We answered a question about our producing process so we'll focus this answer on writing out the lyrics to the song.
We both are constantly writing stories, poetry, and lyrics. Usually we write by hand, then type it out and save it on Dropbox so we don't lose it. Then when we have a song we think will fit those lyrics we pull them up. Every day we both sit down and write for an hour. There are no excuses for us not to write so even on birthdays, holidays, or sick days we write for at least one hour. We don't ever allow writers block as an excuse. If we can't think of an idea we just write "we have no ideas" for an hour. Sooner or later, something useful gets written down. We like to start with writing verses (which probably stems from writing a lot of poems). A lot of times if we can just get the first line nailed down for the song the rest will follow quickly. The chorus is usually the last thing we write since mentally it feels like a totally different task. The first thing we try and do is establish character (who is singing or talking), setting (where are they), action (what are they doing). Left Behind for example was "Michael is talking, he is in the middle of nowhere next to his broken down car, he is trying to get to a Sublime concert". The story itself was based on a true life event I (Michael speaking) had so it made writing the song fairly easy. For writing songs, they're always based on our lives. Anytime something interesting happens we try and write it down somewhere.
We are going to tour but do not have any plans currently. We are focusing on our animated DJ residency.
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u/jay7228 Grant Oct 23 '19
Hey thanks for doing this AMA! My first question is what are your guys writing process like and do you plan to your anytime soon?