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romanticizing every element of when the leaves start to change and the temp. starts to drop — makes me want to move to a cabin in the Sequoias where there’s nothing but rlly tall trees and a record player
Sep 30, 2024
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i’m not sure whether this is a common feeling, but october is one of my favorite months for listening to/discovering music! i associate the season with feelings of reflection & renewal (and if you’re anything like me, maybe a little too much of the former 🥴), and even though some of these picks might not cleanly align with your criteria, they still feel distinctly autumnal to me:
ml buch: flames shards goo
alex g: in my arms
big thief: the only place
modest mouse: talking shit about a pretty sunset
weyes blood: picture me better
bon iver: michicant
beth orton: pass in time
grouper: the way her hair falls
mojave 3: love songs on the radio
elliott smith: everything reminds me of her
happy (or rather, melancholic?) listening!!
Oct 1, 2024
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something about these little pockets of transformation just hit different
Apr 25, 2024
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The kind with leaves falling down trees and a kaleidoscope of colors, preferably. I grew up in the Midwest and experienced the seasons regularly, but moved to California as a teenager and forgot all about the beauty of autumns. Now that I'm back living in a place where there's seasons, I find myself appreciating them in a gentle way. I feel like I haven't seen all these different shapes of nature in a while, I feel childish again and I like feeling the cold wind against my skin.
Nov 3, 2023
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there’s this band called Big Star that started releasing records in 1971 that capture an indie rock/folk sound i think more clearly than any artist had before, but had no real success while they were first active in the 70s.
their sound was so undeniable that we start to see a new generation of musicians that discover the band and create music inspired by it with much greater success, an inspiration that can be undoubtedly heard in these musicians’ writing.
my favorites of these Big Star Influenced artists:
Elliott Smith (and thru him, phoebe bridgers)
The Replacements
R.E.M
Wilco
Teenage Fanclub
Jeff Buckley
(and many more)
Sep 30, 2024
such a hauntingly beautiful record — will forever be associated with big life changes and with fall
Sep 30, 2024
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hi there! funnily enough I also go to school for songwriting (kinda, I'm a music production major but I'm in songwriting class with all of the songwriting majors and have been writing for a long time as well). if there was one text I'd recommend for working on your songwriting and lyric building process it'd be the exercises in the book "How to Write One Song" by Jeff Tweedy. he basically just shows you how to jumble up your current way of thinking about writing and finding new ways to put words together that you never thought you could do.
P.S. your line about wanting to creating lyrics that move people is very relatable and I understand that want very much and know you probably already are moving people and that as much as we want to be able to write like our heroes as soon as possible, our own just as powerful sound will come eventually with slow and hard work. I'm sure you know this but I thought I would say.
feel free to message me if you'd like to talk songwriting more—happy writing!
Oct 1, 2024