I'm always amazed at how far, deep and wide your musical sleuthing takes you.
I wonder if you get much time to sleep between mothering, working, wifeing, writing, rehearsing, playing, cooking etc... on and on.
You reference so many hard-to-find quotes and facts and interviews and books and there's no team of researchers sitting behind you. Just Loene at a table late at night when everyone else who needs your time has gone to sleep. Joining the dots and making those connections.
You hold the answer to our energy crisis in a calm cool beautiful package.
Your kind and lovely encouragement really spurs me on Laurie! I really love to be considered a musical sleuth, if I had a business card, I think this is what I would use as a personal descriptor... xxx
When you know that a song like Hallelujah gets rejected by a record company, it shows how tough it is to get originals covered by other artists unless it is a cowrite ot they are paying you to write for them. I had dreams for some of my songs to be covered by artists I was inspired by. While it must have been really hard to get people to listen to tapes back in the day, the ease with which people can record today, must make it almost impossible for most people to get heard outside of TV competitions or serendipity. Social media blows me away with the number of immensely talented people there are around the world. The opportunities to be seen or heard must be inversely proportional to the number of people performing online.
Absolutely! I used to post CDs off with songs I’d written that I thought would suit somebody else and never heard a word in response either! I think it’s a ‘who you know’ world.
I so love hearing a cover song, chosen by the artist who performs it .. in their own way👌
And ! … I still so Love, ‘Nashville High’ 🎵
I think it will always & has always been my very favourite song of Your’s, Lo 👍 Ever since the first listen, when you first released it .. It’s beautiful & unique .. filled with feelings, depth, & I have never heard anything quite like it ..
It still gives me those ‘goosebumpy, skin tingling, little hairs upright on arms, feeling .. in a sweet musical way 👍 Xx
Hi there! It’s been a pleasure to read your posts here on Substack, and, after getting to read about/watch your music video with footage from your former band shot in the 90s, I was really happy to read this post right after reading Questlove’s thoughts about how you can keep yourself creative while recreating other people’s work when facing something like a writer’s block (this book of his, “Creative Quest”, is amazing). Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us and I’ll definitely listen to your albums, and the Mick Harvey one with your song too!
Ah that's so interesting, thank you Rodrigo! I hadn't heard of it and will definitely have to get a copy - Questlove is brilliant, love him. Thanks for reading and your lovely message.
Another great installment Lo.
I'm always amazed at how far, deep and wide your musical sleuthing takes you.
I wonder if you get much time to sleep between mothering, working, wifeing, writing, rehearsing, playing, cooking etc... on and on.
You reference so many hard-to-find quotes and facts and interviews and books and there's no team of researchers sitting behind you. Just Loene at a table late at night when everyone else who needs your time has gone to sleep. Joining the dots and making those connections.
You hold the answer to our energy crisis in a calm cool beautiful package.
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Your kind and lovely encouragement really spurs me on Laurie! I really love to be considered a musical sleuth, if I had a business card, I think this is what I would use as a personal descriptor... xxx
When you know that a song like Hallelujah gets rejected by a record company, it shows how tough it is to get originals covered by other artists unless it is a cowrite ot they are paying you to write for them. I had dreams for some of my songs to be covered by artists I was inspired by. While it must have been really hard to get people to listen to tapes back in the day, the ease with which people can record today, must make it almost impossible for most people to get heard outside of TV competitions or serendipity. Social media blows me away with the number of immensely talented people there are around the world. The opportunities to be seen or heard must be inversely proportional to the number of people performing online.
Absolutely! I used to post CDs off with songs I’d written that I thought would suit somebody else and never heard a word in response either! I think it’s a ‘who you know’ world.
I so love hearing a cover song, chosen by the artist who performs it .. in their own way👌
And ! … I still so Love, ‘Nashville High’ 🎵
I think it will always & has always been my very favourite song of Your’s, Lo 👍 Ever since the first listen, when you first released it .. It’s beautiful & unique .. filled with feelings, depth, & I have never heard anything quite like it ..
It still gives me those ‘goosebumpy, skin tingling, little hairs upright on arms, feeling .. in a sweet musical way 👍 Xx
You say the nicest things! Thanks Ally, I love very much that the song makes you feel that way.
Hi there! It’s been a pleasure to read your posts here on Substack, and, after getting to read about/watch your music video with footage from your former band shot in the 90s, I was really happy to read this post right after reading Questlove’s thoughts about how you can keep yourself creative while recreating other people’s work when facing something like a writer’s block (this book of his, “Creative Quest”, is amazing). Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us and I’ll definitely listen to your albums, and the Mick Harvey one with your song too!
Ah that's so interesting, thank you Rodrigo! I hadn't heard of it and will definitely have to get a copy - Questlove is brilliant, love him. Thanks for reading and your lovely message.
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