Writing from perspective
One of my favorite songwriting tools is writing from a perspective besides my own: an identity thief who winds up in Gitmo, a constrictor, a murdered pizza delivery boy, Johnny Cash's victim in Reno for which he's sent to Folsom Prison. The last one was even interesting enough to have been given an entirely different treatment by Steve Poltz. Of all the different perspectives, though, the one that gets the most undeserved anticipatory groans from audiences is consistently the 6-month-old foetus. It's nice to think that I leave folks pleasantly surprised after that.
P.S. For those keeping score, the list above is strictly partial: everything else is not necessarily autobiographical. Really.
P.S. For those keeping score, the list above is strictly partial: everything else is not necessarily autobiographical. Really.
