IRON MAIDEN’s STEVE HARRIS Talks Songwriting – “If You See A Credit With Just My Name On It, That Means I Write Absolutely Everything”
May 11, 2016, 8 years ago
Seymour Duncan caught up with Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris about the being the band’s main songwriter.
Harris said, “If you see a credit with just my name on it, that means I write absolutely everything. Rhythm guitar parts, guitar melodies, vocal melodies, absolutely everything really. The only thing I don’t write is the guitar solos but even then I might suggest one or two things.”
Asked if it was really liberating as a composer to have three guitars on the strange, Harris replied, “Yeah. There were things we’d done before where we did layer up the guitars so it meant we could do full melodies, harmonies and rhythms like we’d recorded. And it does help when you’re writing stuff because you can bear that in mind as well. But I think the early stuff that we played with two guitars, you don’t really miss the other bits too much but when you add them in it does make the band sound bigger and better.”
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