Songfarmer™

Gary Louris talks‘Flow’ and co-writing

“a lot of songwriting is trying to get around your conscious mind and see what’s flowing” - Gary Louris of The Jayhawks

The concept of‘Flow’ to get a seed of a song growing shows up in conversations with world class songwriters. We discuss the ‘Flow’ mode - as distinct from the‘Edit’ mode in our workshops and book on songwriting hacks.

Read more about how Gary thinks about productive co-writing at the link below:

http://nodepression.com/article/blowing-embers-jayhawks%E2%80%99-gary-louris-writing-others

The Rolling Stones cover Like a Rolling Stone

How does it feel? Pretty great!

The Rolling Stones cover Bob Dylan’s ‘Like a Rolling Stone.’

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Songfarmer Spotlight: Lola & the Huntsmen

Past Songfarmer live workshop attendee Lola & The Huntsmen recently released ’Don’t Get Lonely’.

Recorded in Austin, the album features Lauren Hunt’s soulful singing backed by grooving, sturdy, and comfortable musicianship.

One song on the album “Reno” was composed with a song seed (writing prompt) generated using the Songfarmer​ App (http://app.songfarmer.com/).

What song can you get growing from the seed posted below? What would a character or characters in this place and time be doing/thinking/saying?