1.The First Song I Wrote

I was 11 and it was a song called ‘Ragdoll’. I can’t remember all the lyrics exactly but know that it must’ve been about the extreme emotional turmoil that ravaged me as a young chap… heavy.

2. The Last Song I Released

The last song I released was called ‘We’re Not Alone’. I recorded it and wrote it with my old band members and is probably the most anthemy thing we’d ever written. It came from a guitar and bass riff that I’d had lying around for ages and was a bastard to write, as it could’ve gone in any number of different directions.

3. Songwriting Secrets

For me, songs are like phone bills. They creep up and hit me when I can least deal with them. For that reason, for the last ten years, pretty much every song I’ve ever written has started life on my iPhone voice recorder either as awkward humming/whistling or a really poor quality acoustic ditty.

4. The Song That Makes Me Proud

Our [Louis London] track ‘This Night Time’ made me the most proud but not in the way we ended up recording it. The recording was good but whenever we played it live we changed it up heaps and made it more of a ballad. Every time we played it live in that way I got chills. I think maybe because by dialling it down a bit, we could increase the emotional range of the track as a whole.

5. The Song That Changed My Life

Jeff Buckley’s version of ‘Lilac Wine’. It’s perfection in a cover, which I lose my mind over literally every time I listen to it. Perfection.

Ed Saloman plays theCourtyard Sessions Seymour Centre Friday February 5.

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