There are several different levels of musicianship. Some people can write absolutely amazing guitar parts, or come up with the catchiest melodies and lyrics off the top of their heads. Some people can read sheet music, play scales, and arpeggios, but can’t even begin to compose their own songs.

Almost everything you listen to has some co-writing involved. Wether its multiple people in a band working on an idea together, or a producer at the studio giving his creative input, it all usually makes the song better. It’s a creative process and co-writing can take good ideas and make them into great ideas. It can take someone’s already awesome song and show them things that they may never have thought to do.

Now I can understand when radio pop bands have most of their material written for them, recycled melodies and lyric ideas forced into their songs because they had worked in other successful “top 40 hits!”. That eliminates the true creative, talented, and meaningful purpose of making music. I hate that shit, aka WTK, BLG, ATL etc.

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