Some songwriters like to go into a writing session with a ton of ideas, or maybe even parts of songs that they’ve started, but Steven Tyler, who has been writing songs for decades, prefers to go into writing sessions with a blank slate and just see where the session takes him. He says he just enjoys the process of talking with his fellow writers and getting the ideas flowing right there in the writing session. “I like to sit there and talk about the world today, what’s going on right now and get gacked on coffee and then just start from there,” says Steven. “There’s always an idea before a song, because there’s all the years we’ve been musicians and playing, so there’s always chords we can grab from, but I really prefer to come up with a clean slate, and particularly, look at my notes that I’ve taken over the past few months about ideas and songs I’d like to, things I’d like to say in a song, that’s usually from scratch.”
Steven is currently working on his debut country album for Dot Records.
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“I don’t know if I can choose a song. I like to walk in with a clean slate, or in my case, a number two pencil and a legal pad, with a bunch a good ‘ol boys, and whether it’s Marti Frederiksen in L.A. in a basement, or it’s on Rhett Akins porch, I like to sit there and talk about the world today, what’s going on right now and get gacked on coffee and then just start from there. There’s always an idea before a song, because there’s all the years we’ve been musicians and playing, so there’s always cords we can grab from, but I really prefer to come up with a clean slate, and particularly, look at my notes that I’ve taken over the past few months about ideas and songs I’d like to, things I’d like to say in a song, that’s usually from scratch.”
STEVEN TYLER – THE FACTS
BIRTH DATE: March 26, 1948 (he’s 67)
HOMETOWN: Yonkers, New York
- Lead singer of rock icons Aerosmith.
- Inducted with Aerosmith into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.
- Nicknamed: The Demon of Screamin’.
- Former American Idol
UPCOMING COUNTRY ALBUM ON DOT RECORDS.
COUNTRY SINGLE: “Love is your Name” released in May 2015
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