I work with a lot of other songwriters and so I know the process is different for everyone. There is no "one way."

For myself, I am striving to get into a hypnotic zone that is an invisible poetic territory--where I am channeling a certain spirit that takes hold of me.

As a writer, I know the ritual of ceaseless editing, but I don't do that with songs. For me, lyric writing is a kind of magic or mysticism.

I will strum the guitar or bang on the piano or check out some BIAB demos until the words start to flow. It is important to me that the words and music are inseparable. I don't write them separately, I have to write them together, so that the sound of the words matches the sound of the notes.

This probably sounds spooky, and maybe it is, but I kind of have to go into a trance to write lyrics.

For me it is the most important part. I have been playing the guitar since I was a little kid so I can do that part in my sleep.

David Snyder
Songwriter/Renaissance Man
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