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songs, it doesn’t work that way. Like decides. We all have songs that we say
for the new record we are working on this is a “Goodbye June” song. This
we’ve probably written, I don’t know, is straight up how we feel and how
70 – 80 songs and we’ll pick 10 or 12 we want to interpret our music. We
out of that. Like Leonard said a lot want this song to be on the album.
of the songs that were written during As far as what is going to be the best
that time really didn’t make daylight. song to reach the masses, we do have
Shane’s vibe and his memory it does a few people to help us with that
come in and out of our songwriting. process. You know just kind of
A lyric here a lyric there or the attitude sifting through and learning how to
of a riff or something. It does come kill your children (laughs).
out. As far as one song specifically Brandon: There are definitely songs
all about him we really haven’t done where all three of us are just pumped
it yet, it’s still like a big mountain to about. Then we put it in the file and a
climb and we haven’t been able to do week or two down the road we’ve got a
that yet. new song, we’re like oh man that song,
we understand now why we wrote the
You mention 70-80 songs. How do you song two weeks ago – it was to get to
pick through that? As a writer I need this one. We needed a bridge. It’s not
to edit stuff out of my own material always killing your babies, a lot time
and it’s like killing your babies. you’ll write a whole song and you’ll go
Landon: The band collectively
Can’t nothing save back and take a verse out of Brandon: And New York or
you lady that song and write a brand LA just doesn’t make sense
new tune two years later. for three guys from the mid-
You drive me crazy west. We knew, like Leonard
Daisy Landon: That happens said, that Nashville, well in
quite a bit. 2009 it wasn’t necessarily
quite the place to go yet.
It’s like a treasure trove you We just thought things were
can pick ideas out of. happening there, record
labels. We knew a couple
Brandon: Exactly, so you people that moved to town
don’t always throw your and did something with their
work away. music careers, so we thought
it made a lot of sense.
You’re all from southern
Indiana and moved to I heard rumors that new
Nashville, why did you pick comers to Nashville that it’s
Nashville? a bit difficult to be welcomed
into that scene because it’s
Landon: Yeah, I lived in such a tight knit group. What
Nashville when I was a kid, made you stand apart and be
probably back in ’94 . Me accepted?
and my family moved here
for about a year. Brandon Landon: When we first
and I spent a lot of time started we played just about
in the area. We had a lot any club or venue that we
of people we knew in this could. We played all over
area and Nashville was the this town. I think either
happening city as far as people liked our sound or
music goes so we knew we they just got tired of hearing
had to get here and make us but thought that we
it happen. weren’t going away. It’s just
pushing through. We’ve had
