Lyrics or Music First?
Hey so I’m a 16 year old and eventually the plan is to get a guitar and teach myself how to play. And obviously it’s possible that the thought of maybe writing my own songs may eventually catch up to me. So the question does relate to that but it’s always been a thought I’ve had when listening to bands like Oasis, where you’ve of course got a lyrical poet with Noel Gallagher, and I’ve always wondered how he and just other song writers in general get the song to flow so smoothly.
How do they get the lyrics to match the actual music so well? And I think the main question: what exactly do they produce first? The lyrics or the Music?
I’ve always leaned towards the lyrics first purely because I think it makes so much more sense and then they produce the music afterwards that complements the words. But idk? Lmk if you know or just lmk what your personal way of doing it is.