Recording Method?

[BluesKeys]

I'm currently working on a 4-min. blues-jazz demo song, using a synthesizer and guitar. I have laid down my drum track, with room for three main sections and two solo sections. Here's my idea for the layout:

INTRO (piano lick)--->MAIN1 (piano melody with various instrument acmp.)--->SOLO1 (either guitar or organ)--->MAIN2 (same as before, a little different, maybe expanding the previous main section)--->SOLO2 (either guitar or organ, whichever wasn't used in the previous solo section)--->MAIN3 (incoperating licks, etc. from other parts to close the song--->ENDING (closing piano lick)

My question is how to go about this. I'm using a digital multi-track recorder with 16 tracks to work with. Do I go in order, record the solo sections first, or what? What's the best method to make the song sound unified and complete?

Thanks in advance.

[airborne50caliber]

bah i would just do each instrument separately, the whole song. your going digital, so easy to toy around with and split up later.

[moaner]

yeah... If you were going analogue, it might be easier to do a section at a time, but the way you are, get your drum track down and then just do each instrument.

[Phototropic]

I find things get a little complicated and frustrating if you keep switching tracks and parts over, I would rather finish with what I'm doing,

e.g. I'd rather not record part of a song using guitar, then do drums and possibly go back later and record the rest, I'd rather do it all out of the way

I find it best this way, keeps it manageable and under control rather than having 4 or 5 uncompleted tracks flying around