Comments on: Songs Need Rust

By: The Flying Change: Pain Is A Reliable Signal Coming Soon!

The Flying Change: Pain Is A Reliable Signal Coming Soon! — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:24:17 +0000

[...] felt like what I was trying to say and kind of what I referenced when I wrote that songs need rust. Stan said it better than me though. Read the whole email after the jump. If you don’t [...]

By: The Flying Change: Pain Is A Reliable Signal Coming Soon!

The Flying Change: Pain Is A Reliable Signal Coming Soon! — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:19:19 +0000

[...] “See Something” we did “Broken Bow”. This is a good song. I’ve written about it in the past and I stand by what I’ve written. It’s a good song. I am very confident of that. [...]

By: theflyingchange

theflyingchange — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:45:12 +0000

That's it. It's not 'writing' at all. The antenna is a great metaphor.
There's a great scene in the Tom Petty doc by Bogdanovich where Roger
McGuinn is marveling at how Petty seems to pluck melody from the clouds and
the atmosphere. It's probably this formed combination of genetics and
musical exposure - a sort of musical forms and musical conventions that you
grow up with and that ultimately inform how you think about constructing
melodies. Thanks for the comment, Jay.

By: Jay Scar

Jay Scar — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:20:28 +0000

I agree; to me, it does feel more like channeling than 'writing'. I find it amazing when you sit down, and a song just flows out, fully formed. I remember hearing Joe Perry say it's like putting an antenna up, and just receiving these ideas from the ether. I've always thought that was spot on.

By: theflyingchange

theflyingchange — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:45:12 +0000

By: Jay Scar

Jay Scar — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:20:28 +0000

By: theflyingchange

theflyingchange — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:25:09 +0000

I find it strange how an idea can grow from feeling flimsy to feeling stout
and strong. To a point where you can begin toying with it at the margins
and it can still retain its essence, so to speak.
One other comment: calling it writing always seems like a misnomer to me.
At least for music. It feels more like channeling. Or puzzle completing.
Or evoking. Or something.

By: Just Jude

Just Jude — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:21:42 +0000

Good analogies. Writing is the cathartic stages of moment-to-moment being. As we grow and change over those moments, so the branches of the tree grow and spread their branches. I guess the tree is you, which tells me you are alive. That's a great thing.