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I began studying certain aspects of music almost a year ago so that I can arrange a 3-5 song set to be recorded and performed live. There's quite a bit that goes into this process but I would like to stick to a certain slice of it. For this first project, it's pretty much percussion, bass guitar, elec guitar, and piano. I'm really undecided on the vocals so we'll leave that out.
I'm really unsure of what stage of development, and the format, my ideas need to be in to accomplish my goals. I've never been very monogamous in marriage to my ideas buy I do cherish a degree of ownership in the final product. I don't know where the line is between interpretation of my work through a particular players style and/or asking them to basically create something for me.
For example, let's say I sit down with a percussionist, one end of the spectrum would be, "Could you play a one-drop in 4/4 for this bass line," and proceed to verbalize what I want to produce. The other end would be, "okay here is the notation/sheet and a solo track to accompany the rest of the arrangement detailing every stroke, accent, fill, and variation".
My end goal is to make what I consider to be good music while developing my skills enough to be proud of my contribution to the final product. I'm prepared to take some hits to my pride as it relates to my skill level. I also have a lot of other things to accomplish so the amount of detail I need to compose or notate in an arrangement will determine the timelines of many aspects of my overall goal. Having no experience doing this I don't know what's common practice, what's considered offensive or frowned upon, and who gets credit for what they contribute. Where's the line between a session player's contribution's being covered by the fee they collect and giving songwriting credit as well?
I began studying certain aspects of music almost a year ago so that I can arrange a 3-5 song set to be recorded and performed live. There's quite a bit that goes into this process but I would like to stick to a certain slice of it. For this first project, it's pretty much percussion, bass guitar, elec guitar, and piano. I'm really undecided on the vocals so we'll leave that out.
I'm really unsure of what stage of development, and the format, my ideas need to be in to accomplish my goals. I've never been very monogamous in marriage to my ideas buy I do cherish a degree of ownership in the final product. I don't know where the line is between interpretation of my work through a particular players style and/or asking them to basically create something for me.
For example, let's say I sit down with a percussionist, one end of the spectrum would be, "Could you play a one-drop in 4/4 for this bass line," and proceed to verbalize what I want to produce. The other end would be, "okay here is the notation/sheet and a solo track to accompany the rest of the arrangement detailing every stroke, accent, fill, and variation".
My end goal is to make what I consider to be good music while developing my skills enough to be proud of my contribution to the final product. I'm prepared to take some hits to my pride as it relates to my skill level. I also have a lot of other things to accomplish so the amount of detail I need to compose or notate in an arrangement will determine the timelines of many aspects of my overall goal. Having no experience doing this I don't know what's common practice, what's considered offensive or frowned upon, and who gets credit for what they contribute. Where's the line between a session player's contribution's being covered by the fee they collect and giving songwriting credit as well?