“How to Write One Song”
In June 2024, I received to go to the Solid Sound Festival in North Adams, Massachusetts, which is organized by the band Wilco. I carried out a few of my new songs, and I received to interview Jeff Tweedy, the lead singer of Wilco, on stage as a part of the pageant. 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 book, which is called How to Write One Song. And though it’s known as How to Write One Song, I feel it truly incorporates a number of perception about creativity typically, and life typically. 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 received a lot out of the ebook personally. It helped me with among the blocks that I’d been going through in my very own songwriting, at a fairly profound degree. And once 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 1000’s of people that have been there watching. But I’m glad the dialog was recorded, partly simply so I may revisit it, but in addition in order that I may share it right here on Song Exploder. I hope you’ll take pleasure in it, too.
You should buy How to Write One Song by Jeff Tweedy here (via Bookshop.org) or here (via Amazon) or on Wilco’s website.
You can take heed to the Wilco episode of Song Exploder 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 Partners. You can listen to that here.
Illustration by Carlos Lerma.
For a transcript of this episode, click 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
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