RT interview from 2 weeks ago

[samnitzberg (Sam)]

Just found this, on a really nice website I just stumbled upon...

http://www.americansongwriter.com/2010/02/legends-richard-thompson/

[Philip W]

Very interesting. Thanks. I especially like this:

Q: When you are writing, are you consciously thinking about what the song will say?

A: No. That can stop you in your tracks—you can outmaneuver your own subconscious. You want to get to the point where it’s almost a semi-conscious or unconscious act of writing. And if you’re looking at yourself the whole time, you’ll never get to that point.

Making music, either creating it or playing it, is sort of a handshake between the two sides of the brain. The intuitive part of the brain is kind of flying, and the logical part of the brain interjects occasionally and says, “Four bars left,” or says, “key change,” or says, “F chord coming up,” or says, “What rhymes with ‘bush’?”

There's a thread running on Maartin's guest spot about how far the "logical part of the brain" is involved in making music and listening to it:  http://www.talkawhile.co.uk/yabbse/index.php?topic=34221.0

[Jan_]

Yes, that caught my eye too.

[ColinB]

Good interview. Thanks for the link. I know what he means when he says 'Your fingers fall into habits' with guitar playing.

On a RT related subject I was dismayed to see my team Hibs were beaten 5-1 by St Johnstone the other day. They've obviously improved a bit since RT recorded the concert for his 1000 Years dvd and joked that people thought the club's name was St Johnstone Nil.