Tim - I read in a recent interview that you often feel like most of your days as a musician are spent screaming at the audience - and that on this album you wanted the make sure the words you wrote were worth screaming about.
Do you think you've achieved that?
As an audience member, I tend to notice these little moments, when the song lulls or the tone is somber and a tiny smile begins to creep onto your face. Before you know it, you're full on beaming and singing. What are you thinking about in those moments? What about being on stage makes you happy?
Last question: In Trish's Song, I really noticed the emphasis on the word "receive." It is this beautiful, unexpected part of the song, one word which stretches higher and longer and turns into the peak of the song. It feels like you're trying to collect all of the joy and pain of a life, and crush it into two syllables, but you just can't, so the word stretches longer and longer, higher and higher. It's like the camera is panning from the church choir, up and up until it hits that sparkly piece of sunlight at the top.
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Tim - I read in a recent interview that you often feel like most of your days as a musician are spent screaming at the audience - and that on this album you wanted the make sure the words you wrote were worth screaming about.
Do you think you've achieved that?
As an audience member, I tend to notice these little moments, when the song lulls or the tone is somber and a tiny smile begins to creep onto your face. Before you know it, you're full on beaming and singing. What are you thinking about in those moments? What about being on stage makes you happy?
Last question: In Trish's Song, I really noticed the emphasis on the word "receive." It is this beautiful, unexpected part of the song, one word which stretches higher and longer and turns into the peak of the song. It feels like you're trying to collect all of the joy and pain of a life, and crush it into two syllables, but you just can't, so the word stretches longer and longer, higher and higher. It's like the camera is panning from the church choir, up and up until it hits that sparkly piece of sunlight at the top.
What does that word signify to you?
Thanks!
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