Inspiration: The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
I have been all about this song recently. I've been listening through The National's album High Violet and loving it. I love the phrasing of the chorus melody. It is a nice melody but it also leaves a lot of space between words. I especially like the change of feel the second time through when he sings "buzz". I like The National's sound because instrumentally it sounds like something I strive towards but vocally it is drastically different. Matt Berninger's deep, earthy voic

Madness (Song Story)
I recently finished a song called Madness. It is a song about love. Love is wild and weird. Love it. The inspiration from this song came from a friend's Facebook post that I saw a couple years ago. I was scrolling through my newsfeed when I came across a long quote that a friend had posted. It was too long to write down so I took a screenshot, threw it in an Evernote file, and then kept scrolling through Facebook. The quote was from the movie Captain Corelli's Mandolin. I've