Everybody writes songs differently - some people write words first, and then write music that goes along with the words (the idea of this makes my brain hurt - I have no idea how people write songs this way).  My technique, most of the time, is to improvise on an instrument and sing nonsense ontop of it until I find something that feels right.  I build out the structure from there, and then write to the form.  But this one had a different start - music first, no vocals.  I call it a "Reversal".
In this episode we discuss:

Trying and failing to write songs about Civil War soldiers
Why it's always a good idea to fiddle with your process

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