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Songwriters on Process
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Songwriters on Process began in 2010 and features close to 200 interviews with songwriters strictly about the songwriting process. That's it. I don't care about their favorite tour story, favorite food, favorite city, or anything like that. You can find that elsewhere.
My goal has always been to treat songwriters the same way that we treat writers such as novelists, poets, short story writers, and essayists: as writers, plain and simple. I have a PhD in English Language and Literature and am a writer myself, so this subject has always interested me.
Until March 2020, all of my interviews were transcribed; that's where you'll find most of them (www.songwritersonprocess.com/). But since then, I've started doing video versions, which is what you see here. Most of my interviews are in written version on my site.
Thanks for reading and watching!
My goal has always been to treat songwriters the same way that we treat writers such as novelists, poets, short story writers, and essayists: as writers, plain and simple. I have a PhD in English Language and Literature and am a writer myself, so this subject has always interested me.
Until March 2020, all of my interviews were transcribed; that's where you'll find most of them (www.songwritersonprocess.com/). But since then, I've started doing video versions, which is what you see here. Most of my interviews are in written version on my site.
Thanks for reading and watching!
Cecilia Castleman
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If you see Cecilia Castleman (www.ceciliacastlemanofficial.com) browsing the paint aisle at Home Depot, she’s probably not looking for paint. She’s looking for song ideas. Castleman finds inspiration everywhere, but paint names, she says, are particularly rich sources for song ideas and lyrics. And as you’ll hear, baking cakes and looking at old houses are great sources too.
It took me about ten seconds-the first notes of the opening guitar riff-of listening to the opening track “It’s Alright” (ruclips.net/video/vLb3iCFnQUs/видео.html) to realize I was going nowhere for the next 48 minutes. This album is good. I mea...
If you see Cecilia Castleman (www.ceciliacastlemanofficial.com) browsing the paint aisle at Home Depot, she’s probably not looking for paint. She’s looking for song ideas. Castleman finds inspiration everywhere, but paint names, she says, are particularly rich sources for song ideas and lyrics. And as you’ll hear, baking cakes and looking at old houses are great sources too.
It took me about ten seconds-the first notes of the opening guitar riff-of listening to the opening track “It’s Alright” (ruclips.net/video/vLb3iCFnQUs/видео.html) to realize I was going nowhere for the next 48 minutes. This album is good. I mea...
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Larkin Poe
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1406782/open_sms) Rebecca and Megan Lovell, the GRAMMY-winning (www.grammy.com/artists/larkin-poe/252114) sisters who compose Larkin Poe (www.larkinpoe.com) , call themselves “serial idea keepers.” This means they don’t write every day. Instead, “we pull back on ideas until we are ready to write,” they say. This seasonal writing, as they a...
Flipturn
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1406782/open_sms) Flipturn's (flipturn.band/?srsltid=AfmBOopTcYOR0QTfCMK0nbfX0xQw4JUvuPZpfZUsS8UXeSL3lxW_84v-) Tristan Duncan (guitar), Devon VonBalson (drums), and Dillon Basse (vocals) join the pod and go deep into their creative processes. We talk about, among other things, why certain times of day are better for writing, how exercise i...
Phil and Tim Hanseroth (The Hanseroth Twins)
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1406782/open_sms) Is Vera (hanserothtwins.lnk.to/Vera) , the debut album by Phil and Tim Hanseroth (The Hanseroth Twins (www.thehanserothtwins.com) ), really a debut? After all, they've won three GRAMMYs and have been nominated seven more times for their songwriting collaboration with Brandi Carlile. (They're the twins who flank her in con...
Phantogram
Просмотров 492 месяца назад
Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1406782/open_sms) The last time I interviewed (www.songwritersonprocess.com/blog/2010/09/16/josh-carter-phantogram) Josh Carter of Phantogram (www.phantogram.com) was in 2010, before this site was even a podcast. It was one of the first interviews I ever did, and Carter mentioned the author Breece D'J Pancake (www.amazon.com/Stories-Breece...
Soccer Mommy
Просмотров 322 месяца назад
Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1406782/open_sms) Whenever Sophie Allison (aka Soccer Mommy (soccermommyband.com) ) puts something out, I know I'll like it. Her new album Evergreen (bodega.lomavistarecordings.com/collections/soccer-mommy?_gl=1*nil185*_ga*OTAwNjM2NDcwLjE3Mjk4NzU1Mzk.*_ga_F3CN4K531B*MTcyOTg3NTU0Mi4xLjAuMTcyOTg3NTU0Mi4wLjAuMA..) is no exception. We take a d...
Conor Deegan III of Fontaines D.C.
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1406782/open_sms) Ed note: Here's my 2022 podcast (www.songwritersonpodcast.com/episodes/grian-chatten-of-fontaines-dc) episode with Fontaines D.C. singer Grian Chatten. Unfortunately, I stopped recording before Conor Deegan (Deego) and I started reading poetry to each other. But that should give you a sense of how deep I went into the cre...
Hello Mary
Просмотров 593 месяца назад
Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1406782/open_sms) Hello Mary (www.hellomaryband.com) on the pod today! Stella Wave, Helena Straight, and Mikaela Oppenheimer released their debut album in 2020, when Wave was 19 and Oppenheimer and Straight were 16. The band talks about their collective and individual writing processes, and we also discussed our shared love for the novelis...
Mike Einziger of Incubus
Просмотров 253 месяца назад
Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1406782/open_sms) "Bravery is underrated when it comes to art," Mike Einziger, guitarist and songwriter for Incbus (www.incubushq.com) , told me. In other words, don't be afraid to write the bad stuff. (I'd listen to a guy whose band has sold 23 million records.) As you'll hear on this episode, Einziger's intellectual curiosity runs deep, ...
Jake Duzsik of HEALTH
Просмотров 474 месяца назад
Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1406782/open_sms) Here's a sampling of the authors and artists that Jake Duzsik of HEALTH (www.youwillloveeachother.com) mentioned in our conversation: Pascal, T.S. Eliot, William Blake, Vonnegut, Joan Didion, Truman Capote, Oscar Wilde, Thomas Pynchon, Camus, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Cormac McCarthy. And somewhere along the lines, we discu...
Pete Yorn
Просмотров 504 месяца назад
Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1406782/open_sms) Does writer's block really exist? Or is it just a reluctance to write the bad stuff? The writer Anthony Doerr once told me that writer's block is just "a failure of courage." Pete Yorn (www.peteyorn.com) tends to agree. On this episode of the podcast, Yorn and I talk about the myth of writer's block, why you should always...
Jacob Slater of Wunderhorse
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1406782/open_sms) Wunderhorse (wunderhorseband.com) is why you should always get to the show early to see the support act. I was introduced to Jacob Slater's band when I saw them open for Fontaines D.C. (here's my podcast (www.songwritersonpodcast.com/episodes/grian-chatten-of-fontaines-dc) with Grian Chatten of Fontaines) at a small club ...
Kevin Barnes (of Montreal) and Kishi Bashi
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1406782/open_sms) It’s always fun to interview two songwriters who have a history together! Before his solo career, Kishi Bashi (www.kishibashi.com/) was a member of Kevin Barnes’ band of Montreal (www.ofmontreal.net/) . Kishi Bashi’s new album Kantos (kishibashi.lnk.to/kantos) is out now on Joyful Noise Recordings (www.joyfulnoiserecordin...
Magdalena Bay
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1406782/open_sms) Mica Tenenbaum and Matt Lewin of Magdalena Bay (imaginaldisk.world) love hybrid cars. While I’m sure they appreciate the environmental benefits, it’s the humming sound the cars make that the duo finds inspiring. In fact, they find inspiration in everything around them, visually and sonically-even the act of Swiffering, as...
Eva Hendricks of Charly Bliss
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1406782/open_sms) "I'm always writing and always creating. I relate to the world by writing," Eva Hendricks of Charly Bliss (charlybliss.os.fan) told me on the podcast. Besides songwriting, she's written a YA novel and is a big journaler. Heck, Hendricks even gets inspired while she's hanging laundry! And when those songs are close to frui...
Tracyanne Campbell of Camera Obscura
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Tracyanne Campbell of Camera Obscura
Matthew Koma of Winnetka Bowling League
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Matthew Koma of Winnetka Bowling League
Martin Courtney of Real Estate, the sequel
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Martin Courtney of Real Estate, the sequel
Love Rebecca and Megan. Great talents and exceptionally well spoken and honest
These guys are amazing. Don't sleep on them.
Thank you!
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I absolutely loved this, really interesting, will listen to more eps
3:44 very true and that's why I'm often so turned off by a lot of modern music.
I got to know Wunderhorse after seeing them open for Fontaines too! Terrific band!
Tracyanne is such a talent and just amazing! ♥
I want Rick beato x Jacob slater
Collab of the century right there
Reach out to Rick via e-mail!!! Seriously, let's make it happen. I already did, I suggested he give Wunderhorse a listen, be I think he (understandably) either didn't see the e-mail or just wasn't interested. I think Wunderhorse would work brilliantly with the kind of content and the message about music that Rick has been putting out for years now. So please, help spread the message about this band. The world needs to hear them.
@@rockfanbase6890 Rick doesn’t listen to what people recommend him bc he finds that it’s probs not what the majority listen to. He’s explicitly said it in vids
Great interview cheers! What else can I say other than this is a very talented band, they are all very competent musicians, but to top it off, Jacob is a great lyricist too. I think, if all works out, the future looks bright for Wunderhorse :)
Tim Kasher’s the goat.
Martin is adorable. Thx for the interview!
The interview with McCauley & O'Neil of Deer Tick is fantastic! Who knew laundry and other household chores could lead to such creativity?
Oh, it’s a job. And Craig is a CEO.
Great insight, thank you 😊
i love u debbie
Wonderful! Love this band love the new album…
love this interview! thanks for talking to so many interesting artists.
That writing alone quote itself could fill a 50 minute podcast, with all the nested ideas you could examine. That voice itself could be thought of an amalgamation of what others have told you over the years, part of a much broader synthesis on shared human knowledge and thoughts. It's no accident he had that profound thought as a vivid reader and shelves full of books! Great interview, thank you for your work.
Oh what a suprising end! A pity. - Can anyone tell me Eric's favorite book because I didn't quite get it. "The source" by...?
Rogets thesaurus I think!!
@@KarenBartlett-h4oThank you! 🙏🏻
I had to laugh at the interviewer's comments on the number of pens, colors, favorites... I don't write many songs but I currently have 10 different colors and two types of pens at my desk with my little notebook, just waiting for me to write in it. Whether I'm brainstorming ideas, organizing my day, or doodling nonsensical shapes, I could not get through my workday without my pen and paper (or my laptop ha ha) Great interview with a great artist! Looking forward to hearing what writings Britt Daniel shares with the world next!
This is a really great interview
Thank you!
The interview I’ve been waiting for, thank you 🙏
Alex was my bass teacher in 1986, it was awesome
Adore this band and also - what a fantastic interviewer! Well-read and well-spoken, solid engagement. Thanks guys!
i loved this so much
I don't write music but I write comedy and it's really cool to me hearing how musicians get ideas from stimuli around them because I absolutely do that with comedy.
Stu saying he hasint written much unfathomable 😅 KG and LW time era BF 3000 six months after this Onmnium Gatherum and Made in Timeland just over a year from this time period Then ice Death Planets Laminated Denim and Changes, which we know Changes was written over a five year time frame since 2017
I may have a book title for ya.
She opened for Ray Lamontagne last night and she was amazing!
these 2 sound brain dead
The guy literally wrote a song on the stage. Total improv. He's got a ton of songs that have never made a record. ruclips.net/video/ODGkncG1IJ4/видео.html
So you have a boyfriend? That's cool the reason your in my life is to help me catch these cocksuckers.. HOOK in the Mouth a HOOK. Thank you Lauren Mayberry take care sweetheart 😊🙏🖐️
I've got so many people on hooks and they don't even know I'm on to them... It's so funny when it's time to reel them in they it to late for them to get off the Hook 😂 A Bro 😡🖕
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i love her so much. i hope to be able to articulate what i want to communicate as well as she does someday
Glad you did this. The likes don’t do it Justice. Keep it up. 🎉
I love that she has the same sorts of thoughts about stationery that always make me feel weird.
For me as a poet, this conversion was priceless. Thank you very much
stuart
hi, where is the rest pof the interview? thanks!
great interview - as a fan of chvrches' music, it was awesome to get Lauren's thoughts on the songwriting process. the common theme that seemed to emerge was that a large part of songwriting happens while not sitting at a notebook or instrument, both in the immediate term (having something to occupy the conscious mind to "free" the subconsious mind creatively), and the longer term ("putting in the work"). and absolutely agree: the right pens and notebooks are essentials :p
I love this podcast / video series. This one was extremely inspiring. One of my favorite episodes so far. I stumbled on these on my way to perform at a songwriter festival. I've been listening to the interviews and checking out their records mentioned from the post for inspiration. Amazing stuff! Thank you for these interviews. They've been a great road companion this tour.
So glad to stumble upon your channel Ben, this is EXACTLY the type of interview I want to see with my favorite artists. The whole process of writing is equally as fascinating as the music itself for me
His songs have an unbelievable range of styles and themes. Genius.
Way late to the party on this one but this was a really insightful interview, thanks for this!
Mike's journaling process reverberates with me. I love keeping my notes on index cards then sort them by subject in an old card catalogue box. Love your channel and Doughty so!
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She's such an amazing talent, a true rockstar!
What an amazing interview! Thank you