How Tom Waits writes songs

Welcome to The Songwriter’s Workshop. This is the series where I attempt to write songs based on the process and techniques of famous songwriters. Each video looks at a different songwriter’s writing habits, musical inspirations, and creative process while also including an original song written using those techniques.

In this video, I look at the writing techniques of Tom Waits as told in interviews he has given over his career, compiled in the book Tom Waits on Tom Waits, edited by Paul Maher Jr. Using Tom's methods, I write two new songs, When Gods Come To Town and Josephine.

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00:00 TSW Intro
00:20 Tom Waits Intro
04:07 Part 1 - Ideas
07:10 Part 2 - Words
10:31 Part 3 - Music
12:56 Part 4 - Craft
14:40 Song #1 - When Gods Come To Town
17:17 Song #2 - Josephine
21:15 Outro

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