Liz Phair's Soberish
Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
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The Importance of Endings in Songs
I'm a big believer in endings. I really want to arrive somewhere with something to take home with me, some kind of wisdom or something. So the arc of things where they start, where they land is very important to me. My memory is filled with blank months where I don't remember a thing, but I hold on to vivid moments almost like a capture. It's as if my brain has decided, has elected to let go of most everything that doesn't spike very high or spike very low. Do you always have those moments in songs too? Like because every song have an emotional insight or something, I'm thinking it was song like a good side. Which has a great lead
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