How dave writes

SWB · Post by **SWB** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 11:12 pm

how does dave write his music, does he create the guitar part first or the lyrics first or both?

i know he uses weed to help get some of the thoughts out.....

anyways i'm asking all this because i got some serious writters block for the past 2 weeks, well for only two weeks i guess i can't quit call it serious but anyways if anyone has any tips i'd love to hear them.

thanks alot.

Ranting Thespian · Post by **Ranting Thespian** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 12:42 am

"i know he uses weed to help get some of the thoughts out..... "

he has never said that, or mentioned anywhere close to that. Dave really just lets it come to him, and just works it out as time goes on. During Everyday, though, glen ballard showed him to just go and grab the song and run with it, that's how he wrote those 12 songs in 2 weeks. Now, as he said in Guitar World Acoustic (I got the new issue

), that he let them come to him again, but they used a lot of looping and such when recording, and worked out songs that way like So Damn Lucky.

For me, I always let it come. The song comes out with a little riff I play with randomly, and once I do that it forms itself into a workable structure. Then I will get a spark, and run to write lyrics and structure it in a spurge.

DustyDave · Post by **DustyDave** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 12:16 pm

You should download the videos i posted in the nDMB section , called DMB Early Years , there is all the info you need from the studio works and stuff , where you even see Dave's original lyrics written down and how he decides whether or not to keep the lyrics he writes , its all a matter to him of getting a good starting line , then it all comes on it self , and i personally find that to be true myself

The link to the thread is right here DMB Early Years Part 1 & 2

johnnyd · Post by **johnnyd** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 1:10 pm

This may be a little off topic, but what is looping? I read the same article in Acoustic Guitar World. He mentions it a few times in there.

PlayLikeDave · Post by **PlayLikeDave** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 2:28 pm

I wonder if Dave writes the lyrics first, if he writes the guitar part first and puts lyrics to it, or if he has done both (if so on what songs). I know that it said on VH1's Driven that his wife would come visit him and then leave, and because of his longing for her, he wrote 'Crash'

peace

Sciaracastro · Post by **Sciaracastro** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 3:06 pm

...sorry for my ignorance again...but how can i open a .torrent file?

DustyDave · Post by **DustyDave** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 3:22 pm

Sciaracastro wrote:...sorry for my ignorance again...but how can i open a .torrent file?

I have answered that question about once everyday hehe its all good , you can get the Bit Torrent client here Bit Torrent 3.3 Assuming that you are a windows user

Sciaracastro · Post by **Sciaracastro** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 3:26 pm

Thanks dusty...

Sciaracastro · Post by **Sciaracastro** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 3:36 pm

...sorry again...

With BitTorrent, I can't pause the download?
it's 1.8Gb...!!!!

DustyDave · Post by **DustyDave** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 3:37 pm

You're welcome anytime Sciaracastro

And yes you can cancel at anytime and it will automatically resume when you start up the download again

Just make sure it selects the same folder as you previously saved it to , then it will resume

TrippingBillie · Post by **TrippingBillie** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 5:08 pm

sweet thanx Dusty, I didnt know how to work torrent files either.

GSR · Post by **GSR** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 5:10 pm

DustyDave wrote:You should download the videos i posted in the nDMB section , called DMB Early Years , there is all the info you need from the studio works and stuff , where you even see Dave's original lyrics written down and how he decides whether or not to keep the lyrics he writes , its all a matter to him of getting a good starting line , then it all comes on it self , and i personally find that to be true myself

The link to the thread is right here DMB Early Years Part 1 & 2

i wanted to get this show but didn't want to wait. someone said, might have been you dusty, said that the ants downloader increases the speed quite a bit. cani use the antsDLer to get the early years videos? i have it installed, but i have no idea how to work it. any help would be great.

GSR · Post by **GSR** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 5:18 pm

actually it was GuitarGuy, i still need help tho.

SWB · Post by **SWB** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 5:38 pm

so i downloaded both, now i open the dave file and torrent will open too and i pick a place for it to save too?

DustyDave · Post by **DustyDave** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 6:38 pm

GSRLessard14 , no that wasen't me saying that for sure hehe , but no i only think that the Ants Marching has SHN files , not videos , sorry

SWB , yes Bit Torrent is a little client that recognizes .torrent files , when you click on them , the little client will be initiated and will ask for a location to save the content