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11.12.08

Josh Belville – A post 50/90 interview interviews | (0)
Another interview. I'm finding these fascinating. In a post or two I'm gonna do a big list of all the songwriting ideas we can steal from these! Josh Belville 1. 50 songs - did you have a system for finishing? My only system for finishing was to write 50 songs by the end of September. It's a little more difficult when you're recording demos for each one -- suddenly you have to decide which song gets more work, and which song gets less. I mean, ideally each song would be given the full treatment, but sometimes you just don't have time, or the ...
11.09.08

Tim Wille – A post 50/90 interview interviews | (1)
Time Wille is, by his own admission, insane. That's certainly the only plausible explanation for the challenge he set himself for the 50/0 challenge: 'I plan to write, and record, 10 EPs, each consisting of 5 songs. Each EP will be published by a fictional musician or band, and I will attempt to immerse myself into the styles, methods and processes of these bands as I write their EP for them. I will be consciously avoiding any of my own default creativity. It's all about re-invention.' Thankfully his insanity turned to genius, and created songs like this: Download JeNome - Matter Printers 1. 63 songs? ...

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