“Easy methods to Write One Music”
In June 2024, I bought to go to the Stable Sound Competition in North Adams, Massachusetts, which is organized by the band Wilco. I carried out a few of my new songs, and I bought to interview Jeff Tweedy, the lead singer of Wilco, on stage as a part of the competition. Jeff, along with being in Wilco and the band Tweedy, and placing out his solo albums, has additionally written three books. And this dialog was centered on his second e book, which is named Easy methods to Write One Music. And regardless that it’s referred to as Easy methods to Write One Music, I believe it really accommodates quite a lot of perception about creativity normally, and life normally. I’ve advisable it to associates of mine who aren’t songwriters. And, as you’ll hear, the dialog will get fairly private for me, as a result of I bought a lot out of the e book personally. It helped me with a few of the blocks that I’d been going through in my very own songwriting, at a reasonably profound stage. And after I was listening again to this recording, I’d form of forgotten about how a lot I put on the market in entrance of Jeff and the hundreds of people that have been there watching. However I’m glad the dialog was recorded, partly simply so I might revisit it, but in addition in order that I might share it right here on Music Exploder. I hope you’ll get pleasure from it, too.
You should purchase Easy methods to Write One Music by Jeff Tweedy right here (through Bookshop.org) or right here (through Amazon) or on Wilco’s web site.
You possibly can take heed to the Wilco episode of Music Exploder right here. I additionally interviewed Jeff alongside along with his son Spencer, who can also be his bandmate in Tweedy, about their relationship and musical partnership, for an episode of my podcast Companions. You possibly can take heed to that right here.
Illustration by Carlos Lerma.
For a transcript of this episode, click on right here.
George Saunders
Jill Schwartzman – Jeff’s editor
Tom Schick – Wilco producer/mixer/engineer
Mark Greenberg – studio supervisor at Wilco’s Loft
Star Wars – Wilco album
