Who writes the songs and the music?
Jim and Alison Shaw are responsible for the composition of the music and lyrics. Alison has been frequently asked about this topic in interviews. Included below are some of her statements regarding this subject. “The music comes first – Jim will start something and play it to me, and I sometimes get an idea straight away. You’ll get a thought, and it might seem a bit nonsensical, but you use it as a starting point, work around it.” “Usually, Jim and I work on things in the studio together. We’ve always had recording equipment in our home. We’ve often developed things on our own, then brought it to the group before we play it live.” “Jim has his own ideas. He usually comes up with the musical parts of songs, unless someone else comes up with something that he can’t deny is good. And then he’ll accept it. If he thinks you’ve done something very good, he’ll certainly incorporate it. But if not, it’s got to be what he wants.” “If it’s an acoustic piece, often we’ll start out with just the
