Drums Quote by Devin Townsend

Producers like to record all the drums first, then they do the bass, then all the guitars, so you're constantly moving from one song…

— Noel Gallagher

Once a composition is complete I sing the track and send it to the director. He sometimes suggests I record them in my voice,…

— Vijay Antony

What I did with my first records was, my writing process was that I didn't touch any instruments to write it, so I was…

— Annie E. Clark

I usually write to the beat. Really, the beat can make the song itself.

— Blueface

I have a recording that I did of instrumental songs.

— Joanna Newsom

Writing the songs and producing the songs and arranging them and recording them is your canvas and your palette and your brush.

— Scott Weiland

The music comes first. Final lyrics are usually written very close to recording the vocals.

— Tobias Forge

The best way to do that is to pick up a new instrument or an instrument that you don't typically write on and see…

— Serj Tankian

For the most part, the real work is done in the songwriting stage and recording; the next step is presenting to people.

— Washed Out

I used to put the vocals on top and piece it together. Now I start with the vocals and the string parts I write;…

— Hamilton Leithauser

I get the music, I get the beats. And I go to the studios and write the lyrics.

— Obie Trice

I've done quite a few records now, and I look back and think of them as documents of my musical journey.

— Kieran Hebden