New Middle Class: Writing a folk-pop song with a really weird bridge

Mike and Barbara Borok of New Middle Class joined us to talk about writing a pop song with a super crazy bridge. Download the lyrics to Television Sky to follow along.

We talked about:

• How Angine de Poitrine use Microtonality
• Our songwriting challenge to write a traditional country song
• How the bridge can be the emotional high point of your song
• How a song takes on a life of its own as you’re writing it
• Working a song until it’s better than “good enough”
• Writing for a different singing voice than your own

About New Middle Class

Mike Borok is a singer-songwriter from New York’s Hudson Valley.… Read the rest