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this is my favorite live performance video on youtube. something about the perfect harmony, insane reverb, brilliant songwriting, and very fly-on-the-wall camera setup completely makes me feel the magic that was captured in this room. canāt recommend enough.
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who wouldnāt pick this one? obviously āirisā in the rain is the real standout but iām also partial to ānameā
but seriously again i remember seeing that āirisā video on youtube and getting emotionalā¦ so good
Oct 15, 2024
Really beautiful performance featuring analog synths, flowers, recordings of birds, cheap $2 record machine microphones and the beautiful musicality of one of Gen X's greatest and oddest songwriters.
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Dec 23, 2024
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thereās this band called Big Star that started releasing records in 1971 that capture an indie rock/folk sound i think more clearly than any artist had before, but had no real success while they were first active in the 70s.
their sound was so undeniable that we start to see a new generation of musicians that discover the band and create music inspired by it with much greater success, an inspiration that can be undoubtedly heard in these musiciansā writing.
my favorites of these Big Star Influenced artists:
Elliott Smith (and thru him, phoebe bridgers)
The Replacements
R.E.M
Wilco
Teenage Fanclub
Jeff Buckley
(and many more)
Sep 30, 2024
such a hauntingly beautiful record ā will forever be associated with big life changes and with fall
Sep 30, 2024
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hi there! funnily enough I also go to school for songwriting (kinda, I'm a music production major but I'm in songwriting class with all of the songwriting majors and have been writing for a long time as well). if there was one text I'd recommend for working on your songwriting and lyric building process it'd be the exercises in the book "How to Write One Song" by Jeff Tweedy. he basically just shows you how to jumble up your current way of thinking about writing and finding new ways to put words together that you never thought you could do.
P.S. your line about wanting to creating lyrics that move people is very relatable and I understand that want very much and know you probably already are moving people and that as much as we want to be able to write like our heroes as soon as possible, our own just as powerful sound will come eventually with slow and hard work. I'm sure you know this but I thought I would say.
feel free to message me if you'd like to talk songwriting moreāhappy writing!
Oct 1, 2024