Songs As Puzzles

Scott Terry of Red Wanting Blue (clients): All of the guys have really come into their own as songwriters. Most of the songs on Light It Up came to me from someone else first. And I love that.

Sidenote about me… I love solving puzzles. I’m a big fan of crosswords and brain teasers.

So, when someone hands me music with no lyrics or music with no melody, that is my favorite kind of puzzle to solve.

It gets me to think outside of my own comfort zone. For instance, I like to write songs somewhere between 80 and 90 BPM. You can almost lock it in. And so, to have Dean (their drummer) hand me something that is way more upbeat or a totally different rhythm, it gets me out of my head space. I love that as a songwriter. It is so much fun to take that on.

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Red Wanting Blue website: https://www.redwantingblue.com/