Been a long time coming! I been putting it off bc finding old messages sucks! Anyway in doing this apparently it takes me about exactly a year to make a fully produced song lol??
1. Tried a new tuning (EbADGBE, hardly different lol), found a nice chord progression and sang on it. I hated those lyrics- not everything you write needs to become a song! And that’s ok!
2. Tried to play it in more unique ways as opposed to strumming and eventually tried tapping, fell in love immediately.
3. Eventually went to fingerpicking as well after inspiration from Sickworld by
@mercury_tracer
4. Found writing inspiration after seeing a Snapchat story actually! Clearly the song is very personal, i knew exactly which instrumental to pair the lyrics with. I still really like the old lyrics, its just a matter of preference and conciseness!
5. Convo with the initial producer
@jatin.k_13 , he is the reason the lyrics permanently say “Him” !
6. After getting the word choice confirmation i whipped up something as fast as i could (this motivation has literally never occurred in my life lol) and produced a pretty nice result imho!
7. Showed
@solace_real , bro just casually remixes what we know now as “dying to live”?? I only had the chorus at that point and he encouraged me to finish writing the whole thing so we can make it fr
8. So i did. It took a few tries to get the final lyrics, it’s fun seeing the process in what i decide to change
9. Ppl weren’t kidding about having connections, i dont remember ever suggesting signing the song with a label he just asked the
@11hx11h manager who i hadn’t talked to in forever. Also do i really look 15😔. Actually being 15 and writing this song would make me a prodigy so i wish
10. We did that. Apparently i suck to work with (I’m v picky lol) but i think I’m gonna stick around and produce for a while😈