I'm sure many of yall have aspirations of forming a band and creating music. But Sometimes I wonder how the "creative" process works ? How do professional bands write their music, how do they write lyrics to a song, and how do they arrange all the musical pieces with it. How do they blend all the elements, after for eg. writing down a chorus and creating a sample ? I am a songwriter in my band, and I'm also The DJ/ Emcee and i Draw inspiration from Mike Shinoda as an artist, coz I think creativity "is" the coolest thing about LP. But I listen to a lot of Maroon 5, P.O.D, Eminem. (i'm sure you ain't gonna find any simlarities in those artists ... But sometimes I come out with some real heartfelt lyrics and I think of the basic texture of how the song seems like. I think of the melody too, but since Im not a singer (at all)......I can't convey this to my bandmates and moreoften than not, they'll be like " what the hell ? ......... I was wonderin if you guys could tell me about any sites you know , or forums which helps amateur bands as in....something that can show how the music creation is done ? ..What programs are used in creating samples ? ...etc Also Tell us about you guys create music in your bands ( if you have one that is ) Thanks