If a songwriter does a song for another artist, they record a demo of the song to present to the artist. That's just the instrumental and the songwriter singing the song, and it's unmastered. Example:
If someone is writing their own song, then the demo is basically the same thing: the instrumental and the singer singing the original lyrics and melody, unmastered. I can't think of an example rn but yeah.
After the demo is done and the artist has a general understanding of what the song will be, they may go back and alter lyrics, melodies, the production, work on vocal arranging, etc, and will record the final mastered version.
If a songwriter does a song for another artist, they record a demo of the song to present to the artist. That's just the instrumental and the songwriter singing the song, and it's unmastered. Example:
If someone is writing their own song, then the demo is basically the same thing: the instrumental and the singer singing the original lyrics and melody, unmastered. I can't think of an example rn but yeah.
After the demo is done and the artist has a general understanding of what the song will be, they may go back and alter lyrics, melodies, the production, work on vocal arranging, etc, and will record the final mastered version.
