From The Kinks to Kanye – 12 Artists Talk About How They Wrote Their Hits
By Don • Mar 6th, 2006 • Category: Songwriting News
This article in the UK Guardian interviews 12 (UK) artists on the origins of their hit songs.
The process runs the gamut of an individual bringing a song to the band, to complete collaborative effort by all band members (Kaiser Chiefs – I Predict a Riot).
The Kinks – “In a strange way, it ended up being more like me than if I’d actually sung it about me.”
Kaiser Chiefs – “When you play a song to other people you can tell if it’s good or bad.”
There’s more gems of inspiration in the full article. (via Digg)
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