Rock songs are usually co-written by bands. Except it might not be considered "co-writing" but it actually is.

The city of Nashville was founded on the co-writing process and was designed that way. The "Music Row' area are a series of small and medium sized houses, medium and big buildings all next to each other. It was designed with the idea of a "neighborhood or community of songwriters, artists, publishers/labels.managers, etc.

There is very little solo writing because number one it is much more fun to write with someome else than get bogged down by yourself and you increase the odds of getting songs out there if you include other people. The majority of cuts now will be with two experienced writers working with one artist.

If you break down the actual songs that come out of there (about 250-300 a day) you will find pieces of each individual in the songs themselves.

Writing with an experienced writer gives street credibility and introduces you into the network and relationships of other writers.

Actually a pretty good way to do business. You get to know who you are working with good and bad before you have to committ to relationships. And songs are always a by product of relationships with the relationship coming first and being most important.

The same process was done with MOTOWN in the 60's, where six buildings housed the Motown machine, with one for writing the songs, one for recording them, one for dance and media instruction and publicity, one for offices and management. It was a "HIT FACTORY."

Same with the "BRILL BUILDING" in New York. Each area has their own hirearchy, history and etticate.

The BUSINESS OF MUSIC.