“How one can Write One Track”
In June 2024, I bought to go to the Stable Sound Competition in North Adams, Massachusetts, which is organized by the band Wilco. I carried out a few of my new songs, and I bought to interview Jeff Tweedy, the lead singer of Wilco, on stage as a part of the competition. Jeff, along with being in Wilco and the band Tweedy, and placing out his solo albums, has additionally written three books. And this dialog was centered on his second guide, which known as How one can Write One Track. And regardless that it’s referred to as How one can Write One Track, I believe it truly accommodates a whole lot of perception about creativity normally, and life normally. I’ve really helpful it to buddies of mine who aren’t songwriters. And, as you’ll hear, the dialog will get fairly private for me, as a result of I bought a lot out of the guide personally. It helped me with a number of the blocks that I’d been dealing with in my very own songwriting, at a fairly profound degree. And once I was listening again to this recording, I’d form of forgotten about how a lot I put on the market in entrance of Jeff and the 1000’s of people that had been there watching. However I’m glad the dialog was recorded, partly simply so I might revisit it, but in addition in order that I might share it right here on Track Exploder. I hope you’ll get pleasure from it, too.
You should purchase How one can Write One Track by Jeff Tweedy right here (by way of Bookshop.org) or right here (by way of Amazon) or on Wilco’s web site.
You possibly can hearken to the Wilco episode of Track Exploder right here. I additionally interviewed Jeff alongside along with his son Spencer, who can also be his bandmate in Tweedy, about their relationship and musical partnership, for an episode of my podcast Companions. You possibly can hearken to that right here.
Illustration by Carlos Lerma.
George Saunders
Jill Schwartzman – Jeff’s editor
Tom Schick – Wilco producer/mixer/engineer
Mark Greenberg – studio supervisor at Wilco’s Loft
Star Wars – Wilco album