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T Bone Burnett: Perfection Is Second-Rate

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

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How to Write a Song for a Musical?

Lyrics are part of the narrative. So you'd write it like a poem, basically. Would you have a melody in your head? Yes,. Melody is really just codified inflection. And so the sentence has a certain melody to it. I've just made a record with sarah barellus. That's really beautiful. Ad left to yo. She's a beautiful singer, unbelievable. Her writing has become much resonant, deeper and higher. It's interesting to hear her grow through the process.

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