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just tapped into that headspace and wrote a
song about it.
IE: How was your songwriting affected by
all this?
JB: Well I’ve always been a real cause-and-
effect kind of guy. So by looking deeper into
myself, I think a different kind of songwrit-
ing came out. And it helped me process
what was happening in the world. And over
the years, I think I’ve gotten better at writ-
ing some poetry, at writing a story. I wrote
roughly 25 for this album. And I got to
point where I didn’t have to record them
a trio - I could actually be by myself. A
that was a bit unnatural. But it wasn’t a h
rible feeling. And it only made the t
stronger in the end. So it wasn’t technica
writer’s block that I went through. But
was all part of a bigger learning experien
Tom Lanham
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