After listening to the track, when it was time to record the vocals, Bowie stepped up to the microphone and sang the words and melody one or two lines at a time, essentially creating the topline. The strongest parts were made into sections that would become verses and choruses. The tracks, which were the result of Visconti editing and distilling hours of the band jamming, came first. I clung to every word at the Hawaii Songwriting Festival when producer extraordinaire Tony Visconti shared David Bowie’s process of writing some of his iconic songs. Tracks are most often produced with sounds emanating from a computer or keyboard, but they can also be created with live instruments. For example, one writer might create the beats, while others compose the chord changes and instrumental sounds with the piano and guitar. Similarly, a backing track might be created by more than one writer.
In some cases, one writer might compose the verse melody while another writes the chorus melody. In many instances, multiple writers contribute to the topline, with one or more of them contributing the lyrics and others crafting the vocal melody. The topline is what you would hear if you were to mute all the instruments and background vocals except for the lead vocal track. The topline of a song can be defined as the melody and words a vocalist sings-the elements that go on “top” of the instrumental track. The only things missing are the topline-the vocal melody and the lyrics. Live guitars or computer generated guitar sounds and additional instruments might also be included. The track consists of essentially all the music that will accompany the vocal and typically includes drums and percussion, keyboards, and bass. For genres like pop, hip-hop, R&B, and EDM/dance music, in most instances, the backing track is created before the words and vocal melody.
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