Song Exploder – Jeff Tweedy: “How to Write One Song”

“ Write One Music”

In June 2024, I bought to go to the Stable Sound Pageant in North Adams, Massachusetts, which is organized by the band Wilco. I carried out a few of my new songs, and I bought to interview Jeff Tweedy, the lead singer of Wilco, on stage as a part of the pageant. Jeff, along with being in Wilco and the band Tweedy, and placing out his solo albums, has additionally written three books. And this dialog was targeted on his second e-book, which is named Write One Music. And regardless that it’s known as Write One Music, I feel it really incorporates a number of perception about creativity usually, and life usually. I’ve advisable it to pals of mine who aren’t songwriters. And, as you’ll hear, the dialog will get fairly private for me, as a result of I bought a lot out of the e-book personally. It helped me with among the blocks that I’d been going through in my very own songwriting, at a reasonably profound stage. And once I was listening again to this recording, I’d form of forgotten about how a lot I put on the market in entrance of Jeff and the 1000’s of people that have been there watching. However I’m glad the dialog was recorded, partly simply so I may revisit it, but in addition in order that I may share it right here on Music Exploder. I hope you’ll take pleasure in it, too.

You should purchase Write One Music by Jeff Tweedy right here (through Bookshop.org) or right here (through Amazon) or on Wilco’s web site.

You may hearken to the Wilco episode of Music Exploder right here. I additionally interviewed Jeff alongside along with his son Spencer, who can also be his bandmate in Tweedy, about their relationship and musical partnership, for an episode of my podcast Companions. You may hearken to that right here.

Illustration by Carlos Lerma.

George Saunders
Jill Schwartzman – Jeff’s editor
Tom Schick – Wilco producer/mixer/engineer
Mark Greenberg – studio supervisor at Wilco’s Loft
Star Wars – Wilco album