I’ve done songwriting sessions with Tom Kimmel in which he used MasterWriter, and I saw it in action there and learned some tips about how we could use it better. Roger: Since then, several of my heroes like Tom Kimmel, who is one of my favorite songwriters, is also a user of MasterWriter. MasterWriter has been very useful to take those ideas out of the sketchbook and start putting them together into song form. That’s always with me regardless of what other technology I might use. Anytime I see anything of interest, something that catches me, a turn of phrase or something like that, ideas come to me, it gets jotted down in that sketchbook. My previous method is (and I still use this method quite a bit, because I’m a songwriter but also an artist, so I always have with me a small sketchbook). Had you thought about using software like this before Paul suggested it? So we have used it on, oh gosh, the last 30 or so songs that Dan and I have collaborated on.
Now I have just gotten the upgrade to MasterWriter 2.
When I got back home I downloaded it to my laptop and have been using it ever since. So I didn’t use it at Song Camp, just saw a demo of it. It was Paul who suggested and actually had a great discount price that particular year for MasterWriter. 2 years ago Dan and I were at Blue Ridge Song Camp which was being led by Paul Riesler. That started about 2 years ago, and you’ve said you like the method of it but you also like the library. You’ve told me before that you use MasterWriter in your songwriting process. They have graciously agreed to talk with us about their writing process from conception to performance and offer us some tips and techniques to make writing easier. Together they have penned such amazing work as Fill a Cup and Hold on to Love. Roger Tomhave of New Day and Dan Johnson from Soulpajamas are co-writers and friends that make up a pretty amazing duo.