{"id":89306,"date":"2021-12-03T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=89306"},"modified":"2021-12-03T14:38:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T14:38:59","slug":"music-collaboration-how-to-work-on-songs-together-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/music-collaboration-how-to-work-on-songs-together-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Music collaboration \u2013 how to work on songs together (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Image Credit:\u00a0Spotify<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s the best way to write songs with collaborators? Learn how songwriters and producers work together, with advice from Charli XCX and Spotify for Artists.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As part of Spotify for Artist\u2019s Song Start<\/em> series, featuring tips for new producers <\/a>and artists, songwriters Charli XCX and Tove Lo provided some key advice about music collaboration.<\/a> When music artists join forces in songwriting sessions, beautiful things can happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music collaboration can spark some of the best songwriting results for everyone involved. There are do\u2019s and don\u2019ts to songwriting <\/a>sessions, though, to make sure you\u2019re working well together and getting the most creatively from each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve picked a few of the best tips from the Spotify for Artists video to help you work better with other musicians and producers<\/a>, and ensure happy and productive studio time for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Opposites attract<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Your collaboration partners don\u2019t necessarily have to echo your process. Tove Lo<\/a> and Charli XCX agree that their songwriting processes are very different but somehow that seems to help the results when they sit down to collaborate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t write off a potential collaborator because they have a different writing style or enjoy different music genres<\/a>. When you push each other\u2019s boundaries you’ll inspire each other to go in a new direction you\u2019d never considered \u2013 or want to make your idea the best, work harder, and end up with a better song as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What do you do if you don\u2019t like your collaborator\u2019s idea?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Be constructive. Think of ways to soften the blow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charli XCX<\/a> said when she doesn\u2019t agree with an idea in the studio she says \u201cI really love that but… what if we just add this little bit\u2026\u201d before sneakily changing the song slightly, and subsequently pointing out how much better the idea now sounds!<\/p>\n\n\n\n