Comments on: Letters to the Editor http://loveandblunder.com/2007/06/21/letters-to-the-editor/ "To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair." - Walker Percy, The Moviegoer Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:27:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Rob http://loveandblunder.com/2007/06/21/letters-to-the-editor/#comment-3418 Rob Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:37:00 +0000 http://loveandblunder.com/2007/06/21/letters-to-the-editor/#comment-3418 Ellie, I agree: There's nothing "better" about putting out more songs more often. My point was primarily that these musicians are making their own way, completely apart from any of the traditional methods of recording, distribution, touring, etc. And in a lot of cases, this works well: Image can take a backseat to art (as an example, no one even knows who Podington Bear is, even gender), and "market appeal" doesn't really matter. (Well, sort of. Full-time musicians have bills like everyone else...) As a side note, though, it is interesting to hear about the different approaches songwriters take to building a body of work. Bill Mallonnee has said that he will often write a song a day. A good number of them sit around for years before being recorded. Derek Webb, on the other hand, says that he only writes a handful of songs a year, and every single one goes on his next record. Ellie, I agree: There’s nothing “better” about putting out more songs more often. My point was primarily that these musicians are making their own way, completely apart from any of the traditional methods of recording, distribution, touring, etc. And in a lot of cases, this works well: Image can take a backseat to art (as an example, no one even knows who Podington Bear is, even gender), and “market appeal” doesn’t really matter. (Well, sort of. Full-time musicians have bills like everyone else…)

As a side note, though, it is interesting to hear about the different approaches songwriters take to building a body of work. Bill Mallonnee has said that he will often write a song a day. A good number of them sit around for years before being recorded. Derek Webb, on the other hand, says that he only writes a handful of songs a year, and every single one goes on his next record.

]]> By: Ellie http://loveandblunder.com/2007/06/21/letters-to-the-editor/#comment-3416 Ellie Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:37:39 +0000 http://loveandblunder.com/2007/06/21/letters-to-the-editor/#comment-3416 oops, Ellie wrote that one- oops, Ellie wrote that one-

]]> By: Andy http://loveandblunder.com/2007/06/21/letters-to-the-editor/#comment-3415 Andy Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:36:47 +0000 http://loveandblunder.com/2007/06/21/letters-to-the-editor/#comment-3415 third- But I have one question- I was actually pondering this post yesterday... I was thinking, is there really a virtue in being able to spit out songs so quickly? I know that you were just pointing out that the other two bands are doing things differently by releasing songs so quickly, weekly... daily... third-

But I have one question- I was actually pondering this post yesterday…

I was thinking, is there really a virtue in being able to spit out songs so quickly? I know that you were just pointing out that the other two bands are doing things differently by releasing songs so quickly, weekly… daily…

]]> By: Andy http://loveandblunder.com/2007/06/21/letters-to-the-editor/#comment-3414 Andy Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:47:12 +0000 http://loveandblunder.com/2007/06/21/letters-to-the-editor/#comment-3414 Second Second. Second Second.

]]> By: Devona http://loveandblunder.com/2007/06/21/letters-to-the-editor/#comment-3413 Devona Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:00:52 +0000 http://loveandblunder.com/2007/06/21/letters-to-the-editor/#comment-3413 Anyone else think my husband would make a seriously awesome music reviewer for some newspaper or magazine? Anyone else think my husband would make a seriously awesome music reviewer for some newspaper or magazine?

]]> By: Andy http://loveandblunder.com/2007/06/21/letters-to-the-editor/#comment-3412 Andy Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:33:00 +0000 http://loveandblunder.com/2007/06/21/letters-to-the-editor/#comment-3412 Second. I've got to say that track two resonates deeply with me, being as I'm an ex-jock and a pretty big ham, and now, an aspiring bookworm. I've hid from the demands of real life behind cleats and dumbells, behind spotlights and stage monitors, and most recently by simply stuffing my nose in a book. "This is not a ball game / not a school play / not a book that lets you bend the page" What I think you and I are so drawn in by in Osenga's writing is that he's pretty much vicariously chronicled the last decade of our lives in a sonic medium. Second.

I’ve got to say that track two resonates deeply with me, being as I’m an ex-jock and a pretty big ham, and now, an aspiring bookworm. I’ve hid from the demands of real life behind cleats and dumbells, behind spotlights and stage monitors, and most recently by simply stuffing my nose in a book.

“This is not a ball game / not a school play / not a book that lets you bend the page”

What I think you and I are so drawn in by in Osenga’s writing is that he’s pretty much vicariously chronicled the last decade of our lives in a sonic medium.

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