Song Credits in Booklets

MrFeynman · Post by **MrFeynman** » 1/13/2004, 6:44 pm

In the Gravity and SM booklets the songs have either just Raine's name or everyone's names beside them, in brackets. Like this: (R. Maida) or (R. Maida/D. Coutts etc). Does this say who wrote the music for the song or is it for lyrics? But it always says Raine writes all lyrics... does that mean that he also writes most of the music (since most of the songs have just r. maida beside the title) ? The Happiness and Naveed booklets don't have this.. not sure about Clumsy since I don't own it ... So what's the deal !?

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 1/13/2004, 6:55 pm

I've often wondered this too. I know that Raine does the majority of the writing, but that when they get into the studio, they all give input.

closeyoureyes · Post by **closeyoureyes** » 1/13/2004, 7:05 pm

i think its different everywhere you look, because on some of the OLP music videos, they have r.maida, or r.maida and a.lanni, etc etc. but i do <i>know</i> that they all have input.

Dabekk · Post by **Dabekk** » 1/13/2004, 7:17 pm

well, here's what i think, in my band sometimes i'll write a song and bring it into rehersal, the other guys in the band will write they're own parts and have input on the song, but the song is still written by me, other times, in rehersal we'll just start jamming something out from scratch, or someone will have a riff and we'll turn it into a song, and on those occasions it's more correct to say that it was co-written by everyone, rather that by just one person

i assume this is what olp does.

MrFeynman · Post by **MrFeynman** » 1/13/2004, 8:24 pm

Yeah I guess that makes sense.. you'd think the other guys would have a few more ideas on the musical side of things even if they don't do any of the lyrics. I guess it's like you say and they a lot of that stuff as a group.

Post by **faninor** » 1/13/2004, 9:56 pm

Naveed just says that the music was by Raine, Mike, Chris, Jer, and Arnold.

And actually, in Clumsy's booklet:

Carnival, Shaking, Let You Down, The Story of 100 Aisles, and Car Crash are by Arnold, Raine, Mike, and Jer, and the rest were by Arnold and Raine . . . strange that Duncan isn't credited, since he had been with the band for over a year when it came out . . .

MrFeynman · Post by **MrFeynman** » 1/14/2004, 7:13 am

that is strange, also seems to show how significant lanni's contribution was.

Tattooed Angels · Post by **Tattooed Angels** » 1/14/2004, 3:26 pm

I have noticed that also. I know Raine writes the lyrics. that is a given. On the first two cd's the rest of the band was given credit for the song.s I think each would contribute some kind of note, riff, or beat for the song. On one interview I read they said Chris wrote a bass line for Starseed.

I know Raine wrote alot of songs with Arnold Lanni. It was only on the SM CD tht he really started writing on his own. I always thought that Raine wrote the lyrics, came to the band with an idea and they would work on the music together to bring the song together. I would think they would get credit then. I guess since no credit is giving Raine writes the lyrics and music and maybe the rest of the band adds their own twist on it, opinions etc. I don't know how they work it out with that. I would like to think that they all work on the songs and it isn't just Raine.

trentm32 · Post by **trentm32** » 1/15/2004, 4:19 pm

I miss Lanni

MrFeynman · Post by **MrFeynman** » 1/16/2004, 11:26 am

then again it's not like he worked wonders with Simple Plan

Joe Cooler · Post by **Joe Cooler** » 1/16/2004, 11:31 am

It would be pretty tough to work wonders with Simple Plan.

trentm32 · Post by **trentm32** » 1/16/2004, 1:34 pm

It'd take quite a bit more than a 'simple plan', that's for sure.

bovine · Post by **bovine** » 1/17/2004, 1:03 am

I don't know if this is the case with OLP, but I know that some bands will give writing credit to all members of the band on songs that are going to be released as singles even if only one or two people actually wrote the song. This way the whole band gets equal royalties as opposed to (let's say) the singer getting the vast majority and the others not getting much at all. I know, for example, that this is the case for some of Pearl Jam's material.

:::troy:::

made to heal · Post by **made to heal** » 1/17/2004, 3:14 pm

trentm32 wrote:I miss Lanni

me too

AnnieDreams · Post by **AnnieDreams** » 1/17/2004, 4:45 pm

^ don't we all?

Flea21212 · Post by **Flea21212** » 1/18/2004, 10:54 am

I think the real question here is..... why don't you own a copy of CLUMSY??

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 1/18/2004, 1:20 pm

I was wondering that as well.

Anacin02 · Post by **Anacin02** » 1/19/2004, 5:34 pm

Go buy it. Now.

MrFeynman · Post by **MrFeynman** » 1/19/2004, 8:04 pm

yes i guess I'm being cheap for not buying it.. all in due time. I do have it on my computer of course so it's not like I haven't heard the album.

thirdhour · Post by **thirdhour** » 1/19/2004, 10:30 pm

trentm32 wrote:It'd take quite a bit more than a 'simple plan', that's for sure.

hyuk hyuk, that's a knee slapper!