Today in Ney's class we wrote our own music instead of learning a cover. Here is the first run-through.

Today in Ney's class we did something different. Instead of learning a cover, we wrote our own music.

Writing is nothing like learning a song that already exists. With a cover, the notes are decided and the job is to play them right. Here, every part was a choice: the riff, the tempo, where the changes go, what the guitar does under everything else. We tried things, kept what worked and dropped the rest.

The video is our first run-through, so it is rough. That is the point. I want to keep this one so I can look back later at where it started.

Next step is to finish the structure, give it a name and record a cleaner version.

The video is below.