Arcade Songwriting. Win Butler of the The Arcade Fire discusses songwriting with the Chicago Sun-Times.

“I just think most writers tend to have some sort of lyrical world: They use a lot of similar images and words in songs, not as an intentional thing, but just as ideas they keep coming back to,” Butler said. “A lot of times songs in the same period of time will be dealing with similar ideas and try to get at them from a different angle. I tend to not write things down too much, in terms of lyrics or melodies, so if I’m singing something in the shower and I remember it two weeks later, it’s usually a sign that it’s good.” (Link)

Songwriter Video Interviews. The Merlin Show has some great video interviews. One is with John Vanderslice, who talks music marketing in great detail. The other is with the beloved Jonathan Coulton. Many Blogging Muses readers were inspired when we mentioned his Thing-A-Week Project - writing, recording, and making one new song a week available for purchase. He gives more insight into his creative process and some of the roadblocks he had to overcome.
(John Vanderslice Link) (Jonathan Coulton Link)

Songwriting Shirts? Not really, but Threadless is running a “Spring Broke” Sale. Almost all tees are just $10 until March 12th. (Link)

Out of the mouths of babes. In one last non-songwriting related news item, this feedback from fifth-graders on what the Pledge of Allegiance means to them. As a songwriter, their words and outlook were very inspirational for me. (Link)