I don't know if Tom would get mad at me for saying this but I am always curious about what technical difficulty will result each week. The amazing thing is that Tom is so mellow that he never sounds flustered. I'm sure that I would be no better at learning all that technical stuff needed to be on the air. I think in a couple more weeks, Tom will have delved into every possible technical miss step and he will have no more mistakes left to make.
Tonight's guest is Dan Griffin (a great Hamilton songwriter). Dan just finished giving his songwriting tip and it and went something like:
"Try and write from someone else's perspective, or a different story from your own."
I like that one. It has taken me a number of years to get to the place in my own songwriting that I'm starting to write fictional stories, but now that I have delved into this territory it has really helped my songs. Tom just said that he is going to condense Dan's tip in his own blog entry so I'll leave him to talk about it more.
Tom and Dan were also talking about country music. Dan was saying that he doesn't think you have to be from the "country" to play country (he's a suburban boy). They went on to talk about that country has come a long way from its Tennessee roots. I think it is worth noting that the sound and look of traditional old country was often city boys borrowing the look and sound of cowboys from western films. I know that some country music has its roots in rural folk music (like the original Carter Family) but most of country music's hey day was all urban. Think about Chet Atkins, the quintessential country guitar player. That guy is the foundation of so much of country music and his sound is so very urban, almost becoming jazz.
If you haven't had a chance to listen to The Forge yet, you are missing out on a great show. I have heard rumors that it might become podcast in the future. That would be really cool!
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