“The right way to Write One Track”
In June 2024, I acquired to go to the Strong Sound Pageant in North Adams, Massachusetts, which is organized by the band Wilco. I carried out a few of my new songs, and I acquired to interview Jeff Tweedy, the lead singer of Wilco, on stage as a part of the pageant. 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 targeted on his second e book, which known as The right way to Write One Track. And despite the fact that it’s referred to as The right way to Write One Track, I feel it truly comprises numerous perception about creativity generally, and life generally. I’ve really useful it to mates of mine who aren’t songwriters. And, as you’ll hear, the dialog will get fairly private for me, as a result of I acquired a lot out of the e book personally. It helped me with a few of the blocks that I’d been dealing with in my very own songwriting, at a fairly profound degree. And after 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 hundreds of people that have been there watching. However I’m glad the dialog was recorded, partly simply so I might revisit it, but additionally in order that I might share it right here on Track Exploder. I hope you’ll get pleasure from it, too.
You should buy The right way to 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 may take heed to the Wilco episode of Track Exploder right here. I additionally interviewed Jeff alongside together 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 may take heed 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