The idea of zooming up and out from anything is only a hundred year old phenomenon. Up until the age of flight, humanity was limited to whatever hill or mountain you could climb to get the best view of your surroundings. No window seats. No snapping selfies and sunsets at thirty thousand feet. Yet in the area of songwriting and the creative process, perspective can seem elusive.
Read MoreIn the past, we bought albums for the experience of entering into the world that our favorite artist created, consuming it from beginning to end. But with our social media attention spans, an album is like a novel you only read on vacations. As songwriters, I think we still have the album mindset.
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