Writing And Recording A Song In Only 1 Hour? | Pete Cottrell

Yep, I'm doing one of these as well haha. You challenged me to write a song in an hour, how hard can this be, right?

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List of everything I used in the video:
Chapman ML7 (Discontinued)
Squire Vintage Modified V Bass:
Ibanez Tubescreamer Mini:

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[robscallon]

YES! Thanks for getting in on this Pete, I love how it’s becoming a thing.

Just finished filming my “song in 57 minutes video” before seeing this

[AndyWoohoo]

Suggestion, take this 1 hour song and develop it. Be the first to post "how my 1 hrs song would sound if I had a week" or something, maybe even colab with a singer?

[RoomieOfficial]

Great job! Also that SPAMp sounds so good!! I want one.

[svartsjokolade]

That was really cool! Pass this challenge onto Rabea Massaad! I'd love to hear what he'd come up with.

[CAndy-jvpo]

main riff kinda sounds like it's from St. Anger .. and I dig it

[tylercrews]

Yas the riff god decided to do it I've never clicked so fast man. I would comment something about the video but I just started it so.

[ScienceofLoud]

This looks like so much fun, but I know how badly I'd suck at doing this.

It's certainly an interesting way to write a song, the limitation forces you to make gut choices on things. A lot of songwriters probably think too much and too long. This could be a good method for laying out a skeleton for you to flesh out over time later.

[pcenlhu]

I would really love to see 1 hour song challenge, but being done by at least 3 people (vocals, guitars and drums) simultaneously, so we can see how they would manage in stressful situation

[peteplaysmusic]

You challenged me to it so like Rob, Roomie, Mary & Andrew I also tried writing a song in 1 hour. How hard can this be right? :)

[kdm]

LOL "NOT available on iTunes, Spotify, & Google Play any time soon"

[albertoanguitacastilla]

Sounds like something out of St. Anger xD. Nice video as always man, greetings from Spain! \m/

[tim-tim-timmy]

You wrote a better song in 1h than me in 1 decade. Congrats, you rock dude!

[Aladoran]

Another cool experiment would be to swap your song with another musician, (maybe Rob Scallon? ;) ) and give each other 1 hour to "finesse" their song and add your own influences.

[Advcrazy]

Man I learned loads about writing songs here!! I suck at going from riff to full song. Thanks Pete!!

[DavidNwokoye]

Next do the 1 year song challenge. U can only write 1 bar a day.

[TK]

Awesome stuff! I would love to see this kind of video of your writing and recording process where you're not rushed by a challenge. I'm struggling to get to a full song from a riff I come up with. Would make for a very informative video.

[thedearmusic]

That was great. For your next video you should try and fix this song up to make it sound like you want it to and then call it “The Good Song”

[sburfordmusic]

This is fast becoming my favourite youtube sub-genre, great effort Pete! I wonder if I'd even come up with three riffs in an hour let alone everything else you did!

[TheOddKris]

Dude this was my favorite so far! I've seen them all, loved it :)
Also the fact that you were nervous made me realize how nerve-wracking this can be, everyone made it seem so effortless

[elliottmunger]

This song is really hype. Even before you said it, I was getting a drum n bass vibe... which is very appropriate for how rushed you were.