The Sound of Songwriting is my new column at CRAWDADDY! that reveals, through individual interviews, the intimate process behind crafting compositions and the art of storytelling through musical expression.

Here’s a snippet from my interview, the first in the series, with Courtney Taylor of The Dandy Warhols:

“Songwriting? That’s something that I don’t really know how to do.” Courtney Taylor felt that I ought to know this before we even began our interview to discuss that very subject.

As we sat upstairs in Webster Hall on a chilly November day in New York City, the Dandy Warhol’s lead singer and songwriter wanted to make this one point clear: “I don’t write songs, they just happen to me.”

The Sound of Songwriting with:
Courtney Taylor of The Dandy Warhols,  Sam Beam of Iron & Wine, Tim Kasher of Cursive

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