How does Lisa go about writing her songs?
From Lisa: There are many different ways I write songs. The three main categories are songs I’ve written by being spontaneously inspired (which might sound a little redundant), songs I’ve been asked to write, and co-written songs. For the “inspired songs,” I write down or record little ideas I have all the time, when I’m walking to my car, making a cake, sleeping, driving, just sitting around playing guitar. Sometimes I write on scraps of paper, sometimes music notation, as well as I can…, sometimes recorded on a tape recorder or an answering machine. I try to write everyday. I like to use the writing exercises in Natalie Goldberg’s books like Wild Mind or Writing Down the Bones to get myself going and out of the typical daily journal type of writing that I also do. This gets me connected to a part of my brain and heart that I am not always in touch with throughout the day, but a place that still is me. I keep all of these ideas handy, and sometimes in my computer, so that I can use
