hell did he do this?' Cause it's
> just him. He did everything on it. All the bass, rhythm and lead guitars,
> keyboard, backing and lead vocals, everything but the drums who he hired a
> sessionist for.
>
> Like physically, what is the process for a single, working alone artist to
> do this? Where do you start? Vocals? Guitar? What's the process? I
> couldn't figure out which piece would be the 'guiding' piece as it were,
> which everything else could be built around and now I'm curious about how
> the hell one would take on this sort of process.
>
> I remember being vaguely curious when I learned Prince did that too back in
> the day, but I didn't have anyone to ask then.
>
> --
> Peace,
> Pen
> ------------ ...

>
>
>Theres really no set pattern or way to do it. The band I use to play with
>when we recorded the lead guitarist and drummer would lay down a rythym
>track

> On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:13:10 -0400, "Elton Dumont"
> johnlennon.com>
> wrote:
>

>>
>>
>>Theres really no set pattern or way to do it. The band I use to play with
>>when we recorded the lead guitarist and drummer would lay down a rythym
>>track

>
> I assume that the song would be mostly worked out first, right?
> If I were to get serious with one of my creations and record it, I'd
> probably
> leave the drums to last and hire a creative drummer. I can't get over how
> cool
> some of the things are that they do. I often try to imagine a song I'm
> hearing
> without a drum track, and good drums really change a song. ...

> On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:13:10 -0400, "Elton Dumont"
> johnlennon.com>
> wrote:
>

>>
>>
>>Theres really no set pattern or way to do it. The band I use to play with
>>when we recorded the lead guitarist and drummer would lay down a rythym
>>track

>
> I assume that the song would be mostly worked out first, right?
> If I were to get serious with one of my creations and record it, I'd
> probably
> leave the drums to last and hire a creative drummer. I can't get over how
> cool
> some of the things are that they do. I often try to imagine a song I'm
> hearing
> without a drum track, and good drums really change a song. ...