Mary Gauthier
Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
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How to Write a Song for Veterans and Spouses
Until I started working with songwriting with soldiers, I didn't know anyone who served in Afghanistan or Iraq. My dad served in Korea but we never ever heard a word about his service. The first retreat I did was all women, all female soldiers. And as they spoke I just typed it into my laptop and learned right away that at some point a title, a song title is going to pop out of their mouth and just put that on the top of the page"
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