Category: Music Bands

Every band has a songwriting process. Many bands have a member who is the main songwriter. Some bands might explore more group efforts. Each band has their process for putting together songs. There are ways you can approach the songwriting process as a band.

One of the ways to write songs as a band is to have a songwriter or co-songwriters that write the music and present it to the other members of the band who will give feedback and suggestions about the songs. The group can work together on making the songs better.

Another way a band can write songs is to have multiple songwriters who are members of the band. They will work separately on a particular song and present their work to the band or individually work on songs of their ideas and present to the band who will serve as critiques.

Also, the entire band could work together throughout a writing process as one collective songwriting group. The advantage here is that the songwriting process would play to each band member’s strengths, be it melodies, harmonies, rhythm (bass and/ or drums), horn arrangements, and so on. The final version of this kind of writing process is usually regarded as a team effort and everyone’s baby.

Another way a band can write and produce songs is through jam sessions. The band can simply start playing, using pre-determined chord progressions, a beat, a song, one of two ideas from members and let the creativity flow.

You might be surprised what the band might achieve at the end. It is important to capture all the ideas during the jam session by recording each session and then having a listening session after.

Also, the band can hire a professional songwriter whose idea the band gets hold of, digest, tear the song apart, taking or discarding any part of the song they don’t like to come up with something totally or slightly different.

No matter what process you take as a band, all that matters is producing a hit song.

Some of the world’s most iconic and universally recognised music and music bands have originated from the United Kingdom. Here are the 7 greatest UK music bands in history.

The Stone Roses

Formed in Manchester, this band is widely remembered for their “Madchester” slogan at hit songs like ‘I am the Resurrection,’ ‘She Bangs the Drums,’ ‘Fools Gold,’ among others.

Fleetwood Mac

Formed in London in the late 60s, Fleetwood Mac stood the test of time. They are fondly remembered by their iconic 1977 album ‘Rumours’. Although the members are now in their 70s, they still pull crowds and hold gigs.

Queen

Back in the 80s, Queen was one of the biggest music bands in the world and their influence is yet to go down. Their song “Bohemian Rhapsody” is the third biggest-selling UK single of all time and was the title of the award-winning 2018 Freddy Mercury biopic of the same name.

Led Zeppelin

Making waves in the 1970s, Led Zeppelin produced some pretty awesome and nostalgic music in their day. The band pioneered the hard rock and heavy metal movements of the 70s, holding energetic live performances.

The Who

This band is greatly remembered for their performance at Woodstock in 1969 and the guitar-smashing incident at Harrow’s Railway Hotel in 1964 which was included in Rolling Stone magazine’s ‘50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock ‘n Roll’ list.

Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones were pioneers of the ‘British Invasion’ in the mid-60s. This was a time when music from the UK became popular in the US for the first time. Songs like ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,’ ‘Paint It Black,’ and ‘Get Off of My Cloud’ were some of their hit songs.

The Beatles

John, Paul, George, and Ringo were four boys from Liverpool who deserve the accolade of the biggest and most influential band of all time. They pioneered recording, songwriting, and artistic presentation in the 1960s and beyond.

Today, many up-and-coming bands look up to these iconic bands for inspiration.