The Songwriting Process

Heidi Tveitan, head of darkly-atmospheric Star of Ash, comments on getting songs to work in their most basic form:

… all songs [on the album The Thread] were written on piano, and when I felt that it worked there, I took it further in the studio. It was important to me having the compositions work in their basic forms before I started layering, as it is so easy to get lost in the arrangements during the writing process. This way I was also more confident and had a clear vision on the songs’ expression before I brought in additional musicians. I also feel that this form of writing has allowed the material to be very melody-driven, and that is what Star of Ash is a lot about.

Source: ReGen Magazine