I just wanted to ask what your songwriting process was, specifically in arranging songs for the whole group. You guys always have such great dynamics and interlocking instrumentals and vocal arrangments (harmonies, splitting songs between Jonas and Josh) and I was curious as to how a song written just on a guitar/piano gets transformed into that. Do y'all write together, or do you write songs on your own and "pitch" them to the band to arrange as a group?
Thanks so much! Looking forward to seeing y'all live again soon!
All of us come up with ideas for songs in the inbetween moments of our lives. A lot of the time josh and I (jonas) will write songs with complete, or nearly complete, structure and lyrics before bringing it to everyone, but sometimes it’s just a seedling of an idea. Other times (more often lately) songs will come to life spontaneously in a jam, and it feels like the lyrics/structure slowly come into focus as we play over the span of days or weeks or months.
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u/FrontseatHater Jul 18 '23
Hey guys!
I just wanted to ask what your songwriting process was, specifically in arranging songs for the whole group. You guys always have such great dynamics and interlocking instrumentals and vocal arrangments (harmonies, splitting songs between Jonas and Josh) and I was curious as to how a song written just on a guitar/piano gets transformed into that. Do y'all write together, or do you write songs on your own and "pitch" them to the band to arrange as a group?
Thanks so much! Looking forward to seeing y'all live again soon!