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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!
Phantogram
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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-DJ-Pancake/dp/0316715972) . The name stood out, of course, but it took a while for me to read about Pancake's tragic backstory (www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/unearthing-breece-dj-pancake) . Then more songwriters started mentioning him in interviews, so I finally read his book, and wow. Incred...
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-DJ-Pancake/dp/0316715972) . The name stood out, of course, but it took a while for me to read about Pancake's tragic backstory (www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/unearthing-breece-dj-pancake) . Then more songwriters started mentioning him in interviews, so I finally read his book, and wow. Incred...
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Soccer Mommy
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1406782/open_sms) Tracyanne Campbell of Camera Obscura (www.camera-obscura.net) has a superpower: she's able to write entire songs in her head before putting them to paper. If Campbell gets an idea and can't write it down immediately, she'll repeat the words over and over to herself until she can grab a pen and pencil. This superpower come...
Matthew Koma of Winnetka Bowling League
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1406782/open_sms) Matthew Koma of Winnetka Bowling League (www.wbleague.com/) stops by the podcast to talk about how writing a song is like solving a crossword puzzle, why he doesn't like to dig through discarded melodic and lyrical ideas for new songs, and how he gets inspired by being among the stores. Winnetka Bowling League's debut alb...
Ashton Irwin (5 Seconds of Summer)
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1406782/open_sms) Ashton Irwin (www.ashtonirwinofficial.com) , drummer for 5 Seconds of Summer (5sos.com) , often writes songs out of necessity. While he likes to journal, Irwin finds songwriting a much more effective vehicle for maintaining his mental health. And there's a routine to the songwriting process: from 11a-3p when the caffeine ...
Mike Doughty of Soul Coughing
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Send us a text (www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1406782/open_sms) ED NOTE: This is from 2021, before this was a podcast and I was posting the video interviews to RUclips. I've taken the audio from that interview and turned it into podcast form. As you can tell at the beginning, we did this in the middle of the pandemic, hence our discussion about the creative process during COVID. Mike ...
Martin Courtney of Real Estate, the sequel
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Martin Courtney of Real Estate, the sequel
Carrrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney
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Carrrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney
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 😡🖕
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!
25:30
She's such an amazing talent, a true rockstar!
What an amazing interview! Thank you
I was compose Many composition for this band... Any respost. Apreciated.
Thank you for this channel! Love watching your videos before writing. Inspires me deeply. Keep going!
I didn't know Stanley Tucci was so into music! Haha. Nice interview, needs more views. On a lot of these topics I think it reaaaally depends on the person. For some people tough times will create great art, for others it will be the opposite and they are too depressed/whatever to be productive. Same with the hours thing, I find I'm MOST productive late at night (night owl for sure) but yeah for some people it's those early AM hours after waking. We're definitely a diverse species.
I just recently found Sarahs music. This was very interesting. Thank you