Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy has written hundreds of songs over his 30-year career. For some artists that would be an impossible feat, but Tweedy's cracked his own songwriting code - and he’s ready to share it.
So, it’s no surprise that eight months into the pandemic, Tweedy has a new solo album to share called “Love Is The King.”
More surprising, though, is that he’s found the time to document the creative process behind his prodigious output. In a book titled “How To Write One Song,” Tweedy lays out his own work-man like approach to songwriting. The book reveals how he comes up with melodies, lyrics, and chords and even more importantly, the inspiration and time to write.
Jeff Tweedy spoke to Malcolm Gladwell about his new book, explaining why he believes songwriting isn’t a mystical endeavor but something that can be honed with practice.
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Malcolm Gladwell is president and co-founder of Pushkin Industries. He is a journalist, a speaker, and the author of six New York Times bestsellers including The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, David and Goliath, and Talking to Strangers. He has been a staff writer for the New Yorker since 1996. He is a trustee of the Surgo Foundation and currently serves on the board of the RAND Corporation.
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