Post by rockinronnie on Mar 2, 2014 14:52:41 GMT
During Status Quo's live session on The Ken Bruce Show of 9th September
2005, Sold On Song caught up with Francis Rossi to chat with him about
songwriting ...
Question: What instruments do you use to write
your songs? You're famous for playing a Fender Telecaster - do you use this for
songwriting as well?
Answer: I sometimes use an acoustic - it depends.
If I diddly on Fender it's during practice. I practice about two hours a day, in
the evening. If I find any riffs I put them down on cassette. When I get into
writing mode I'll use the piano or try an acoustic . The songs come out
differently when sitting down and strumming on the acoustic then you would if
you use a piano. Most of the time I'll stick to electric
though.
Question: Do you still get your songwriting inspirations in the
strangest of places, or is it more 9 to 5 now?
Answer: it very rarely
happens to me when I'm on the road. It usually happens when i'm diddling or
practicing. For some reason the pieces I write on the piano stay in my head. I
don't have to record it. If I write on an acoustic or electric guitar, I have to
put them down on tape. Quite often it's the mood that you capture, so I have to
put it down. Even the following morning, that "little something" might have been
lost www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/paperplane.sh tml
2005, Sold On Song caught up with Francis Rossi to chat with him about
songwriting ...
Question: What instruments do you use to write
your songs? You're famous for playing a Fender Telecaster - do you use this for
songwriting as well?
Answer: I sometimes use an acoustic - it depends.
If I diddly on Fender it's during practice. I practice about two hours a day, in
the evening. If I find any riffs I put them down on cassette. When I get into
writing mode I'll use the piano or try an acoustic . The songs come out
differently when sitting down and strumming on the acoustic then you would if
you use a piano. Most of the time I'll stick to electric
though.
Question: Do you still get your songwriting inspirations in the
strangest of places, or is it more 9 to 5 now?
Answer: it very rarely
happens to me when I'm on the road. It usually happens when i'm diddling or
practicing. For some reason the pieces I write on the piano stay in my head. I
don't have to record it. If I write on an acoustic or electric guitar, I have to
put them down on tape. Quite often it's the mood that you capture, so I have to
put it down. Even the following morning, that "little something" might have been
lost www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/paperplane.sh tml