Friends often ask me what Rain the Shining’s song writing process is. I guess there isn’t a simple answer other than we all piece the songs together during band practice. For a more in depth answer, read on.

Generally, I’ll start by having some type of chord and melody structure that I then use as a Madlibs style framework to hang my lyrics on. Once that part of the process is done, the pseudo-song is then put on an assembly line where factory workers, Mike (drums), Jonny (lead guitar) and Jon (bass) assess the product and consider their own parts.

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