Writing and Recording a Song in an Hour

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[tkzsfen]

this is turning into a really interesting youtube challenge for every musician!
PS Rob had a camera guy near him who talked to him. you were by yourself!

[wayneroy]

This reminded me of one I wrote roughly a zillion years ago. My grandmother had died and I started thinking how I missed her and how I wished I could have had just a few more minutes with her. That turned into a hook of 'Just a few minutes more'. I gave it three verses where the character speaking wished for a little more time. One was a kid who didn't want to get out of a warm bed to go to school. One was a soldier who didn't want to leave his family to go back to his duty. And the third was being by Granny's bedside right after she'd passed. Each asked for more time. But it was a more serious request in each successive verse.

[benderbi]

And she definitely sings better than Roomie 😂😂

[adamfurnish]

Honestly better than 99% of material on the radio

[veritechc]

This is my first time on your channel. I came over from Frog Leap Studios where you did Sultans of Swing. Both that piece and this song in a hour were fantastic. I'm a fan now!

[RicardoNevesMusic]

I'm gonna try something very similar, which I think might be useful to some people.

1) Set a timer for 1 hour
2) Write as much as possible in that 1 hour
3) Take a break after that 1 hour (i.e. go for a walk; read a book; have a cup of coffee; etc.)
4) Eventually, come back to the song later with a refreshed/clear mind (this is optional, but could be a good idea)

This might be good for people who usually try to write or finish songs in one sitting.

(I usually try to write songs in one sitting with the aim/intention to finish them, so I'm giving myself something new to try, hopefully it will be helpful to someone else as well)

[KerwinmusicNL]

Nice to see your creative process in action. Felt a bit sorry when you seemed to panic a bit, but you ended up a with great song! Bit more refined than Rob's, even. Though I kinda missed a "That's what I'm talking about, Bill" in the lyrics ;)

[dartman]

You said we might be bored...not once! I just watched in amazement, the whole time! You've definitely got talent! Such a beautiful voice too! That's the thing I've struggled with my whole life...vocals! I can figure out an instrument, given time. But the vocals...that's the tough part for me! Thanks for such a cool video. I really enjoyed it, and the song was pretty good for only taking 1 hour to make! Awesome job!👍😎🎸🎶

[michaelniekut]

You are a wonderful musician and I loved to see how you developed your idea to a complete song

[NathanJFoti]

As a session guitarist it is hard enough coming up with memorable parts in an hour. I think you killed it.

[garyfreedom]

Mary... you are one of the best, SUPER, creative, open, gutsy, informative, talented, entertaining S/S Artists around. And just a joy to watch. Thank you so much for sharing some of your creative process's, and all with such grace and humor to boot!

[roy]

You did a heck of a job Mary! Well done. Singing about stuff around is always the best solution when you are short on time.

[adamcampbell]

Excellent work Mary! Reminds me of a binge I went on a couple years back where I made myself write, record, and mix an album in 5 days. It's really incredible some of the stuff you can come up with under tight time constraints. Loved the song and especially that solo!

[nathanweisser]

This is probably the coolest vibe of all of the 1-hour songs I've seen so far

[xoxoMaaike]

Love the vibe of this song!! So much creativity in just 1 hour :) your voice is absolutely stunning too!

[frankrambol]

Wonderful result and I love that the lyrics are also time related. :)

[rodrigocarvalho]

Congratulations Mary!!👏🎶🎸💜 this is amazing, beautiful song.

[tronlady]

Love it. I have all the gear and quite a bit of talent but there’s no way I could do this in an hour !!! I love how the lyrics reflect her panic with writing the song and it’s clever how she’s turned it into a break up song. Go girl🎸🎤🎶😎

[jasonderos]

Definitely earned my subscription with that! Wow! You’re awesome! Thank Pete and Rob for sending me here.

[melissaw]

This was awesome! I think this is the type of challenge all of us need in our life. Sometimes having too much time ruins the creative process.