In this Episode of “Am I Crazy or Am I just Raving”, we talk about how Henry’s Child writes songs:  What ignites the creative spark when it comes to songwriting. It’s not so obvious, but experience mixed with focused action wins out over any “technique” that we could describe.

We get into a history of Henry’s Child songwriting, two seemingly different polarities with two similar consistencies: Parental support and getting kicked out of previous bands.

Rich, who found out his musical ability started when he was 7 in front of a piano at his aunt’s house, was 14 when he got his first guitar. Andrew started writing Poetry in 9th grade as a means of self-expression. The difference between Rich and Andrew is that Andrew had music in the home whereas Rich had support from his parents and even a neighbor growing up.

Rich sums up songwriting in two words: Just Play. This is quickly followed by the sage advice of “Be a slave to the song” and “get out of your own way”.

Next we discuss “the talk”. It’s the talk we need to have when  bandmates aren’t as good of a fit as we thought they were.

Andrew talks about his first band: “Floppin’ Dead Katz” and how he played one show and got kicked out of the band. Rich recounts how he got kicked out of a band for being overweight. Even after getting booted from that band, “Risque” continued to play all of Rich’s songs.

Ultimately the secret ingredient to good songwriting is finding the right people and learning trust - If you search for the song together it will be found.

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