How to write a song - Slash from Gun's n Roses discusses his songwriting techniques

[dhuyd]

@TheStrugglingArtis You should write lyrics about how hard it is to come up with lyrics.

[bigpete1951]

Surprisingly lucid and interesting. That spontaneity thing is pretty much how I work, and I also work on music first, I don't like to sing either, lyrics struggle through the door later if I'm lucky.

[scottybroker]

This guy (I am sorry, I don't know who he is) asks VERY GOOD QUESTIONS and Slash is very intelligent and inspires me by the way he answers. Thanks very much, Both of you.

[ignaciolasvegas]

@scottybroker That's Brad Tolinski, editor in chief of Guitar World magazine

[Guitarvampy1]

He keep's his idea's in his hat, you've got no chance! =]

[johndee6]

OY VEY! SWEET CHILD OF MINE WAS PURCHASED FOR THEIR FIRST RECORD....THEY DID NOT WRITE THAT SONG,,,,,

[GuitarzMyThing]

@Metallideth23 ... You shouldn't be commenting... Thats like saying Bieber is amazing.

[AutomaticMusique]

the interviewer looks scared shitless ! 

[marmas58ink]

0:45 "I find something, record it & then just start working on different ideas," That's what I usually do. Wonder if he has the problem of... following the muse, ending up w/ about 50 ideas and variants & then, next day, looking back at the stuff & wondering... how the hell to make ONE song out of this mess?!?! I sometimes end up w/ an hr's worth of shit, don't know what to keep, what to throw out.. where the heart of the song is. (Amateur songwriter whose best stuff is a mess on various tapes.)

[corporacionmonstruo]

@marmas58ink this are my rules,some of the can be usefull or not:

1_i keep everything

2_which are the coincidences in the mess i have?something can be glued with a few words

3_the verses or even words i didn´t use i keep them on paper,they will fit in another song

4_if i don´t know where the heart of the song is,is beacause it has many hearts,so i have many potencial songs there.

Hope this helps.Have a nice weekend.

[musicmydrug10]

Luv this... Kinda what I do, I usually reach for my phone & use the recording device on there because songs often come to me when I'm cooking, so it's easy and quick, then I can tweak it later and add or change the lyrics or melody later... Very cool Slash & a many thanks to Guitar Center!!!

[carec97]

I AM THE FIRST TO DISLIKE AH. AH.AH.AH.AH.AH.AH.AH.AH.

[Cristiana1726]

@carec97 it's just a video, nobody cares.

[GuitarzMyThing]

@carec97 Why are you happy about that?!

[azkeyz]

Buns n' hoses

Pistols n' posies

How to piss slash off 101 = just say buckethead.

[musicmydrug10]

Super cool! Love to hear his take on songwriting... I knew he didn't like to sing, but he sure can Rock the guitar!!! And what great songs he writes.... :)

[TheRealDeTroy]

hey can you support a fellow artist and look up a song called money and the bills and comment andsupport thank you

[RockPrincessPunk]

It's "Guns n' roses" and not "Gun's n roses" ;P

[ACDCman1727]

@RockPrincessPunk idiot

[Minamiblues]

XD Interesting, thanks for uploading this.

[TheStrugglingArtis]

I get stuck to easy..I have full songs done with no lyrics

[zbarneyz]

@TheStrugglingArtis Yeah i know...I have hundreds of half-done songs...Just cant make them done. I got riff, chorus...Stop !

[ElvisStillRules]

@TheStrugglingArtis send them to me - I have to many lyrics lying waiting for melodies.

[sanglak]

@ElvisStillRules can u send me some lyrics?

[Brandooooooooooo]

@TheStrugglingArtis I have full lyrics written, with no music.

[soundsurgeon]

Everyone has different songwriting methods. Different things work for different people. Each of my songs have come to me in different ways. Some spontaneously and some while actively sitting at an instrument trying to write. But I myself actually have yet to right a song that results from jamming with other people. I always found jamming to get tiresome after a while, but I should start trying to jam with other people more often.

[flogworth]

i bet your songs suck.

[flogworth]

soundsurgeon did you get my reply?

if not I will send you another one,

fyi I'm an asshole

[TheStrugglingArtis]

@soundsurgeon I agree..I get more done by myself..but I have herd that it is a good idea to work with others!!

[bilangkongan]

So there you go Mr. Rico Blanco, the supposed music Genius of the Philippines....Slash said it should pop out of your head....and not the way you write music, which is using another hit song as basis and re-edit the notes and pass it off as your own original musical composition.

[PoisOnJaMFr3ak]

pretty sweet thx

[heroboy22]

first comment! *5