I’m really sorry if this is an insensitive question, but I’m curious about how being plural affects the way you write music. Are there some alters that are better at writing lyrics than others, or better at making the soundtrack? Do they have different genres/styles at all?
like everything with DID, some stuff is shared between some alters and some stuff is wildly different. that includes preferences, capabilities, muscle memory, style, skill, etc. so yeah, some of us are better at doing some things than others and some of us write differently than others. we also can kinda tell when listening to our songs who was recording the vocal takes in that moment.
something most people probably *don't* expect is that when multiple of us are in front at the same time, sometimes we can sort of "interlock" for lack of a better word. it's kinda hard to describe because it's really a unique experience that we only started to have recently after our symptoms started to get worse and we started to become more differentiated.
for example, say Mel is playing guitar alone. she can play just fine, she can made due, but it requires a lot of focus. but say someone like Ryn is around at the same time who has a certain level of "front-compatibility" with Mel. they both can work well in tandem - or "unison", as we like to call it - and it makes it easier to play and takes less effort than if they were alone in front. this doesn't happen with every alter combination, though. for example, myself (Autumn) and Ryn actually kinda "butt heads" when it comes to how we work together, and it makes it harder to coordinate when doing a lot of things, including making music.
