From the course: The Songwriting Process

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Prepare for your cowrite

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Prepare for your cowrite

- [Instructor] Speaking of cowriting, there are a couple of things that are really worth your while to do ahead of time, in other words before you actually get in the room and start to cowrite with someone that will just make the whole process easier and a little more musical and a little less awkward, and I'll tell you exactly what I mean by that. One of the things that is very helpful to discuss in advance of a cowrite is whether one or both or all of you will be writing from scratch or will be bringing ideas that you've already been working on a little bit. I personally after doing this for as many years as I've been doing it really like going into a cowriting session cold, in other words with nothing prepared. But if you're newer to cowriting or you've never worked with a particular writer and you feel like you might be just that little bit more comfortable bringing in even just a snippet of a lyric or a little bit of melody, just discuss it in advance with your collaborator and…

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