nice old thread gems, sir John (an 'erk'?....lol)
yeah, Ron...i guess many have seen the dramatization of a pajama-clad GL scoring a few measures of Pussywillows in the old CBC Telescope doc
i've assumed that GL brings out the theory and actually compose music (not just author the lyrics) WITHOUT a guitar in hand or piano in front of him if he found himself in that situation...yeah, he's a composer, not just a songwriter
but even if his nature is to be quite rigid and well prepared, i would also think a few alt-arrangements unfold during studio sessions and/or performance rehearsals prior to some of the tracks being laid down
i recall a cute moment during the Gord Downie and Lightfoot songwriters chat when Downie was responding to a question about how the Hip come up with recording material
Downie grinned and said something like 'some ideas are brought along in advance but usually we get set in studio and I say, ok, let's jam in D and see what happens'
Lightfoot looked a bit horrified at Downie's revelation...i had a big inner chuckle on, lol
hey, even though jjo added the youtube link elsewhere, this thread needs it here also....again, congrats and wonderful stuff, 7761864! (can we call you 776 for short?
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