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thenewgreen  ·  3377 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Wilco AMA on reddit

They're my favourite band, no question, but I'm not really sure what I'd ask??





user-inactivated  ·  3377 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"Knowing that 'Yankee, Hotel, Foxtrot' is quite arguably the pinnacle of human achievement, how do you guys stay motivated to continue on instead of just saying 'Well, this is it guys. No point in going on any further.'?"

That or . . .

"On a scale of 1 to utter amazing, just how utterly amazing is JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound's cover of I am Trying to Break Your Heart?

thenewgreen  ·  3377 days ago  ·  link  ·  

As a songwriter myself that has recorded a few albums, I've found that I don't finish projects so much as I stop making them. How do you know when something is "done?"

ButterflyEffect  ·  3377 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That would make a great #askhubski question.

user-inactivated  ·  3377 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's what you should ask Wilco, right there.

WanderingEng  ·  3377 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Neil Gaiman once tweeted "Novels are never completed. Just abandoned & published."

someguyfromcanada  ·  3377 days ago  ·  link  ·  

On a whim several years ago I happened to walk into an art supply shop and pick up an easel, some canvases, brushes and paint. I had a dinner party the next night and everyone had to paint something before they left. Tons of fun. So I started painting abstract stuff and that was my big conundrum. I think I got to the point where I decided I was finished with one. All the others I just kept adding and adding to. Without a deadline I would be prone to just keep working on something, making it worse and then better ad infinitum.