Article on Songwriting/ Benfolds Five

Cirrus

I've not heard a single song by the guy, but I really liked this article;

http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/ben-folds-you-sit-on-the-song-toilet-and-nothing-comes-out-1.2151604

Especially the part about technical improvements affecting how you write. Anyway, thought some here might enjoy it too.

EricTheWeary

Enjoyable.
that bit about narrative - on the BBC4 thing Brad Paisley did he said something to the effect that a country song has to have a linear narrative whereas a rock song doesn't and that's the difference between the two.

BigMonka

Thanks for the link Cirrus, I've always been a bit of a Ben Folds fan - he's a talented songwriter as well as musician

PolarityMan

Our bassist is a huge fan do ill forward it on. I didn't really find it that interesting though tbh. Not much actual content there

johnswiss

Enjoyed that, cheers, I've got a couple of his albums.