I've always thought about songs as one of the very original forms of storytelling. I think we're hardwired for receiving message and information through song. Scientists are considering the aboriginals from Australia to be the oldest living culture, 80,000 years they're saying no. And they have a system of song lines which are oral mappings of land. So rather than drawing a map, they offer songs, strings of words and melody that help to dictate movement,. how to traverse physical space. It's a beautiful telling of how far back song goes to helping us survive.
Singer/songwriter Aloe Blacc sits down to talk about what makes a song “evergreen,” how he writes his lyrics, and the potential of machine learning in art.
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© 2022 Future of StoryTelling, Corp.
Produced by Future of StoryTelling, Corp.
124 West 13th Street
New York, NY 10011
Founder and CEO, Charles Melcher
Director, Carolyn Merriman
Assistant Producer, Madison Brown
in collaboration with Charts & Leisure
Founder, Jason Oberholtzer
Executive Producer, Mike Rugnetta
Editor, Garrett Crowe
Mix and Music, Michael Simonelli
With special thanks to Aloe Blacc, Bonnie Eldon, Meghal Janardan, Sarah Vitak, Elisabeth March, Michael Bass, and Megan Worman.