There are people who are just like you out there. Most importantly, make something that you think sounds awesome, or find hilarious or beautiful, because your taste is not so weird that no one likes what you like. I’ve never really claimed my title as creator of the multi -layered video, but I know I’d never seen one before I did it. My best advice is to do something new, something you haven’t seen yet. What advice do you have for those trying to get as many hits as you did via YouTube? “God Only Knows” – Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys. What do you consider the perfect song (written by someone else)? I’m also quite fond of Jack and Nataly of Pomplamoose, Katie Costello, Chad Vaccarino and Ian Axel, all of whom deserve to make Rihanna’s salary. My best friend Lauren O’Connell writes these beautiful, haunting songs, and I first witnessed Greg Holden’s songwriting prowess when we toured England together in 2009. I’m lucky enough to be friends with an amazing talent pool. Who’s an underrated songwriter in your opinion?Īll of my friends. It’s amazing to share that moment with people, but I’m not a huge fan of crying in front of people. I think it’s one of the best and worst things about writing from personal experience, you re-live those moments every time you play the song and you can see people re-living their own moments that made them relate to the song in the first place. Some times it’s really hard to get through “First Impressions” at shows because I can see the audience and there are people who are clearly feeling what I felt when I wrote it. What’s a song of yours that’s really touched people? I realized when I got to the end of the chapter that I had no idea what I’d just read, but I had a verse and chorus of a song to run and write down. One of the songs that is on the album, “Fair Weather,” was written while I was reading. I usually write songs in one go, no revisions. Lot’s of times I’m just doing the dishes and by the third plate I’m lost in a melody and blurting out thoughts in rhythm. What’s your typical approach to songwriting? Do you revise a lot, or do you like to write automatically? ![]() I’ve never used it in a song, but its time will come. ![]() If one more auto-tuned voice tells me to put my hands up and I’m not a hostage of a Ke$ha bank robbery, I’ll freak out. ![]() “Nothing’s That Great”: “I thought I had grown, become more mature, but now I am sure that I’m as dumb as I ever was” is my favorite line, it’s not even that hard to narrow it down… is that bad? I just feel like we’re constantly looking back at our previous blunders trying to convince ourselves that we’re smarter now and would never make that mistake again, but most of the time history repeats itself, even if that history was a week ago. What’s a lyric on the album you’re especially proud of? So I’m especially proud to have written one. If California Girls and American Idiots get anthems, voluntary insomniacs should too. “Stay Awake” is my anthem for all the people who stay up late for absolutely no reason, but during the hours of 1:00am and 5:00am everything they’re doing seems really important. What’s a song on the new album your particularly proud of, and why? I wasn’t awesome, but it was better than “Mexican Restaurant.” ![]() At 14 I wrote a song called “I’m sorry” where the rhyme scheme was A A A A… every single line rhymed with “ite” so, right, might, night, fight, light, etc. Once I was left to my own devices I think my songs improved at least a little. The first song I ever wrote was when I was in a ska band at age 13 and I don’t really count it because it was a group effort and about a Mexican restaurant.
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