Kathleen Edwards and Allison Moorer on Songwriting
By Don • Jun 12th, 2006 • Category: Inspiration
Both female songwriters were interviewed in the most recent Harp magazine.
Allison says:
“This is my sixth record. Most people don’t get to make six records. I’m very fortunate. I think this record reflects that for the first time. I think it’s a happy record. That’s not to say that it’s trivial. The main difference in this record as far as the writing goes is that I opened a vein on it. I’d never done that before. Part of that was due to who I was surrounded by and part of it was because I was not ready. Mainly, these lyrics sound like stuff I’d say. I didn’t filter much.” (Full Article)
Kathleen Edwards says:
“I’m still writing songs that are extremely personal on a certain level but I’m naturally moving away from that. I feel a little tired of that kind of song. The songs that I’ve written so far have nothing to do with that.” (Full Article)
Don is the founder, writer and editor of BloggingMuses.com. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
Contact Don | All posts by Don
Here's Some (Theoretically) Related Posts
A year ago in songwriting. What were we writing about in June 2006?Another month and another look back at songwriting one year ago. Can great songs be written with only two chords? That was
Tom Waits songwriting interview at Pitchfork
This was such a great interview I thought it deserved it's own page on Blogging Muses. With the release of
