Lake Street Dive

[Tom22]

Really Great and very long video on the Song Writing process by Lake Street Dive.

I'll admit i've only got through the first song and 20 minutes but I don't think i've ever seen musicians really touch on their process like this.

In the first segment Michael Olson discusses how he was inspired (he uses the word "ripped off" from Paul McCartney's "Gotta get you out of my life" but then goes on to explain how it is derivative and how almost all songs "rip things off". IMO after listening it was more a matter of being inpsired than "ripping off".... but very interesting to hear.. and that's just a starting place. Rachel talks about how even after Michael wrote the song, she felt it didn't really take form as their song until they arranged it together.

Also Mike Olson discusses the lyrics and how it's both about a love story and a song about drinking at the same time.

He says that Paul McCartney said flat out that Gotta Get you Outa my life was all about smoking pot (but Michael called him a liar on that haha.. and Midnight.. lol you might want to reinterpret the McCartney lyrics)



I'll give more synopsis of the other members of the group talk about songs they wrote as I take the time to listen to their portions of the nearly 2 hour lecture/symposium separately.