Part 2 - Matt Scannell of Vertical Horizon - Text

More about the anniversary of Everything You Want, performing, and writing lyrics

Highlights from this conversation:

• "There was a way that (Seinfeld) described the art of stand-up comedy that... I felt there were through lines to what we do."

• "The tone that we want to set when we start a show is that we're in this together."

• "The feeling I get when I walk on stage with Richard (Marx) is what I would imagine the other players on the Chicago Bulls felt like when they walked on the court with Michael Jordan."

• We delve into the his lyric "Listen and wait for the echoes of angels that won't return".

• "Go listen to 'Subdivisions' from the Signals record (Rush)… and maybe (first) read the lyrics. It's astoundingly great."

Read Part 1 of the interview

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“I have so much respect for comedians.”

Cris Cohen: To start with... Follow-up questions I wish I had asked the first time.

Matt Scannell of Vertical Horizon: I like this segment. This is a good segment.

Cris Cohen: You said in our first conversation that you learned a lot from Jerry Seinfeld. One of the examples you gave was going to the writing pad every single day and making that a habit. It's not often that a musician will cite a comedian as someone that they've learned from. Besides the daily writing habit, what other stuff did you learn from Seinfeld?

Matt Scannell: It's a great question. I am not necessarily the best public speaker. You give me a microphone and you give me a song to sing, I can do that. But the space in between the songs is not necessarily my forte.

So, I found, particularly with Seinfeld, listening to him talk about his craft and