Even the Pros Blog

As he writes and records his new record Andrew Bird, the whistling, looping, finger-plucking singer-songwriter, will be contributing blog posts on New York Times' Measure for Measure.

In his first post Bird explains the part of his song writing process. The entire post is insightful as it is wordy. Here is preview of his whimsical verb-age.

"Almost every breath contains some fragments of an escaping melody. If I shape my lips so as to whistle, my breath will take on a musical shape like sonic vapor. Words are much trickier. I would forgo words altogether if I didn’t love singing them so much. My choice of words and my voice betray so much and that’s what’s so terrifying and attractive about it."

He continues: "I’m kind of the opposite of the confessional singer-songwriter who fills notebooks full of poetry and intones them over a bed of chords. Meaning or “the truth what’s in my heart” usually reveals itself well after the record is released. I’m often surprised that the things I care about actually end up in my songs."

You can read the rest of the posting here.

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