“ Write One Music”
In June 2024, I received to go to the Stable Sound Pageant 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 ebook, which is known as Write One Music. And although it’s known as Write One Music, I feel it really incorporates quite a lot of perception about creativity normally, and life normally. I’ve advisable it to mates 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 a few of the blocks that I’d been going through in my very own songwriting, at a fairly profound stage. And once I was listening again to this recording, I’d sort 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. However I’m glad the dialog was recorded, partly simply so I might revisit it, but additionally in order that I might share it right here on Music Exploder. I hope you’ll get pleasure from it, too.
You should buy Write One Music by Jeff Tweedy right here (by way of Bookshop.org) or right here (by way of Amazon) or on Wilco’s web site.
You possibly can hearken to the Wilco episode of Music Exploder right here. I additionally interviewed Jeff alongside together 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 hearken to that right here.
Illustration by Carlos Lerma.
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
