Jul. 1st, 2009 @ 7:38PM
I start building a song off a melody and not off a pre made beat and/or progression. I find that by doing it this way, it gives me more options and am not limited to the strict progression or beat.

As in many of my collabs, I often get just the melody or the vocal. Like the song "Shooting Star" sung by Tricia Dovidio, I worked off only the vocal re-harmonizing it and then building the background to fit the vocal. Often times the vocal will take me where the song needs to go.

Just because I love to play jazz doesn't always mean that it's the only thing That I play.