When me and my band get together, we write songs on the spot. For example, last Saturday we had a gig at an Easter party and we threw together a simple chord progression to start - A, E, D, D. As the song went on (while the other guitarist was playing lead), I fooled around with the chords a bit. It ended up Amaj7, E, Dmaj7, Bm7-C#m7. We kept jamming then I got my turn to improvise a lead. This was fine and everyone enjoyed the song and were really impressed when we told them it was made up on the spot.

This is great for live performances, but now we want to make a little cd, since one of our friends has a little recording studio, but we don't have any real songs. Also, I'd hate to record an improvised lead onto a cd, because it's so binding. What should I do? Sit down and write a lead to the songs we do occasionally when we practice (althogh we rarely do a song more than once)? Or just go into the studio with nothing and make it up. The excitement of fully improvised songs is cool, but I want us to sound decent, and songs improvised from the bottom up can be a bit rough around the edges...