The Future of Songwriting

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Over a long, hot Christmas in Australia, Throwing Muses frontwoman and critically acclaimed solo artist Kristin Hersh considers her future as a songwriter, asking herself questions such as, is it possible to create music and not show off about it How can artists establish and refine a following without becoming part of the commercial problem And just how many times is it healthy to watch It's a Wonderful Life in three weeks In The Future of Songwriting, Hersh chooses to interrogate these questions through dialogue. From in-depth conversations with a comedian friend about the similarities between songs and jokes, via fruitful visit to Sydney's 'bone museums', to a revelation from a herbal healer in New Orleans, she delivers a fierce, funny and existential meditation on the art of the song - and its future.

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'Kristin Hersh is a visionary, iconoclast and genius... The Future of Songwriting is like a TED talk on creativity and the industry from your best and most witchy friend. CAITLIN MORAN, author of How to be a Woman ; In what feels like a tense time for the value of creativity, crafted by human hands, The Future Of Songwriting is considerate, gently crafted, and manages to balance honesty and hope with a real rigor and tenderness.HANIF ABDURRAQIB, author of They Cant Kill Us Until They Kill Us

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Kristin Hersh is one of the most accomplished rock songwriters of modern times. She is a founding member of Throwing Muses, who blazed across the US grunge scene between 1983 and 1997. Since then, she has continued to release critically adored records, both solo and with 50FootWave. Throwing Muses reformed in 2002, and Hersh began to chronicle her life, with books including Seeing Sideways: A Memoir of Music and Motherhood (2021). She launched the crowdfunding model Strange Angels in 2007, which allows fans to subscribe to her work at different levels of investment.